Posts tagged with Global Governance

Event Summary: Shifting Alliances: The ISIS Crisis and U.S.-Kurdish Cooperation

David L. Phillips, Director of the Program on Peace-Building and Rights at Columbia University’s Institute for the Study of Human Rights, spoke on “Shifting Alliances: The ISIS Crisis and U.S.-Kurdish Cooperation” at a luncheon hosted by Alston & Bird LLP on March 12. The event was part of the Transatlantic Global Agenda Series held in Read More

Bucerius USA Global Energy + Innovation

2015 will be another year of timely and thoughtful discussions on the world of energy and the energy that powers the world from Bucerius USA. In 2014, Bucerius USA launched our Energy & Innovation Initiative – an extension of the “Energy + Law” series which was previously sponsored by Linklaters LLP. This multi-faceted series continued Read More

The Question of Trust in U.S. Relations with Germany and the European Union

On November 20, the American Friends of Bucerius (AFB) and the BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt, in cooperation with the Transatlantic Academy, sponsored a discussion on “The Question of Trust in U.S. Relations with Germany and the European Union” at the Washington headquarters of the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF). AFB President Nina Read More

Ukraine’s Future: Challenges and Opportunities

AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BUCERIUS & AMERICAN COUNCIL ON GERMANY TRANSATLANTIC GLOBAL AGENDA  Ambassador Paula J. Dobriansky: “Ukraine’s Future: Challenges and Opportunities”  September 9th, 2014, 12-2 pm, Alston + Bird LLP, New York, NY  On September 9th, 2014, Ambassador Paula Dobriansky presented ‘Ukraine’s Future: Challenges and Opportunities’ as part of the Transatlantic Global Agenda jointly hosted by Read More

Asian Forum on Global Governance 2014

From October 26 to November 4, 2014, the ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius and the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) will host the fourth Asian Forum on Global Governance in New Delhi, India. During the event titled ‘Contest for Mindspace: Politics of Competing Governance Narratives,’ over 50 young promising politicians, business representatives, and academics from 36 Read More

Trajectories of Change — Researching Social Transformation and Political Upheaval in and around Europe

The scholarship program “Trajectories of Change” provides funding for postgraduate researchers in the humanities and social sciences engaged in projects that are focused on historical and current transformation processes in and around Europe. Mass protests, revolutionary movements, social conflicts and economic crises present challenges to non-democratic regimes at the margins of Europe. These governments cannot Read More

Event Summary: “Germany as a Model and Mediator for Northeast Asian Conflicts”

AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BUCERIUS TRANSATLANTIC GLOBAL AGENDA Dr. Lily Gardner Feldman: “Germany as Model and Mediator for Northeast Asian Conflicts” May 13th, 2014, 12-2pm, Alston + Bird LLP, New York, NY On May 13th, Dr. Lily Gardner Feldman presented ‘Germany as Model and Mediator for Northeast Asian Conflicts’ as part of the Transatlantic Global Agenda Read More

Good to Go! Presenting the DO School’s Sustainable Cup Challenge Solution

The DO School Fellows have presented their GOOD TO GO initiative, put on in cooperation with Brooklyn Roasting Company, dedicated to changing the way New Yorkers enjoy their coffee. The GOOD TO GO team is working with coffee retailers, reusable cup companies, local artists, bloggers, journalists and members of NYC government to make this change happen. Read More

Transatlantic Academy Fellows Present Report Across Europe

In May and early June, Transatlantic Academy fellows and staff present the Academy’s 2013-2014 collaborative report Liberal Order in a Post-Western World at events in Berlin, Stuttgart, Brussels, London, Warsaw, and Hamburg. On May 19, Transatlantic Academy fellows begin their European dissemination trip with a presentation of the report to experts at the ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin Read More

Event Recap: “Back to the Future: the Ukraine Crisis is Germany’s Biggest Foreign Policy Challenge since the Cold War”

AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BUCERIUS TRANSATLANTIC GLOBAL AGENDA Alexander Privitera: “Back to the Future: Ukraine Crisis is Germany’s Biggest Foreign Policy Challenge since the Cold War” April 8th, 2014, 12-2pm, Alston + Bird LLP, New York, NY A Senior Fellow and Director of the Business and Economics Program at AICGS, Alexander Privitera focuses primarily on Germany’s Read More