Dr. Jackson Janes
Resident senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund and President Emeritus of the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies at Johns Hopkins University; honorary president of the International Association for the Study of German Politics and an advisor to the Berlin office of the American Jewish Committee and the Zeitschrift für Aussen- und Sicherheitspolitik (ZfAS)
PATRON EVENT
In person only
Thursday, November 21, 2024
6:30- 8:00pm
Library at The Cosmopolitan Club
122 East 66th Street, New York, NY 10065
Dress Code requirements:
Appropriate dress is required in the public rooms of the Clubhouse: Attire for men is a coat (suit, sport coat or blazer) with a collared or turtleneck shirt, appropriate slacks and dress shoes.
Women should also be appropriately attired in the Clubhouse: tailored pants, suits, dresses and non-sneaker type shoes.
ABOUT THE TOPIC
This is a crucial and perhaps pivotal time for the United States’ relationships with its European counterparts. Communication between countries, including Russia, China, North Korea and Iran that have autocratic rulers and Europe, the U.S. and Japan that adhere to the principles of democracy are polarized and antagonistic. Extremism and populism within each of these countries is putting democratic principles and rule of law on the defensive. Depending on the outcome of the U.S. election in November, can the European allies trust that the U.S. will maintain its membership in NATO or will act in harmony with Europe vis -a- vis Russia or China? How will the U.S. maintain the trust and collaboration of its European allies in a post-election era?
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jackson Janes is a resident Senior Fellow at the German Marshall Fund and president emeritus of the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS) at Johns Hopkins University in Washington, DC.
Dr. Janes has been engaged in German-American affairs in numerous capacities over many years. He studied and taught at German universities in Freiburg, Giessen, and Tübingen. He also was the director of the German-American Institute in Tübingen (1977-1980) and of the European office of The German Marshall Fund of the United States in Bonn (1980-1985). Dr. Janes served as director of program development at the University Center for International Studies at the University of Pittsburgh (1986-1988) and was chair of the German Speaking Areas in Europe Program at the US State Department’s Foreign Service Institute (1999-2000).
Janes is Honorary President of the International Association for the Study of German Politics, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and affiliated with the International Institute for Strategic Studies and the Atlantic Council of the United States. Janes has lectured throughout Europe and the United States, published extensively on transatlantic affairs. In 2005, Janes was awarded the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, the country’s highest civilian award. He received his B.A. in Sociology from Colgate University, his M.A. from the Divinity School at the University of Chicago, and his Ph.D. in International Relations from the Claremont Graduate School.