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      • Berlin Policy Hub for Think Tanks from the Western Balkans
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      • Event Series Road to Election Night & Beyond
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      • America’s Choice – Der USA-Podcast
      • Future Cities – A Transatlantic Townhall Project
      • Laboratories of Democracy Initiative
      • State-to-State: German-American State Legislator Dialogue
      • U.S.-German Forum Future Agriculture
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Call for Support – Model NATO Germany

We are delighted to announce that we are cooperating with Model NATO Germany e.V. for a four-day simulation aiming to resolve a crisis with the mechanisms and processes of NATO.

Remembering Dr. Catherine Kelleher

With great sadness we received the news of the passing of our former Executive Director. The Aspen team and community extends to her family and friends our heartfelt sympathies and deep gratitude for decades of leadership.

Aspen Leadership Seminar 2023

The next seminar will take place in person from March 09-12. There are still a few spots left for you to join. To find out more about the seminar or to check out our new Interview Series, visit our Leadership website. 

 

At the Aspen Institute Germany we want to promote value-based leadership, constructive dialogue, and international cooperation to tackle today‘s most pressing global challenges: geopolitical and geoeconomic conflicts, climate change, the health crisis, cyber risks, digitalization. 

Events

  • Exclusive Discussion “Behind the Scenes of the Munich Security Conference”
  • On March 20th, 2023, Aspen Germany is hosting an exclusive discussion with Dr. Benedikt Franke, Vice-Chairman, Chief Executive Officer at the Munich Security Conference about the topic “Behind the Scenes of the Munich Security Conference” at the China Club Berlin. In a discussion with Dr. Stormy-Annika Mildner, Executive Director of the Aspen Institute Germany, Dr. […]
  • Mar 20, 2023
  • Laboratories of Democracy Initiative: Virtual Kick-off Meeting of the 2023 Cohort
  • The kick-off meeting of the third cohort of the Laboratories of Democracy Initiative will take place on Tuesday, March 21, 2023. Each year, the project brings together American state legislators and representatives of the German Landtage to facilitate a values-based discussion on current international policy challenges on a subnational level and to build new transatlantic […]
  • Mar 21, 2023
  • U.S.-German Forum Future Agriculture: Introduction to Agricultural Policy in the USA
  • On March 22, 2023, Aspen Institute Germany and the project partner, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, will host the second virtual meeting for participants of the U.S.-German Forum Future Agriculture project and welcome Dr. Jonathan Coppess, Associate Professor and Director of the Gardner Agriculture Policy Program at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, as expert and […]
  • Mar 22, 2023

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Publications

Townhall Dispatch: A Social Future? Inequality and Cities in the Transatlantic Context

The second edition of our Townhall Dispatch on the future of cities in the transatlantic context with a focus on social inequality is now available online.

What Should the EU do to Maintain a Competitive Green Economy?

The Aspen Institute Germany is thrilled to announce the release of the March 2023 issue of the Experts’ Debrief of the Trans European Policy Studies Association. The report is now available online.

Democratization and the Role of Parliaments in the Western Balkans

Aspen Germany held a closed-door conference in 2022 as part of “Aspen Western Balkans Stakeholder Forum 2022”. The conference report in now online!

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Podcasts

Episode 46: One year after the Russian invasion: The Ukraine war and its consequences

With Elmar Theveßen (ZDF studio director in Washington D.C.) and Dr. Liana Fix (Fellow for Europe at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington D.C.).

Episode 45: After the Chaos in Congress: The State of the Republican Party

With Kerstin Klein (ARD studio in Washington, D.C.) and Dr. Philipp Adorf (Institute for Political Science and Sociology at the University of Bonn).

Episode 44: New Trade Dispute Among Friends? Why U.S. Investments in Future Technologies Alarm the EU

With Heike Buchter (DIE ZEIT) and Dr. Laura von Daniels (German Institute for International and Security Affairs).

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Programs

Digital

The Digital Program deals with the far-reaching social transformation processes of digitalization.

Europe

The Europe programs focuses on the future of Europe with a particular focus on the Western Balkans, EU enlargement, and questions of strategic autonomy. 

Leadership

The Aspen Leadership Program facilitates exchange between people in leadership positions to foster values-based leadership. 

Public

The Public Program provides a forum for open and constructive dialog between decision-makers and a broader audience on a wide range of current global challenges.

Transatlantic

The Transatlantic Program facilitates an open, values-based dialogue on key challenges facing the transatlantic partnership.

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About

The Aspen Institute Germany is an independent, non-partisan organization committed to promoting values-based leadership and open discourse on society, policy and global challenges.

Our Mission

The Aspen Institute Germany promotes values-based leadership, constructive dialog among conflicting parties, and Euro-Atlantic cooperation to support and enhance a strong open society.

Our history

The Aspen Institute Germany was founded in 1974 by Shepard Stone as the first Aspen Institute outside the United States. Founded in the midst of the Cold War, it promoted U.S.-German dialog with the Eastern Bloc.

Our Team

Director Dr. Stormy-Annika Mildner has led the Aspen team since January 2021. Our Transatlantic, Digital, Public and Europe Programs are being supported by a team of currently 21 staff members. 

Aspen international

In addition to the founding institute in the USA, the global Aspen network includes independent institutes in Central Europe (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia), France (Paris), Germany (Berlin), India (New Delhi), Italy (Rome), Japan (Tokyo), Mexico (Mexico City), New Zealand (Queenstown), Romania (Bucharest), Spain (Madrid), UK (London), and Ukraine (Kyiv).

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