Jack Fornasiero is the Program Associate at AGI. He coordinates AGI grants, seminars, workshops, and conferences. Before joining AGI, he served as a legislative intern for the offices of Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Congresswoman Susie Lee. He completed an executive office and communications fellowship with Meridian International Center in summer 2022 organizing cultural exchanges and the annual Meridian Chiefs of Mission Summit in partnership with the U.S. Department of State.
Mr. Fornasiero received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and German Studies from Wayne State University with university and departmental honors. From 2019 to 2020, he took part in Wayne State University’s Junior Year in Munich Program where he matriculated at the Ludwig-Maximilians Universität-München for two semesters, studying intensive German language, classic German literature, modern-day German politics, and NSDAP history in Bavaria. In addition to his studies in German, he has also completed coursework in Italian language and history.
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A Zeitenwende in Germany’s Israel Policy?
Former Chancellor Angela Merkel’s 2008 speech in the Israeli Knesset set a lasting foreign policy precedent by declaring that Israel’s security was a matter of German Staatsräson—a fundamental German “reason …
