Following the Paris Agreement, climate commitments must be backed up by concrete action. Meeting the obligations under the Agreement will require effective and innovative policy solutions and transformation in the energy sector and beyond. The US and Germany, as climate leaders and policy pioneers, are at the forefront of these efforts and should expand cooperation […]
After a boat trip through Hamburg’s imposing Speicherstadt and a short visit to the magnificent Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg’s newest landmark, the Expedition headed – through typical Hamburg weather – to the venue of the second session of the day: the illustrious headquarters of M.M.Warburg & CO, one of Germany’s few remaining privately-held banking institutions founded in […]
Keynote by Rear Admiral Carsten Stawitzki, Commandant of the Bundeswehr Command and Staff College, on challenges for NATO and German-American military cooperation. The Fellows presented the Defense Memo and received feedback in a conversation under the Chatham House Rule. Followed by a Keynote by Niels Annen, Member of the German Parliament, Foreign Policy Spokesperson of […]
Following the Paris Agreement, global climate protection must focus on translating commitments into concrete action. The US and Germany, as climate leaders, must be at the forefront of these efforts. As both countries, and indeed all countries, undertake energy transition, climate policy requires cooperative leadership and is an opportunity to broaden the relationship between federal, […]
Global climate protection efforts following the Paris Agreement must focus on how to translate commitments into concrete action and progress. The U.S. and Germany are two important leaders impacting global climate policies. However, the 2016 presidential election has created new setbacks for US energy and climate policy. The Trump Administration’s proclaimed climate skepticism, preference for […]
“The key challenge before the Atlantic nations is to develop a new sense of common destiny in the age of jihad, the rise of Asia, and the emerging universal problems of poverty, pandemics and energy, among many others.” — Henry Kissinger. October, 2001. Please consider the following profiles: the rural, pro-life, gun-owning, church-going Appalachian coal […]
Nearly one year ago, the world agreed that climate change poses an urgent threat to society, that global cooperation is imperative to address it, and that every country must decrease greenhouse gas emissions. After years of frustrated attempts, leadership on both sides of the Atlantic was instrumental in reaching this historic agreement. While the individual […]
At the closing of 2015, world leaders from 193 countries came together under one roof in Paris where they tirelessly worked out a groundbreaking climate agreement deemed the “world’s greatest diplomatic success.” Nearly one year later, our world is witnessing a rising tide of anti-globalist sentiments and burgeoning nationalist movements that call into question the […]
Countries on both sides of the Atlantic are grappling with growing anti-globalization sentiments among their citizens. These sentiments played an important role in controversial political shifts in 2016, such as the unexpected Brexit vote results and the recent U.S. presidential election, among others. Restrictive trade and immigration policies, cuts in military spending, and a rollback […]
For centuries, states have been concerned with matters of security from a realist perspective where the state was the main actor and sovereignty was of upmost importance. However, after World War I countries decided that to protect themselves they must form alliances. So, liberal institutions were created based on a system of interdependence and cooperation, […]