Zara Khan is a Summer 2026 Halle Foundation intern and a rising third-year at the University of Southern California, where she studies International Relations and Global Economics with a minor in Finance. At USC, she serves as communications director and programming lead for the Global Policy Institute, the University’s student-run foreign policy think tank. Prior to university, Zara lived, studied, and worked in Vienna and Lunz am See, learning about Austria’s history, politics, and regional dialects. Zara’s research interests include election dynamics pertaining to the rise of Alternative for Germany (AfD) and the evolving relationship between other political parties; the changing nature of Germany’s economic and fiscal priorities, and the evolving role of private markets in international relations more broadly.
AGI Profiles: Kai Wegner
Mayor of Berlin Kai Wegner, Berlin’s first conservative mayor in twenty-two years, initially emerged as the figure who could restore the Christian Democratic Union’s (CDU) position in Berlin. Yet after …
AGI Profiles: Kristin Brinker
Member of the Berlin House of Representatives; AfD State Chairwoman in Berlin The outcome of Berlin’s September 20, 2026, election is far from clear. Polling remains volatile, with the positions …
Building LGBTQ+ Communities in Germany and the United States: Past, Present, and Future
A Three-Year AGI Project – Final Conference Summary The American-German Institute held a final conference in Washington, DC, for the three-year project, “Building LGBTQ+ Communities in Germany and the United …
