Atlantic Expedition Fellows held a conversation while sharing lunch with Bundestag staffers on March 2nd, 2017. The conversation was held in Bundestag offices close to the Reichstag in Berlin. The topics of discussion centered on two working groups within the expedition, the first technology and innovation, and the other was development, migration and integration. The […]
Dresden Asylum Facility
A trip highlight for many fellows was our guided tour through Dresden’s asylum seeker and refugee housing facility. The tour was led by Peter Darmstadt, a local leading government official concerning asylum, and two representatives of the German Red Cross. Atlantic Expedition Fellows were given significant access to the facility, including classrooms, dining halls, and […]
The Transatlantic Vanguards of Global Democracy and Human Rights
Since the end of World War II, the United States and Western Europe have been agents for expanding democracy and human rights in developing countries. The US countered the expansion of communism into eastern Asia and the Arab world for decades. The colonial powers of Europe sought to ensure democratic transitions of African nations in […]