Current Events
 

• Checkpoint Poznan: Transatlantic Climate Relations after the U.S. Elections
  November 24,2008. 9:30 am-11:00 am Panel Discussion
  Brookings. 1775 Massachusetts Ave NW. Room Saul.
  With the next United Nations climate summit being held in Poznan, Poland next month, what are the prospects for U.S. climate policy under the incoming Obama Administration and what are the opportunities for enhanced transatlantic cooperation? A panel discussion organized by the Heinrich-Boell-Foundation and Brookings.     more...
   
• International Symposium 'On Torture'
  Tuesday, 18 November 2008, 9am - 6:30pm
  in cooperation with the George Washington University & the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
  Jack Morton Auditorium, George Washington University, 805 21st Street NW, Washington DC
  The "torture debate" since the Abu Ghraib photographs has involved talk of legal permissibility, costs and benefits, policies, ticking time bombs and moral absolutes. Yet torture is much broader and deeper in its moral, political, legal, and social implications.     more...
   
• The Financial Crisis and Global Policy Action: Beyond Quick Fixes
  Wednesday, November 12th, 9 - 11 am
  Woodrow Wilson Intl. Center for Scholars, One Woodrow Wilson Plaza
  On the eve of the G-20 Summit on the global financial crisis in Washington on November 15th, this discusses event gives voice to civil society and developing country views for alternative reform proposals for the global financial system, which the G-20 will likely not hear.     more...
   
• The Unrelenting Logic of Business as Usual: Piracy and Commerce in Failed States
  Monday, 27 October 2008, noon-2pm
  lunch roundtable discussion
  Restaurant Nora, 2132 Florida Avenue N.W., Washington DC
  With approximately two billion people living on the verge of institutional collapse in fragile states, state failures are a daily tragedy that affect their inhabitants and put in question the stability of the state system. Strengthening weak states and preventing state failure are urgent tasks for the 21st century.     more...
   
• New Perspectives for the Transatlantic Climate Dialogue
  Friday, 31 October 2008, noon - 2pm
  A discussion with Reinhard Bütikofer
  SAIS, 1619 Massachusetts Ave., R.812, Rome Building
  The SAIS German Club and the Heinrich Böll Foundation North America cordially invite to a discussion on transatlantic climate policy.     more...
   
• Global Governance and the Financial Crisis
  Thursday, 23 October 2008, noon-2pm
  roundtable luncheon with Jürgen Trittin, Member of the German Bundestag
  Restaurant Nora, 2132 Florida Avenue N.W., Washington DC
  The turmoil in the financial markets has reached the world economy with horrifying speed. It is beginning to affect ordinary people, as both investors and employees, and it is already having an impact on companies all over the world.     more...
   
• Domestic and Foreign Policy Developments Inside Medvedev's Russia
  Tuesday, October 14, 2008 12:30pm - 2pm
  luncheon discussion
  The Elliot School of International Affairs, Voesar Conference Room, 1957 E Street, NW, Suite 412
  This policy debate aims to discuss the recent developments in Russia's domestic and foreign policy.     more...
   
• The Global Food Crisis: Time for a Fresh Look at Sustainable Agriculture Policy Alternatives
  Thursday, October 9, 2008 12 noon - 2 pm (NOTE: a light lunch will be served at 11:45 am)
  Co-hosted with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
  CEIP, 1779 Massachusetts Avenue, NW     more...
   
• Confronted with New Challenges: Developments and Trends of the German Party System in the Light of the last Elections
  Wednesday, 1 October 2008, 12-1:30pm
  roundtable discussion
  American Institute for Contemporary German Studies, 1755 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Suite 700, Washington DC
  Over the last few years, the German political landscape has irrevocably shifted, forcing the now five main political parties on the federal scene to redefine their core electorate, reach out to these voters in an invigorated fashion and sharpen and refocus their political programmatic     more...
   
• Greening the Economy
  October 8, 2008-October 9, 2008
  Berlin, Germany     more...
   
• Film Screening "In The Name Of The Son"
  Friday, 19 September 2008, 2-4pm
  in cooperation with the Bosniak American Advisory Council for Bosnia & Herzegovina
  1116 Longworth House Office Building, Washington DC
  After escaping execution, Tarik, a Bosnian prisoner of war, immigrates to the Unit States looking to leave his past behind. Years later, the man who spared his life shows up on Tarik's doorstep asking for a favor. In April 2008, this movie qualified for an Academy Award in Live Action Short Film category.     more...
   
