Peter Rashish Interviewed on Chancellor Merkel’s Washington, DC, Visit
Ahead of the meeting between the U.S. and German leaders, Geoeconomics Program Director Peter Rashish spoke with the Italian news site Formiche.net. In the interview, “Biden’s Bet on Merkel and …
AICGS President Jeff Rathke Looks Back on Merkel’s Relationships with Four U.S. Presidents
AICGS President Jeff Rathke spoke recently with the BBC about Angela Merkel’s relationships with presidents George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, and Joseph Biden during her nearly sixteen-year tenure …
German Chancellor Angela Merkel Receives Honorary Doctorate from JHU
German Chancellor Angela Merkel was awarded an honorary doctorate from Johns Hopkins University during her visit to Washington, DC, on July 15, 2021. AICGS is proud to have played a …
After Merkel’s Steady Hand, A More European and Strategically-Minded Germany?
On July 15, German Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet with President Joe Biden in the White House, the first European leader to visit him since he took office in January. …
AICGS Experts Preview Merkel’s Visit to Washington
Securing a Transatlantic Legacy Jeff Rathke, President Chancellor Merkel makes her last official visit to Washington just weeks before the September 26 Bundestag election will punctuate her path-breaking career as …
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American Spending Spree—Echoes from the Past and Lessons for the Future
Negotiations are ongoing in Congress on the American Jobs Plan and the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act. The former is a $2 trillion infrastructure spending bill originally proposed in March …
AICGS Asks: What is Angela Merkel’s legacy on engagement with China?
AICGS Asks: What legacy does Angela Merkel leave on Germany and Europe’s position toward China? Noah Barkin German Marshall Fund of the United States When assessing Angela Merkel’s foreign policy …
AICGS-KAS Transatlantic Trade Week
The American Institute for Contemporary German Studies at Johns Hopkins University and the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung collaborated on a series of online events examining three areas for U.S.-EU trade policy cooperation. These …
Book Review: “Between Containment and Rollback: The United States and the Cold War in Germany”
Sixty-eight years ago this week, thousands of Germans living in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) rebelled against their government and brought East Germany to the edge of collapse. That episode …
The U.S.-EU Summit Resets the Narrative on Trade
Yesterday’s U.S.-EU Summit in Brussels was remarkable simply for taking place, as it was the first since 2014. But even more striking was the way U.S. President Joe Biden characterized …
