Upcoming Events at World Affairs Auditorium
Thu Oct 31, 11:30 AM - Thu Oct 31, 1:00 PM
312 Sutter Street Suite 200, San Francisco, CA 94108
Community: San Francisco
Description
Diplomat Luncheon: Populism and Nationalism on the Rise: A German Perspecti...
Event Details
Last October, former German Diplomat, Stefan Schlueter, undertook a two-week, 12-city speaking tour in the southeastern and mid-western regions of the United States, engaging over 1,200 Americans in conversations about German-Jewish relations, Germany’s coming to terms with its past and rising anti-Semitism and populism in Europe. Since his trip in 2018, populist trends have been on an upward trajectory in many European countries as evidenced by the continued issues surrounding Brexit in the United Kingdom and elections in Hungary, Italy, and the European Parliament. And, in early September the German populist party, the Alternative for Germany (AfD), made significant gains in two eastern German state elections. Mr. Schlueter will join us to discuss the rise of populism and nationalism in Germany and Europe. Lunch will be served.
Stefan Schlüter served in the German Foreign Office until the summer of 2017 and is now a Program Director at the Diplomatic Academy in Berlin. After studying political science at the University of Hamburg, Mr. Schlüter joined the German Foreign Office in 1979. He has held diplomatic postings in Buenos Aires, Tel Aviv, New York, Berlin, Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Mr. Schlueter’s speaking tour is supported by Allianz and through a grant to the World Affairs Councils of America (WACA) and the American Council on Germany to hold a series of public policy discussions with German decision-makers, opinion leaders, and policy experts in 18 communities across the United States as part of the Deutschlandjahr USA 2018/19 – Year of German-American Friendship. This initiative is funded by the German Federal Foreign Office, implemented by the Goethe-Institut, and supported by The Federation of German Industries (BDI).
Stefan Schlüter served in the German Foreign Office until the summer of 2017 and is now a Program Director at the Diplomatic Academy in Berlin. After studying political science at the University of Hamburg, Mr. Schlüter joined the German Foreign Office in 1979. He has held diplomatic postings in Buenos Aires, Tel Aviv, New York, Berlin, Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Mr. Schlueter’s speaking tour is supported by Allianz and through a grant to the World Affairs Councils of America (WACA) and the American Council on Germany to hold a series of public policy discussions with German decision-makers, opinion leaders, and policy experts in 18 communities across the United States as part of the Deutschlandjahr USA 2018/19 – Year of German-American Friendship. This initiative is funded by the German Federal Foreign Office, implemented by the Goethe-Institut, and supported by The Federation of German Industries (BDI).
