American Institute for Contemporary German Studies John Hopkins University

The AICGS Foreign & Security Policy Program seeks to understand the different factors that shape important foreign and security policy debates in the United States, Germany, and Europe as they pertain to German-American relations and the German role in the transatlantic and international arenas.

The AICGS Society, Culture & Politics Program focuses on four main themes with relevance for the German-American dialogue: 1) demographic change, including migration/integration and aging societies; 2) electoral politics at the national, state, local, and supranational levels; 3) regional diversity and challenges within Germany, Europe, and the United States; 4) the politics of collective memory and identity, looking at the cultural beliefs and values, evolving interpretations of historical experiences, and shifting conceptions of national identity that shape perspectives and policy responses.