Global Responsibility

April 2, 2019

How Do Germany and the United States Engage with One Another to Address International Challenges?

The AGI project “A German-American Dialogue of the Next Generation: Global Responsibility, Joint Engagement” engages young Americans and Germans in discussions of current issues of concern for the transatlantic relationship. The project participants are young leaders in a variety of fields who have been working together for several months in three groups representing the AGI Program Areas (Foreign and Domestic Policy; Society, Culture, and Politics; and Geoeconomics) with the intent to frame and deliberate on the issues and create solutions to a variety of global challenges facing the United States and Germany. This conference highlights the results of the participants’ work.


  • 8:30 – 9:00am
    Registration and Light Breakfast
  • 9:00 – 9:10am
    Welcome
    Jeffrey Rathke, President, AICGS
  • 9:15 – 10:30am
    Reflect, Redefine, Renew: Priorities for Transatlantic Relations
    Foreign and Domestic Policy Program Group Presentation and Panel Discussion Moderator: Dr. Jackson Janes, President Emeritus, AICGS
  • 10:30 – 10:45am
    Coffee Break
  • 10:45am – 12:00pm
    Civil Society in a World of Challenge and Change
    Society, Culture, & Politics Program Group Presentation and Panel Discussion Moderator: Dr. Lily Gardner Feldman, Senior Fellow, AICGS
  • 12:00 – 12:15pm
    Coffee Break
  • 12:15 – 1:30pm
    Trade, Technology, and Human Capital: The United States and Germany in a Contested Global Economy
    Geoeconomics Program Group Presentation and Panel Discussion Moderator: Peter Rashish, Senior Fellow, Director, Geoeconomics Program, AICGS
  • 1:30 pm
    Lunch Reception

1779 Massachusetts Ave. NW | Choate Room | Washington, DC 20036