• U.S.-China Climate Change Policy
  September 17, 2008, 3:00 – 4:30pm
  Center for American Progress, 1333 H St. NW, 10th Floor, Washington, DC 20005
  This public symposium will present central conclusions of a 2-day roundtable discussion on how to strengthen U.S.-China collaboration on climate policy.     more...
   
• Values and Interests in Foreign Policy
  Thursday, 11 September - Friday, 12 September 2008
  Annual Foreign Policy Conference 2008
  Berlin, Germany
  The 2008 Annual Foreign Policy Conference will undertake a critical analysis of the apparent conflict between value-based and interest-guided foreign policy. International political, economic and civil society experts will explore the question of whether values and interests do represent separate spheres or rather are two dimensions of a rational and transparent process of foreign policy development and democratic decision-making.     more...
   
• Private Foundations as Global Civil Entrepreneurs: An Answer to Poor Performance of Global Governance?
  Thursday, 4 September 2008 12:30pm - 2pm
  lunch roundtable discussion in cooperation with the German Marshall Fund
  German Marshall Fund, 1700 18th Street, NW, Washington DC
  In recent years, a new type of political actor has become increasingly important - cosmopolitan individuals, such as Al Gore, Muhammad Yunus or Bill Gates, acting transnationally, to advocate for the rights and the well-being of their "fellow citizens of the world".     more...
   
• The Missing Piece in Climate Policies: Renewable Heating and Cooling in Germany and the U.S.
  Thursday, July 31st, 2008 12-1:30pm
  Longworth House Building, Room 1334 Washington, DC
  This event discussed the questions like why there are no current federal policies in U.S. addressing renewable energy industries, which states have taken the lead to address specific technologies for heating and cooling within their own climate strategies, and how other countries like Germany are working on the strategies of renewable heating and cooling.     more...
   
• Clout & Climate Change: A New Global Agenda for the 21st Century
  July 27-30, 2008
  International Scenario Game Exercise, invitation only
  Washington, DC
  The future consequences of global climate change remain unclear, but the economic, social, political, and military risks for all nations have the potential to be catastrophic. This exercise used war gaming and scenario planning techniques to assess the potential threats and responses to global climate change.     more...
   
• A Transatlantic Dialog on Solutions to Global Warming
  Tuesday, July 22, 2008 9:00am to 10:30am
  Center for American Progress, 1333 H Street, NW, 10th Floor, Washington DC
  Please join the Center for American Progress and the Heinrich Böll Foundation for a transatlantic dialog on solutions to global warming with senior European policy makers.     more...
   
• The EU’s Emissions Trading System
  Friday, July 18, 2008,12:00 – 1:30pm
  Key Lessons on Auction vs. Allocation, Market Oversight, and other Issues
  Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2203
  Please join us for the next discussion in our dynamic summer series of climate lunch dialogues featuring experts on European and U.S. climate and energy policy, about cap and trade and the pros and cons of auctioning emissions allowances versus granting them for free.     more...
   
• The Missing Piece in Climate Policy - Renewable Heating and Cooling
  Wednesday, July 9, 2008 7:30 a.m - 10:00 a.m.
  Emerging Enterprise Center at Foley Hoag LLP, Waltham MA
  The Heinrich Böll Foundation, in partnership with Foley Hoag, the City of Boston's Solar Boston initiative, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts's Division of Energy Resources, National Grid and the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council invite you to the following event on The Missing Piece in Climate Policy: Renewable Heating and Cooling.     more...
   
• Srebrenica - Remembrance for the Future
  Thursday, July 10th, 2008, 6pm
  exhibition opening
  Embassy of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2109 E Street, NW, Washington, DC 20037
  July 11, 2008 will mark the 13th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide. The mass murder of more than seven thousand men and boys in a UN Safe Zone was a shame to Europe, the United States, and to the United Nations (UN).     more...
   
• Clash or Cooperation? The Chinese Climate Change Dilemma
  Thursday, June 26th, 2008, noon - 1.45pm
  A Discussion with Germany's Green Party Chairman
  1630 Connecticut Ave, NW 7th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20009
  How could energy and climate policy become an area of strategic cooperation between the United States, the European Union and China? As principal emitters of the past, what incentives can Europe and the United States offer China as the country juggles the task of sustaining economic growth and enforcing more stringent environmental standards?     more...
   
