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The state of Western democracies has been a central theme in the U.S. election and is also significant in Germany, where the governing coalition has collapsed and securing ruling majorities has become increasingly difficult. With a new administration in Washington and snap elections looming in Germany, we examine current trends. Are our democracies resilient to the threats posed by, inter alia, populist movements? Can we take our liberal democracies for granted, or do we need to protect increasingly fragile systems?
Join 1014, the Goethe- Institut New York, and the American Council on Germany (ACG) for a conversation with Alexander Görlach, expert on liberal democracies and Adjunct Professor at NYU, and Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook, German political scientist.
Biographies
Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook is a political scientist and senior non-profit manager with expertise in program and strategy development and implementation, staff direction, philanthropic fundraising, budget management, communications and branding. A trained broadcast journalist, she has successfully created and managed complex programs and projects across a variety of sectors, including think-tanks, a global management consulting firm and the world's leading research university. With proven expertise of building partnerships, working across department and functional lines in organizations large and small, Cathryn has been able to develop creative solutions that deliver results quickly for different constituent groups in US national and international settings. As a German-American comparative political scientist, her research work focuses on transatlantic relations, international security architecture, the transformational impact of the digital and data revolutions on foreign policy and the evolving role of new actors, particularly cities, in international relations. She has written widely on foreign policy, negotiation and diplomacy in academic journals and mainstream media. Cathryn's writing and commentary has featured on NPR, BBC, Deutschlandfunk, New York Times, Washington Post, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, El Pais, ARD & ZDF and PHOENIX German Television, including live overnight analysis of the U.S. elections in 2012, 2016, and 2020.
Alexander Görlach is an adjunct professor to NYU Gallatin School where he teaches democratic theory. Prior to that he had various positions as visiting scholar and as fellow at Harvard University in the United States, and Cambridge University and Oxford University in the United Kingdom. He is a senior fellow to the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs in New York and a senior advisor to the Berggruen Institute in Los Angeles. Alexander holds a ThD in comparative religion and a PhD in linguistics. His academic interests include democratic theory, politics and religion, and theories of secularism, pluralism and cosmopolitanism. In the academic year 2017-18 he was a visiting scholar at National Taiwan University and City University Hongkong. Since then he focuses on the rise of China and what it means for the democracies in East Asia. Alexander Görlach is an honorary professor of ethics and theology at Leuphana University in Lüneburg, Germany. Alexander Görlach is the founder of the debate-magazine The European, that he also ran as its editor in chief from 2009 to 2015. Today he serves as an op-ed contributor to the New York Times, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, and the South China Morning Post. He is a columnist to the business magazine Wirtschaftswoche, Deutsche Welle and Focus Online. He is a frequent commentator on German News Channel WeLT TV.
The state of Western democracies has been a central theme in the U.S. election and is also significant in Germany, where the governing coalition has collapsed and securing ruling majorities has become increasingly difficult. With a new administration in Washington and snap elections looming in Germany, we examine current trends. Are our democracies resilient to the threats posed by, inter alia, populist movements? Can we take our liberal democracies for granted, or do we need to protect increasingly fragile systems?
Join 1014, the Goethe- Institut New York, and the American Council on Germany (ACG) for a conversation with Alexander Görlach, expert on liberal democracies and Adjunct Professor at NYU, and Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook, German political scientist.
Biographies
Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook is a political scientist and senior non-profit manager with expertise in program and strategy development and implementation, staff direction, philanthropic fundraising, budget management, communications and branding. A trained broadcast journalist, she has successfully created and managed complex programs and projects across a variety of sectors, including think-tanks, a global management consulting firm and the world's leading research university. With proven expertise of building partnerships, working across department and functional lines in organizations large and small, Cathryn has been able to develop creative solutions that deliver results quickly for different constituent groups in US national and international settings. As a German-American comparative political scientist, her research work focuses on transatlantic relations, international security architecture, the transformational impact of the digital and data revolutions on foreign policy and the evolving role of new actors, particularly cities, in international relations. She has written widely on foreign policy, negotiation and diplomacy in academic journals and mainstream media. Cathryn's writing and commentary has featured on NPR, BBC, Deutschlandfunk, New York Times, Washington Post, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, El Pais, ARD & ZDF and PHOENIX German Television, including live overnight analysis of the U.S. elections in 2012, 2016, and 2020.
