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A project to overcome polarization
German-American university chancellor Daniel Diermeier talks about the Vanderbilt Project on Unity and American Democracy.
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Interviews, coverage and background stories on Germany and its relations to the USA and Canada.
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Transatlantic climate cooperation
The USA and Canada are important partners for Germany in the fight against climate change. A look at the current exchange.
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Remembering the horror
US President Biden has visited the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site several times – and also viewed it critically. An attempt at clarification.
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Biontech’s friend in New York
Corona vaccine: Erfurt-born Kathrin Jansen represents the collaboration between Pfizer and German firm Biontech.
Germans pin their hopes on Joe Biden
Survey: Overwhelming majority envisages better relations with the USA thanks to new president
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US elections: “Together again”
Federal President Steinmeier talks about new opportunities for transatlantic relations following Joe Biden’s election as US president.
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The guest: Canada’s culture
In 2020 and 2021, Canada is guest of honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Five questions and answers on an unusual presentation.
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Smart downtown
Park automatically, use digital data, manage traffic: three German-US joint ventures for the future of cities.
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“Lack of a Culture of Remembrance”
Philosopher Susan Neiman on her life as an American in Berlin and an incomplete reunification.
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“New German identity”
Lorraine Daston, Director emerita of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, talks about a country in a process of change.
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“A Success Story”
Sudha David-Wilp of the German Marshall Fund (GMF) on modern Germany and its path to reunification.
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“Investment in Alliances”
Ambassador Daniel Benjamin on the trust in the transatlantic partnership in times of crisis.