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The close German-American relations have been lost over the past few years. According to a study by the Transatlantic Task Force of the German Marshall Fund US, only 35% of Germans saw the US as a trustworthy partner in 2014. The NSA wiretapping scandal is only the preliminary point of alienation over the past years. Read More

AFB was a proud sponsor of the Young Leaders Alumni Conference, held by Atlantik-Brücke and the American Council on Germany, in connection with the German-American Conference in Berlin, Germany. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble opened the German-American Conference of Atlantik-Brücke and the American Council on Germany on September 11th. In his speech, the Minister noted Read More

Since 2011, American Friends of Bucerius (Bucerius USA) has been offering programs on energy law and policy in the United States, in partnerships with Linklaters LLP, the German Consulate General – New York, and others. Past programs have included “International Energy Security” with Amos Hochstein, Special Envoy for International Energy Affairs at the US Department Read More

WASHINGTON – The Transatlantic Academy has announced that its ninth fellowship year, running from September 2016 to June 2017, will focus on the topic of ‘Germany and the United States in the 21st Century.’ Resident fellows will examine how the roles of Germany and the United States in Europe and the world are evolving and Read More

Dr. Werner Schnappauf, Senior Advisor, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and Chair, Initiative on Energy Law and Policy at the Bucerius Law School, spoke on Breaking News from Germany: the Status of the Germany Energy Transition, at a breakfast organized by American Friends of Bucerius and American Council on Germany. This event was hosted by Read More

Read Emily Sieg’s treatise on the state of transatlantic relations amongst the generation that will rise to leadership positions in the next 10-15 years. This latest research paper from the collaboration between AFB and BMW Foundation focuses on the rise of the Post-Cold War generation with its increased mobility and diversity. What will the policymakers Read More

On Water. Painting and Photography from J.M.W. Turner to Olafur Eliasson June 13 to September 20, 2015 Water in its many forms continues to inspire photographers and painters today. The exhibition examines the inspirational power of water from a period stretching back more than two centuries. By juxtaposing photographs and paintings, it demonstrates how both Read More

Bucerius Senior Fellow Friedrich Blase recently published “For Richer or Poorer? What Does the New “PPL” Metric Tell Us?” for Thomas Reuters’ Legal Executive Institute. The American Lawyer magazine published this week its annual statistics on the 100 largest American law firms. For the first time in a decade it included a new metric: profits Read More

Tom Hastings sees himself as a “non-traditional” law student. About to complete his second year of study at Washington University School of Law in St. Louis, Tom spent several years working in Hollywood with movie producers after completing his undergraduate studies at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill before deciding to go to law school. Tom Read More

“Miró. Painting as Poetry“ – an inspired and inspiring exhibition at the Bucerius Kunst Forum, Hamburg, realized with the help of important loans from the U.S. The first ever exhibition to examine Joan Miró’s interest in literature and his collaborations with avant-garde writers in 1920s Paris, runs until May 25, 2015. Miró was inspired by Read More