The Marathon After the Olympics
In this week’s At Issue, Executive Director Dr. Jackson Janes discusses the politicized opening to the Olympic Games in Beijing and how the transatlantic partners can positively deal with China’s growing influence in global politics and economics.

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Issue Brief #22: A European Realignment: German-American Responses
In AICGS Issue Brief 22, Research Program Associate Kirsten Verclas describes the current German and U.S. positions on Russia, energy security, NATO, and the role of the EU, and examines the U.S. presidential candidates’ views in these areas, discussing what these positions will mean for the transatlantic relationship and German-American relations in 2009.

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German Vulnerabilities in a Globalizing World
What are Germany’s vulnerabilities in today’s globalized world? A recent joint AICGS/Institute for German Studies at the University of Birmingham conference sought to explore the collection and nature of challenges that Germany faces as a state, as well as Germany’s responses to these challenges. Conference participants Katrin Auel, Roland Czada, Christian Hacke, and Dan Hough all provide their thoughts on some of the domestic issues that Germany must face.

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Issue Brief #21: Security and Stability: German and American Cooperation in Times of Transition
In AICGS Issue Brief #21, AICGS Research Program Associate Kirsten Verclas analyzes German and American perceptions
of and policies on current security issues including terrorism, the conflicts in the Middle East, and questions of nuclear nonproliferation. Issue Brief #21 also explores the possibilities for cooperation and for conflict between Germany and the United States in solving these issues with an outlook on the changes to be expected after the U.S. presidential election.

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‘The Europeans Are Chasing Illusions’
Former AICGS Fellow Henryk Broder and Martin Doerry interview Dutch author Leon de Winter about the threats mounting against Israel and the assimilation of Muslims in Europe, with Mr. de Winter arguing that modern Islam is in a state of significant change. This article originally appeared in the July 25, 2008, edition of Der Spiegel International.

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Russland ist schwächer, als Europa
wahrhaben will
Dr. Jörg Himmelreich, Senior Transatlantic Fellow at The German Marshall Fund of the United States and a contributor to AICGS projects on Russia, analyzes the foreign policy of new Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and argues that Europe has the upper hand in creating a new cooperative agenda. This article originally appeared in the July 27, 2008, edition of Die Welt am Sonntag and is available in German only.

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