Foreign Policy and the New German Government
Mar 16, 2022 | 10am PDT
Panel Discussion on Zoom | Panelist: Charles M. Huber (Former Parliament Member, CDU 2013-2017), Sudha David-Wilp (Deputy Director, Berlin Office of the German Marshall Fund of the United States), Oliver Schramm (Consul General, German Consulate General San Francisco); Moderators: Soeren Urbansky (German Historical Institute Washington | Pacific Office Berkeley) and Akasemi Newsome (Associate Director, Institute of European Studies)
Sponsors: Institute of European Studies, German Historical Institute Washington | Pacific Office Berkeley
Six months after the 2021 German federal elections, Social Democrat Olaf Scholz has formed a 'traffic-light' coalition government with the Green Party and the Liberal Party. IES invites you to a panel event on the foreign policy challenges faced by the new government in Germany. Covered topics will include the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the future of NATO, the impact of Covid 19 on EU integration, EU-Africa relations as well as US-EU relations. IES Associate Director Akasemi Newsome and Sören Urbanksy, Head of the Pacific Office of the German Historical Institute Washington, will moderate a discussion featuring expertise from Charles M. Huber, former German Parliament Member (CDU 2013-2017), Sudha David-Wilp, Deputy Director, German Marshall Fund of the United States (Berlin Office) and Oliver Schramm (Consul General of Germany in San Francisco, CA).
If you require an accommodation for effective communication (ASL interpreting/CART captioning, alternative media formats, etc.) or information about campus mobility access features in order to fully participate in this event, please contact Ray Savord at rsavord@berkeley.edu or 510-643-4558 with as much advance notice as possible and at least 7-10 days in advance of the event.