Dinner with Martin Blessing
The AGI Business & Economics Program and Commerzbank were pleased to host a dinner on Thursday, October 9 with guest speaker Martin Blessing, Chairman of the Board of Managing Directors at …
Langhammer Luncheon with Ambassador Peter Wittig
Throughout the year, AGI hosts a number of meetings with policymakers and advisors, and we were pleased to be joined for a private lunch discussion with a special guest, German Ambassador Peter …
Langhammer Luncheon with Senator Chris Murphy
Throughout the year, AGI hosts a number of private meetings with policy-makers, corporate leaders, and experts to discuss key developments in German-American relations. We were pleased to be joined at …
Langhammer Luncheon with Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner
Throughout the year, AGI hosts a number of meetings with policymakers and advisers, and we were pleased to be joined at a private lunch discussion by a special guest, U.S. Representative Jim Sensenbrenner …
Learn & Earn
What is the institutional structure of vocational training in Germany? What makes it unique? What challenges does this system face? The participants of the AGI working group “Learn & Earn: …
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Support Our WorkThe Turkish Diaspora in Europe and the Euro-Turks Barometer Survey
Germany is home to more than three million of the five million people of Turkish origin in Europe. How do they integrate into the German society? How do they identify …
Safe as Houses:
Alexander Reisenbichler, a Ph.D. candidate in political science at the George Washington University and AGI/DAAD Research Fellow, presented his research at a seminar on September 11, 2014. The presentation, entitled …
Iran and the International Community
Vienna talks between the P5+1 and Iran over its nuclear program have gained ground this past year, but have been overshadowed by events in the Middle East and elsewhere. The …
Reconciliation in the Western Balkans and in East Asia
German leaders called early this year for a greater German role in international security, with President Gauck noting Germany’s experience already as a crucial actor in international reconciliation. AGI’s workshop, …
Coordinating and Cooperating Intelligence Services
On August 21, 2014, the AGI Foreign & Domestic Policy Program hosted Dr. Günter Krings, Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of the Interior, for a roundtable discussion. Moderated …
Learn & Earn
The fourth meeting of “Learn & Earn: A Young Leaders’ Group for the Development of the U.S. Workforce” featured Katie Gage, Director of the DC branch of Enstitute, who emphasized …
Learn & Earn
The third meeting of “Learn and Earn: Young Leader’s Group for the Development of the U.S.” featured Max Grünig, Senior Fellow at the Ecologic Institute in Berlin, who focused on the need to “build the clean energy jobs of tomorrow.” He discussed with the group the current market for renewable energy jobs in Germany and around the world, obstacles in creating stability and certainty for a career in the renewable energy sector, and how this affects the ability to incentivize people to train and use these skills.
