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The Bucerius Law School Experience

Bucerius Law School recognizes that international experience is a pre-requisite for success among today’s graduates, but that longer term studies abroad are not feasible for everyone. To remedy this problem, Bucerius offers three-week summer programming in addition to its semester exchange and one-year graduate degree. The intensive English-taught courses of study enable participants to expand Read More

On the Current State of Transatlantic Relations, by Theo Sommer

On January 12th, 2016 Theo Sommer, Editor-at-Large for DIE ZEIT, spoke to American Friends of Bucerius and American Council on Germany program alumni. Below is a transcript of his speech as originally written. All opinions expressed belong to the author, and do not reflect the values or opinions of the Bucerius family of institutions. Forty-five Read More

Watch the Video: Helmut Schmidt: The Life and Legacy of a Statesman

Did you miss the program in DC? You can watch the video now! Click here (note: you will be taken to an external website). Welcoming Remarks Karen Donfried, President, The German Marshall Fund of the United States Panel Discussants Henry Kissinger, Former U.S. Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Theo Sommer, Former Editor and Read More

Turkey, Russia, and Syria: An Interview with Kemal Kirisci, Brookings Institution

Listen to an interview with Kemal Kirisci, TÜSİAD Senior Fellow and Director of the Center on the United States and Europe’s Turkey Project at Brookings Institution. Topics covered during his conversation with Melis Tusiray, Director of Programs at American Friends of Bucerius, include Turkey’s ongoing conflict with Russia, the latest developments in the Syrian Refugee Crisis, and the Read More

Keep Shifting Paradigms: Lessons from Europe on Creating Low-Carbon Energy Security

Rethinking energy policy approaches We like to say that conversations about energy security, whether in the US or Europe, are constantly evolving. But I am not convinced that the continuous shift in focus, whether it is reducing imports, increasing generation, or integrating markets, constitutes an evolutionary thought process. Instead I believe that this is a Read More

A Duty to Help

France is Germany’s closest ally. Not to stand by it would undermine the foundations of the European Union. By Matthias Nass Happy are those people who have a quick and easy answer for everything. Who know, for example, that the “Islamic State” can only be overcome by war. Or those who are adamant that Germany Read More

Bucerius Global Legacy Profile: Ester Cara

Ester Cara is a student at Humboldt-University in Berlin, majoring in Cultural Studies and Musicology, and one of the Arnold Heidsieck Scholarship Fund recipients. We sat down with her recently to talk about her experience as a Heidsieck Scholar in New York City. Cultural Studies and Musicology is an interesting topic, what led you to Read More

Bucerius USA Welcomes the Governance Talks to NYC

On November 20 and 21 American Friends of Bucerius welcomed one of the ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius’ flagship programs to New York City – the Governance Talks. Recent terrorist events in Beirut, Paris, and Nigeria, the on-going refugee crisis affecting Europe, climate change, cyber security, and the upcoming presidential elections in the United States Read More

In Memoriam: Helmut Schmidt

American Friends of Bucerius is deeply saddened by the passing of former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt. He was well-known as a world leader and a remarkable statesman, serving Germany in many posts before being elected Chancellor of what was then West Germany in 1974, serving until 1982. German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier called him “a Read More

Bucerius Law School Announces the Summer Programs for 2016

Interested in getting international law experience? Looking to broaden your horizons? Bucerius Law School just announced their programs for 2016, including the brand new course on Sports Law. NEW: SPORTS LAW Develop crucial skills in contract drafting and negotiation to tackle the range of legal challenges faced by sports industry professionals! This fast-paced Summer Program Read More