Finja Augsburg, DAAD/AGI Research Fellow
AGI is pleased to welcome Finja Augsburg as a DAAD/AGI Research Fellow in Fall 2025. Finja Isabel Augsburg is a doctoral researcher and project associate at the University of Erfurt, …
Peering into the Global Trading System of 2035
The year is 2035. During much of the last twenty-five years, the international economic system has faced tumult. Geopolitical fractures and domestic political upheavals played their part as they steered …
Shaking Off the European Hangover
Europe has a hangover, and it shows. Gone is the cocktail of defiance and apprehension that accompanied the first few months of the second Trump administration. The summer has unveiled …
Central Bank Independence at Risk—For Various Reasons
The news surrounding the independence of the U.S. Federal Reserve remains explosive. U.S. President Donald Trump is keeping up the pressure on the Fed, including its chairman, Jerome Powell. Trump …
Jakob Hensing, DAAD/AGI Research Fellow
AGI is pleased to welcome Jakob Hensing as a DAAD/AGI Research Fellow in Fall 2025. His permanent position is at the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) in Berlin, where he …
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Germany’s New Digital Ministry Germany has established its first-ever ministry dedicated solely to all matters digital. Spearheaded by political newcomer Karsten Wildberger, the Ministry for Digital and State Modernization aims …
Prospects for U.S.-German Collaboration in AI
The American-German relationship has entered a new era of uncertainty defined by shifting commitments on defense, a renegotiation of longstanding trade partnerships, and an uneasy alignment against strategic competitors including …
Episode 131: Multilateralism in a Fragmenting Global Trading System
The global trading system is in flux, with increased multipolarity and uncertainty. Disruptions in supply chains and concerns about sustainability and national security have caused countries to reexamine trade policies. …
Unfriending Silicon Valley
How Germany Is Leading Europe’s Breakup with Big Tech In March 2025, Germany’s highest court handed down a ruling with global implications: Apple, it affirmed, is a company of “paramount …
The State of AI in Germany
Germany was an early adopter of AI and among the first nations to create a national AI strategy in 2018. At the time, Europe was the global leader in artificial …
U.S.-EU Trade: To Deal or Not to Deal?
In a July 11 letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, U.S. President Donald Trump announced he would raise tariffs on imports from the European Union to 30 …
Turning Climate Protection into an Economic Success Story
Foreign policy challenges and opportunities for Germany and the EU The Draghi Report of 2024 put the competitiveness of European industries high on the political agenda of European climate and …
The Nord Stream 2 Debate and Russia’s Gas Weapon
“Nord Stream 2 was a mistake,” Chancellor Friedrich Merz recently said during his first official visit to the White House. President Donald Trump appreciated these remarks, reminding reporters that he …
The G7 Summit, Plus or Minus
While the G7 economies today account for only 30 percent of global GDP, they remain a decent proxy for what can still be called the “West” in geopolitical terms. Or …
