Trade and the Environmental Poly-Crisis – Making the World Trade Organization Fit to Better Deal with Trade and the Environment
This Policy Brief recommends that the G20 discuss proposals to enhance current WTO rules to better address environmental concerns and to use dialogue mechanisms to deal with environment-related trade disputes.
US-Wahl am 5. November: Ist Deutschland auf einen Sieg von Donald Trump ausreichend vorbereitet?
A serious trade conflict is looming. Donald Trump’s first term in office has shown that he doesn’t just make announcements, he also implements them.
Berlin Process: Civil Society & Think Tank Forum 2024 – Policy Recommendations
As part of the Civil Society and Think Tank Forum 2024, this publication presents and outlines the recommendations of civil society in the Western Balkans, addressing the most important challenges for the region.
Ten Years of the Berlin Process – Stocktaking Study
The “Stocktaking Study: 10 Years of the Berlin Process” offers a comprehensive analysis of the Berlin Process (BP) from its inception in 2014 to its ten-year milestone in 2024. The Berlin Process was designed to support the Western Balkans in pursuit of regional cooperation and building closer ties with the European Union.
Bidenomics: Renaissance der Industriepolitik
President Joe Biden took up a challenging economic policy legacy in January 2021. In his first two years in office, he achieved significant measures such as a comprehensive economic stimulus and infrastructure package as well as the CHIPS Act and the Inflation Reduction Act, which ushered in a renaissance of industrial policy and increased the securitization of economic and foreign trade policy.
Zeitenwende in der Handelspolitik? Deutschland und die Handelspolitik im Zeichen geopolitischer Herausforderungen
The book covers more than 65 years of German European policy in key policy areas of the European Union and the influence that Germany has on European integration and decision-making processes.
Publications 2024
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Our Podcast America’s Choice
“America’s Choice – Der USA-Podcast” is a German-language podcast on U.S. politics, co-produced by the Aspen Institute Germany and the Atlantik-Brücke. The podcast addresses political developments in the United States, the Biden administration‘s domestic and foreign policy priorities, and the implications for transatlantic relations. It is co-hosted by Dr. Stormy-Annika Mildner, Executive Director of the Aspen Germany, and Julia Friedlander, Executive Director of the Atlantik-Brücke. In each episode, they speak with select experts about the latest developments on the other side of the Atlantic. The podcast is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and other platforms.
Podcast America’s Choice 2024
Podcast America’s Choice 2023
Podcast America’s Choice 2022
Podcast America’s Choice 2021
Podcast America’s Choice 2020
Media Literacy Podcast
In addition to our publication “Medienkompetenz meistern – Tipps von Schüler*innen für Schüler*innen”, the “Media Literacy Podcast – Medienkompetenz meistern” is the result of our transatlantic students project on media literacy and is hosted by our podcast producer Roberta Ahlers. The podcast was produced in cooperation with the experts and speakers of our transatlantic media literacy project and is dedicated to the topics of media literacy, information literacy and the competent handling of “fake news,” disinformation, conspiracy ideologies, hate speech and discrimination on the Internet and Social Media. In each episode, the host talks to selected experts about topics related to media literacy. Selected students from the Dathe-Gymnasium in Berlin, the Marie-Curie-Gymnasium in Dresden and the German International School of Silicon Valley also have their say. The podcast is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and other relevant platforms. We would like to particularly thank the U.S. Embassy in Berlin for their kind support of the project.
