The Zeitgeist

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Episode 44: Climate Policy and International Economic and Financial Cooperation

Posted October 7, 202100:37:30

Climate policy has become a major issue in German domestic politics and was a key topic for the recent German federal election. All major political...

Episode 43: Living the American-German Relationship—A Conversation with Martin Richenhagen

Posted May 6, 202100:34:36

On this episode of The Zeitgeist, our guest is Prof. Dr. Martin Richenhagen, Chairman of the AICGS Board of Trustees and former CEO of the American...

Episode 42: A New Direction for Germany?

Posted April 29, 202100:32:06

The German federal election campaign is heating up after Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) and the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU)...

Episode 41: Trade Talk with Soumaya Keynes—Biden’s Trade Policy, the Transatlantic Relationship, and the Next Chapter

Posted April 13, 202100:29:50

On this episode of The Zeitgeist, AICGS’ Jeff Rathke and Peter Rashish speak with Soumaya Keynes, trade and globalization editor at The Economist...

Episode 40: National Bellwethers for the German Federal Election?

Posted March 16, 202100:44:23

The March 14 elections for state legislatures in the states of Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate kicked off an electoral marathon that will...