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The ”Global Atlanticists” Network, initiated by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in 2003, is a bipartisan transatlantic network of German and U.S. lawmakers and key policy advisors. It was established to promote a mutual understanding of key interests, and to further the US-EU strategy debate on crucial issues like migration, nuclear proliferation, Iran and Middle East policy. The “Global Atlanticists” network aims at “globalizing” the transatlantic debate and cooperation: We want to broaden the transatlantic agenda and provide a dependable basis for effective European-American cooperation.The Network’s Goals:

• Provide an environment for a straightforward transatlantic dialogue on German, American, and transatlantic foreign, security, and development policy after September 11, 2001;


• Deepen the understanding of the internal political and social framework on both sides of the Atlantic, which underpins foreign policy and national security decisions;


• Improve the transatlantic framework for managing different economic, political, and military capacities;


• Build up and strengthen personal networks.

The “Global Atlanticists” network has already met in seven conferences and exchange visits since 2003 in the U.S., Germany, and Morocco.:: 

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Draft Agenda

• Confronting Threats Beyond National Boundaries: The Need for Transatlantic and Multilateral Cooperation

• On the Eve of a US Recession: Implications for the Transatlantic Partners and the World Economy

• The Future of Transatlantic Relations in a Global Context

Meeting program

Thorsten Benner (Global Public Policy Institute, Berlin) is a member of the group and has written an article as a result of this year's meeting on the need for a German/European Iraq strategy. The article has been published in German in the Financial Times Germany on May 5th, 2008 FTD Artikel Benner and in English in the Guardian on May 14th, 2008. Guardian Article Benner

 

 

Photograph by: www.imijphoto.com

• Political Islam

• Regional Security Cooperation

• Economic Development in the Middle East

Meeting program

 

• Conflict Transformation: The Six-Party Talks with North Korea – What Lessons Can be learned for other States with Nuclear Ambitions like Iran?

• Comprehensive Strategies for the Reaction of Democratic States to Terrorism

• Tour of the U.S.-Mexican Border

• Tour of Long Beach Port: Discussion with Officials of the Port of Long Beach, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol and the Joint Terrorism Task Force on Harbor Related International Security Issues

Meeting program

Left Picture/Front: Dietmar Nietan (2nd from left, former MP); Pia Bungarten (3rd from left, Division International Dialogue, FES Berlin); Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (5th from left, D-CA) and Michael Haltzel (6th from left, SAIS) in front of "Club 33" at Disneyland

Middle Picture: Almut Wieland-Karimi (FES Washington); Pia Bungarten (FES Berlin); Susan Shirk (IGCC/UCSD); Arnd Henze (WDR Television); Stephan Haggard (UCSD) and MP Rolf Mützenich on the panel at UCSD
Right Picture: the group at lunch at UCSD

      

Left Picture: US Customs and Border Protection Officer at the US-Mexican border (San Ysidro)

Middle Picture: Lee Godown (former Chief of Staff, Congresswoman Sanchez); MP Ursula Mogg; Paul Wiedenhoeft (US Coastguard Sector Commander LA, Captain of the Port) and MP Michael Roth (right) in the Port of Long Beach/LA

Right Picture: Arnd Henze (WDR); Michael Haltzel (SAIS); MP Rolf Mützenich; Amb. Don Bandler (Kissinger McLarty Associates); Judith Schwethelm (FES Berlin); Pia Bungarten (FES Berlin) and Almut Wieland-Karimi (FES Washington) on board of a Coast Guard ship

        

Left Picture: Dietmar Nietan (former MP); Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (D-CA); MP Michael Roth and MP Ursula Mogg in "Little Saigon", Anaheim/California

Middle Picture: MP Michael Roth; Dietmar Nietan (former MP) and MP Ursula Mogg at the "Fiestas Patrias" Parade in Santa Ana

Right Picture: MP Ursula Mogg and Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (D-CA) with a beauty queen at the "Fiestas Patrias" Parade in Santa Ana

 

• The Future of German-American Cooperation on Global Issues

• Migration and Religion: Integrating Immigrants with Different Religious and Cultural Backgrounds

• World Order 2020: European-American Strategies for Dealing with Emerging Powers and Reforming the UN

• Turkey’s Place in Europe: The EU Crisis and the Debates on Enlargement and Neighborhood Policies

• A Common Strategy for the Broader Middle East

• The Challenge of Dealing and Trading with Emerging Economies

• Demography and Immigration

• The Meaning of Values and Religion in American Domestic and International Politics

2nd Meeting: April 3-5, 2004 in Washington, DC

• Common Security

• Democracy Promotion: Different Approaches – Joint Responsibilities?

• Social Justice in a Free Market Economy

1st Meeting: November 8-10, 2003 in Berlin

• New Threats, Old Threats, and How to Deal with Them

• New Forms of Transatlantic Cooperation

• Practical Questions of Cooperation: Iran