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The Future of NATO and Ukraine

Next Steps after the Alliance's Washington Summit

It is a historic summit: NATO’s leaders gathered in Washington, DC, to celebrate the alliance’s founding 75 years ago. However, the celebratory mood is subdued, as NATO is facing several challenges. Join us as we discuss NATO’s strategy for global security and how it may be implemented in the years to come.

Expert talk

Change and Challenges after the European Elections

The new European Parliament and the Transatlantic Future

The war in Ukraine, the state of the global economy, and the future of transatlantic cooperation are some of the major challenges that European politics is currently facing. Against this backdrop, EU citizens are electing a new parliament. How will the results change the transatlantic relationship?

Discussion

How Democracy Wins

KAS USA / IWDU Panel Discussion: The Role of Female Leadership in the Face of Rising Threats to Democratic Values

With global authoritarianism on the rise, the importance of reliable and consistent leadership is as essential as it has ever been. In national security and foreign policy, women have traditionally played a vital role in promoting democracy, human rights, and social justice.

Seminar

New Models in Local News: How AI will change the Business of Local News

Workshop hosted by KAS USA and Medill School of Journalism

With breathtaking speed, generative AI is changing how journalists produce and people consume news. One of the major questions is this: How will AI affect the business models of local media around the globe?

Seminar

Cybertrialogue – United States, Israel and Germany

KAS USA Seminar in October

Building on the June 2023 KAS Cybertrialogue in Berlin, which stressed the challenges and possibilities of democracies to protect critical infrastructure, we continue our event series in Washington, DC. Since the beginning of the Russian war of aggression against the Ukraine the awareness of cybersecurity needs has risen markedly and the focus on resilience has become sharper.

Live stream

Threat Perception and Deterrence after the Ukraine War

KAS USA / UVA Online Event

This online event launches a new report by the National Security Policy Center at the University of Virginia, published by Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung USA. It sets out to create a new understanding of deterrence and risk in this era of tripolar Great Power Competition.

Discussion

One Year Inflation Reduction Act

Initial Outcomes and Impacts for US-EU Trade and Investment - KAS USA / E3G Panel Discussion

This event launched a new report by E3G, published by Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung USA. It sets out to gather initial evidence of any impacts that the Inflation Reduction Act may have for EU-U.S. trade and cleantech investment.

Study and Information Program

KAS-AJC Exchange Seminar 2023

A Visiting Program in New York, NY, Washington, DC, and Chicago, IL

12 participants from Germany visited New York, NY, Washington, DC, and Chicago, IL for an in depth exchange with U.S. stakeholders. The annual KAS-AJC Exchange Seminar connects political and civic leaders from the U.S. and Germany to shape the relations between Israel, Germany and the U.S., to learn about Jewish life in our countries and to discuss Jewish Advocacy efforts.

Online-Seminar

KAS USA / AGI Transatlantic Trade Week 2023

The Future of "Friendshoring" and Reconciling Trade and Climate Policies

The global trading system is becoming increasingly contested as domestic, climate, and national security priorities play a larger role in U.S. and EU policymaking. In the United States, the Biden administration – with an approach that has been called "friendshoring" – is looking to reorient supply chains toward like-minded partners. In the European Union, several new policy tools reflect a more geoeconomic approach to policy making.

Study and Information Program

Media Policy and Common Political Challenges from a Transatlantic Perspective

Dialogue Program with State Lawmakers from Hesse

From April 24th to the 28th, a delegation from Hesse traveled to Chicago, IL and Washington, DC for talks with media experts, regional officials, industry stakeholders and academic experts. The state parliamentarians exchanged views with American experts on media policy and possible solutions to polarization on both sides of the Atlantic.

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South East Europe: Key Challenges on the Road to Sustainable Regional Cooperation

During an event at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced Interantional Studies Dr. Erhard Busek, Special Coordinator of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe, explained the developments in the region since the foundation of the Stability Pact in 1999. He furthermore addressed the issue of the accession perspective of the states to the European Union. (Summary in German)

Chinese Anti-Satellite Weapons

A Threat to U.S. National Security?

On January 11th, 2007 China tested an anti-satellite weapon by shooting down an old weather satellite. Even though China said it adhered to the peaceful use of space, there were protests across the world. At the Heritage Foundation, Republican Senator Jon Kyl talked about China’s approach and its consequences for the United States. (Summary in German)

Pakistan’s Changing Strategic Environment

During an event at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced Interantional Studies, Mushahid Hussain explained Pakistan’s changing strategic environment. Hussain is the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Pakistani Senate and the secretary general of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League.(Summary in German)

Civil War in Iraq

Containment Options for the United States

In case President Bush’s new Iraq plan should fail and Iraq cannot be saved, the United States has to prepare for the question how to „manage“ the consequences of an Iraqi civil war. A Washington think tank with close ties to the Democratic Party just released a study proposing a containment policy for a potential civil war in Iraq. But President Bush is also facing criticism from his own party as well as calls for a more reality-based Iraq policy. (Report in German)

State of the Union 2007

President Bush Faces a New Congress

The panel discussion organized by the Brookings Institution analyzed the President’s State of the Union Address, which he had delivered the previous day. Various experts of the Brookings Institution discussed and evaluated the President’s statements. Of most interest were the topics foreign policy, energy, global warming, health care and immigration. (Summary in German)

Burundi at Peace: What does it mean?

The Great Lakes Policy Forum, a coalition of governmental, nongovernmental and multilateral organizations, discussed the current situation in the state of Burundi. The intention was to inform about the developments in the country since the peace agreement was reached. (Summary in German)

Expanding the Eastern Frontier

Bulgaria, Romania and the EU

The event of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars informed the participants about the new member states of the European Union - Bulgaria and Romania – and the implications for both the two countries and the European Union. In their lectures, Margarita Assenova and Dr. Vladimir Tismaneanu concentrated on the situation in their respective countries, while Dr. Esther Brimmer discussed the future development of the European Union as a whole. (Summary in German)

The Rise of the Shiites

Implications for the Middle East

In his lecture, Yitzhak Nakash, Middle East expert at the Brandeis University and author of the book "Reaching for Power: The Shi`a in the Modern Arab World", discussed the changing position of the Shiites in the Middle East. He focused especially on the situation in Iraq, Iran and Lebanon. (Summary in German)

U.S. Policy toward Iraq under Scrutiny

White House under Pressure

In a recently published study, Dr. Flynt Leverett, Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation and former insider of the Bush administration in the NSC, CIA and State Department, promotes a comprehensive engagement of the United States with Iran. The criticism of the “Republican dissident” of the White House stirred a controversy in Washington. (Summary in German)

New Way Forward in Iraq

Immediately following its announcement, President Bush’s new strategy in Iraq encountered wide-ranging rejection and skeptical reactions in his own country. A prestigious Democratic think tank hosted a panel discussion with renowned foreign policy experts to present a first analysis of the new Iraq policy, particularly of its echo among the Democrats in Congress.(Summary of event in German)