• What Women Want: Voices from the Middle East
  Tuesday, June 24, 2008 12:00 - 2:00 pm
  panel discussion
  Heldref Publications, Reid Ballroom, 1319 18th Street NW, Washington, DC 20036
  Women's political participation in the Middle East has been impeded by various social factors, and discriminatory laws against women remain in effect. As a consequence of that basic imbalance, public policies advanced at the national level often fail to address underlying gender inequities or the concerns of women.     more...
   
• Foreign Investment and Sustainable Development: Lessons from the Americas
  Thursday, June 19, 2008 2:00p.m. – 4:00p.m.
  Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1779 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC     more...
   
• Renewable Energy Payments in the US: Prospects and Perspectives
  June 18, 2008, 12:00-1:00pm
  Rayburn 2123     more...
   
• Europeans are from Mars – Americans are from Venus
  June 12, 2008 (11AM Discussion, 12PM Screening)
  Comparing the Role of Soccer in the U.S. and Europe
  German Marshall Fund (1700 18th St. NW)
  Soccer is the dominant sport worldwide – except in the United States where it is a growing sport but still in its infancy. Join us for a transatlantic discussion, followed by a screening of the EURO 2008 first round match Croatia vs. Germany.     more...
   
• Justice, Culture and Tradition
  June 2-4, 2008
  Conference in Honor of Michael Walzer
  Institute for Advanced Study (IAS), Princeton, New Jersey
  To recognize Michael Walzer's contributions to the ethical and political philosophy of the twentieth century, the Carnegie Council invites to the conference titled 'Justice, Culture and Tradition'.     more...
   
• Perceptions of U.S. Democracy Promotion: American and Middle Eastern Views
  Friday, May 23, 2008 12:00 - 2:00 pm
  panel discussion
  Henry L. Stimson Center, 1111 19th Street, NW, 12th Floor, Washington, DC 20036
  Most Americans and Middle Easterners agree, according to public opinion polls, that democracy can develop in the Middle East and that only peaceful means of supporting democracy are acceptable. Nevertheless, deep disagreements remain on whether the U.S. should be involved in promoting democracy in the region, and if so, how.     more...
   
• Accounting for Climate Change in Bilateral Development Aid: A German Perspective
  Friday, May 16, 2008 10:30am--12:00pm
  Center for Global Development, 1776 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Third Floor, Washington, DC
  Germany has been a strong supporter of multilateral efforts to combat climate change, for example, through the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the more recent efforts of the World Bank. In addition, Germany is a leader among donor countries in reshaping its bilateral aid activities to take into account climate change issues.     more...
   
• Creating a Climate of Change: Women, Nuclear Energy and Justice in a Warming World
  6 May 2008, 6:30-8:00pm
  Discussion
  Washington, DC: Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1530 P ST. NW
  Join us for this public event where women Nobel Peace Laureates and co‐founders of the Nobel Womenʹs Initiative, Wangari Maathai and Jody Williams, will discuss their vision of ‘climate justice’ – an approach to climate change that recognizes differential responsibilities for developed and developing countries, and puts the rights of people, especially women, at the center of the climate debate. Pat Mitchell, President of The Paley Center for Media and the former President and CEO of Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), will moderate.     more...
   
• Cap and Trade: Perspectives from the EU and the US
  April 23 9:00-10:30am
  Washington, DC - The Brookings Institution, Somers Room
  Recent debates on U.S. climate change policy have made a national cap and trade system a likely option for addressing emissions in the U.S. In this briefing, two leading experts on climate change will discuss the European Union’s experiences with the cap and trade system, and the prospects for a U.S. shift to a similar strategy. A broader discussion will also take place on key design questions such as upstream versus downstream regulation, auctioning versus free allocation policies, and border adjustments among other issues.     more...
   
• Current Developments and Trends in China’s Relations with African Countries
  April 28, 2008 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
  Conference
  2105 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC
  HBF Washington, DC and AFPC co-hosted this conference to bring together experts from the US, the EU, Africa and China to share their knowledge on important aspects of China’s relation with Africa including political, military, economic, resource, human rights and social relations. It also launched a discussion on the policy recommendations and findings memorandum derived from the research Ambassador David Shinn and Joshua Eisenman conducted in 2007 in China and seven African countries.     more...