Ms. Emily Downs was a Development Intern at AGI for the Spring of 2019. As an intern, Ms. Downs assists with the Institute’s fundraising initiatives, manages the outreach database, contributes to the AGI website, provides research assistance, and supports event organization and coordination. She is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in International Studies and German at Hope College, Holland, MI, and is scheduled to graduate in May 2019. Before coming to AGI, she spent five months studying in Freiburg, Germany in 2018. Ms. Downs is interested in German-American relations, European Union politics, secularization, and European integration.
German Moralism Irritates Allies: Defense Spending and Export Controls
At a 2015 rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, then-presidential candidate Donald Trump considered the freedom of the press, assuring the crowd that while he hated some reporters, he wouldn’t kill …
