Climate Politics under Trump: The United States Climate Alliance
The Paris Agreement is a milestone in the fight against climate change. Contracting parties aim to limit global warming to below 2 degrees—if possible below 1.5 degrees—compared with the pre-industrial …
Enduring Partnership
Recommendations to the Next U.S. Administration for the German-American Relationship In this publication, AICGS scholars and staff focus on the common interests that can form the basis of renewed transatlantic …
Enduring Partnership
Recommendations to the Next U.S. Administration for the German-American Relationship The United States and Germany have forged a unique partnership in the seventy-five years since the end of World War II, …
Telehealth Is Here to Stay—In the United States and in Germany
Before COVID-19, telehealth (a patient seeing and talking to a doctor or other health care provider over the Internet) has long been viewed as an ancillary mode of medical treatment …
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Corona and Public Health Policy in Germany
“It’s COVID-19, stupid!” In Germany, we saw a quick turnaround in responses to the spread of the virus. As the German population has learned about the importance of prevention policies, …
Testing State Leaders in a Pandemic: The Rise of Andrew Cuomo and Markus Söder
“Never let a crisis go to waste.” So think many politicians when opportunities emerge to amplify their reputations. The truth is that crises do help politicians and voters to separate …
Weighing European Integration against Democracy? The German Constitutional Court’s Decision on ECB Operations
The German Constitutional Court may have dealt a major blow to European integration when it recently ruled that the federal government and the German parliament had violated the rights of …
Episode 24: German Politics in the Coronavirus Era
Germany and the United States are both grappling with what policies to enact—and for how long—to combat the coronavirus pandemic, and the choices made by political leaders will have political …
Episode 23: Health Minister Jens Spahn on the Coronavirus
The globe is gripped by the coronavirus pandemic. Germany appears to many to be a success story of sorts: over 150,000 infections, but a low death rate. Widespread testing. A …
Learning Lessons from German Healthcare: How Universal Coverage Can Save Lives in a Pandemic
As the COVID-19 pandemic ravages countries around the world, its effects are proving somewhat indiscriminate: both long-time workers and new hires have lost jobs across a wide variety of industries. …
Fight the COVID-19 Pandemic with Innovative Democratic Surveillance
Governments around the world are increasingly embracing the idea of digital contact tracing to detect infections and facilitate quarantine in the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Initially skeptical of …