Alexander Görlach is an adjunct professor to NYU Gallatin School where he teaches democratic theory. Prior to that he had various positions as visiting scholar and as fellow at Harvard University in the United States, and Cambridge University and Oxford University in the United Kingdom. He is a senior fellow to the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs in New York and a senior advisor to the Berggruen Institute in Los Angeles. Alexander holds a ThD in comparative religion and a PhD in linguistics. His academic interests include democratic theory, politics and religion, and theories of secularism, pluralism and cosmopolitanism. In the academic year 2017-18 he was a visiting scholar at National Taiwan University and City University Hongkong. Since then he focuses on the rise of China and what it means for the democracies in East Asia. Alexander Görlach is an honorary professor of ethics and theology at Leuphana University in Lüneburg, Germany. Alexander Görlach is the founder of the debate-magazine The European, that he also ran as its editor in chief from 2009 to 2015. Today he serves as an op-ed contributor to the New York Times, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, and the South China Morning Post. He is a columnist to the business magazine Wirtschaftswoche, Deutsche Welle and Focus Online. He is a frequent commentator on German News Channel WeLT TV.
The state of Western democracies has been a central theme in the U.S. election and is also significant in Germany, where the governing coalition has collapsed and securing ruling majorities has become increasingly difficult. With a new administration in Washington and snap elections looming in Germany, we examine current trends. Are our democracies resilient to the threats posed by, inter alia, populist movements? Can we take our liberal democracies for granted, or do we need to protect increasingly fragile systems?
Join 1014, the Goethe- Institut New York, and the American Council on Germany (ACG) for a conversation with Alexander Görlach, expert on liberal democracies and Adjunct Professor at NYU, and Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook, German political scientist.
Biographies
Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook is a political scientist and senior non-profit manager with expertise in program and strategy development and implementation, staff direction, philanthropic fundraising, budget management, communications and branding. A trained broadcast journalist, she has successfully created and managed complex programs and projects across a variety of sectors, including think-tanks, a global management consulting firm and the world's leading research university. With proven expertise of building partnerships, working across department and functional lines in organizations large and small, Cathryn has been able to develop creative solutions that deliver results quickly for different constituent groups in US national and international settings. As a German-American comparative political scientist, her research work focuses on transatlantic relations, international security architecture, the transformational impact of the digital and data revolutions on foreign policy and the evolving role of new actors, particularly cities, in international relations. She has written widely on foreign policy, negotiation and diplomacy in academic journals and mainstream media. Cathryn's writing and commentary has featured on NPR, BBC, Deutschlandfunk, New York Times, Washington Post, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, El Pais, ARD & ZDF and PHOENIX German Television, including live overnight analysis of the U.S. elections in 2012, 2016, and 2020.
Alexander Görlach is an adjunct professor to NYU Gallatin School where he teaches democratic theory. Prior to that he had various positions as visiting scholar and as fellow at Harvard University in the United States, and Cambridge University and Oxford University in the United Kingdom. He is a senior fellow to the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs in New York and a senior advisor to the Berggruen Institute in Los Angeles. Alexander holds a ThD in comparative religion and a PhD in linguistics. His academic interests include democratic theory, politics and religion, and theories of secularism, pluralism and cosmopolitanism. In the academic year 2017-18 he was a visiting scholar at National Taiwan University and City University Hongkong. Since then he focuses on the rise of China and what it means for the democracies in East Asia. Alexander Görlach is an honorary professor of ethics and theology at Leuphana University in Lüneburg, Germany. Alexander Görlach is the founder of the debate-magazine The European, that he also ran as its editor in chief from 2009 to 2015. Today he serves as an op-ed contributor to the New York Times, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, and the South China Morning Post. He is a columnist to the business magazine Wirtschaftswoche, Deutsche Welle and Focus Online. He is a frequent commentator on German News Channel WeLT TV.
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