Transatlantic Relations One Year after Russia‘s Invasion of Ukraine
Germany is facing a headwind of complex policy and national security issues that include Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Eurozone’s inability to manage inflation, unemployment, and aging population, the lingering social and political repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic, and ongoing competing authoritarian powers reshaping institutional relations and geopolitical lines in Europe and elsewhere.
What does this mean for Germany’s foreign policy initiatives abroad?
With more than 20 years of experience as a diplomat, Ambassador Axel Dittmann is a leading expert on Germany and transatlantic affairs, and the evolving role of Germany in a multi-polar world. Join us as he shares his insight on the challenges Germany faces in this new normal and the way forward for Europe in this new global order.
Program Information:
Date:
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Check-In and Pre-Lunch Networking:
11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Lunch & Presentation:
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Location:
Hilton Uptown Charlotte
Cost:
$50 (WACC & ACG Member Rate)
$65 (Non-Member Rate)
$35 (WACC Student Member / Educator Member / YPWACC)
- Please call 704-687-7762 for credit card payments over the phone.
- Checks can be mailed to “World Affairs Council of Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd., CHHS 227, Charlotte, NC 28223.
Biography:
Axel Dittmann, born 23 March 1966 in Bonn, married, three children
Since 2022 Deputy Head of Mission, German Embassy Washington
2018 – 2022 Director for EU Institutional Affairs, Foreign Office, Berlin
2015 – 2018 Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Serbia
2007 – 2015 European Directorate, Foreign Office, Berlin
2006 – 2007 UNOSEK, United Nations in Vienna
2004 – 2006 German Embassy Washington (State Department exchange, Political officer)
2001 – 2004 Negotiating team EU Constitutional Treaty, Foreign Office, Berlin
1998 – 2001 Foreign Office: German Embassy Belgrade, UNMIK (Kosovo), EU negotiating team Skopje
1996 – 1998 McKinsey & Co., Berlin
1992 – 1996 Foreign Office (Attaché training; UN Permanent Mission in NY)
1985 – 1991 Study of economics
