30 US and German Fellows, who were selected through an essay competition, collaborated in working groups to write policy memos on the entire transatlantic agenda: Defense, trade, populism, migration, integration & development policy, climate change & energy policy, education, tech policy and a new narrative for transatlantic relations. The Fellows travelled together to Hamburg, Dresden […]
The Atlantic Expedition concluded with a farewell dinner at Soho House and a conversation with Dr. Klaus Scharioth, former German Ambassador to the United States and State Secretary of the German Foreign Office and currently Dean of the Mercator College for International Affairs in Germany, and with Christoph von Marshall, Tagesspiegel Correspondent in the United […]
When we became policy designers and prototyped the future. WeQ is intelligence by many people who think and solve problems as a network interdisciplinarily. A little bit like the aim of this expedition which connects young people from different backgrounds, skills and interests. This concept is manifested in methods of design thinking. For example prototyping […]
On March 2, 2017 within hours of arriving in Berlin and moments after presented at the Bundestag, the group headed to the U.S. Embassy. Click on photo to enlarge and start slideshow Trying to make a packed schedule, we hurried through Brandenburg Gate and other historic Berlin monuments with only a moment’s acknowledgment. Upon arrival, […]
EXPERTS: Michael Nowak, Policy Planning Staff of the Federal Foreign Office, and Dr. George Schulze Zumkley, Department for Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) in the Federal Foreign Office. PRESENTING FELLOWS: Rachel Hoff (Defense Group); Juan Jose Pedrosa (Climate Change Group) Click on photo to enlarge and start slideshow Dr. Johannes Bohnen introduced the guests from […]
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 […]
The third internal session on March 1 was extremely useful for planning, mapping, and regrouping after the Fellows had received feedback on their memos from a number of governmental and non-governmental actors. Fellows were able to assess the state of their memo and policy recommendations and edit them to be more relevant, concise, and realistic. […]
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 […]
After the discussion and lunch with Dr. Fritz Jaeckel, Chief of State Chancellery and State Minister for Federal and European Affairs, Annegret Schlurecke and Dr. Eva Sturm from the NGO DRESDEN – Place to be! e. V.“ joined the group in the State Chancellory and presented their NGO’s work to enhance the welcome culture and […]
Wednesday March 1, 2017 began in Dresden with sightseeing, including a tour of the Frauenkirche followed by a two hour conversation and lunch with Dr. Fritz Jaeckel, Chief of State Chancellery and State Minister for Federal and European Affairs, and Media Policy, and Thomas Horn, Director of International Relations, and Marion Gündel, International Relations Officer. […]