Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?

On this week's Kaffeepause, Dr. Steven E. Sokol is joined by Melanie Amann, Co-Editor-in-Chief for Der Spiegel . She is a German journalist and lawyer and heads Der Spiegel's Berlin office. She was born in Bonn and raised in Siegburg. She studied law at the University of Trier, Aix-Marseille III, and at the Humboldt University of Berlin.

On this week's Kaffeepause, Dr. Steven E. Sokol is joined by James Angelos. Mr. Angelos is a journalist based in Berlin and serves as Politico’s Germany editor. His work has also appeared in the New York Times , the Wall Street Journal , and Foreign Policy , among other publications. Prior to reporting from Europe, he wrote for the New York Times City section.

On this week's Kaffeepause, Dr. Steven E. Sokol is joined by Anja Wehler-Schöck, Head of International Politics at der Tagesspiegel since August 2022. Prior to that, she worked as editor-in-chief of the IPG Journal, a debate platform for issues of international and European politics. She previously worked as a social affairs officer at the German Embassy in Washington and headed the Friedrich-Eber...

On this week's Kaffeepause, Dr. Steven E. Sokol is joined by Berlin Correspondent for Die Zeit , Petra Pinzler (2010 Kellen Fellow). Ms. Pinzler writes on the EU and foreign policy as well as economic affairs and development. She has been with Die Zeit since 1994, first as an economics editor based in Hamburg, then from 1998 to 2002 as a US correspondent based in Washington, DC. In 2001, she was a...

On this week's Kaffeepause, Dr. Steven E. Sokol is joined by the Germany correspondent of The Wall Street Journal, Bojan Pancevski. As the WSJ's Germany correspondent, he covers all aspects of Europe’s largest economy and its influence on the rest of the continent and beyond. He also covers Europe at large across major themes. Before joining the WSJ, he covered Europe for the Times and the Sunday...

On this week's Special Edition of the regular Kaffeepause, Dr. Steven E. Sokol is joined by former German Ambassador to Poland Rolf Nikel. Ambassador Rolf Nikel has served as the Vice President of the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) since September 2020, when he was elected to this office by DGAP’s general assembly. Before joining DGAP, Amb. Nikel spent more than 40 years working for th...

On this week's Kaffeepause, Dr. Steven E. Sokol is joined by journalist Alfred Schmit. Alfred Schmit works as a journalist in Berlin. Since December 2018, he has been a radio correspondent in ARD’s capital studio in Berlin. Previously, he worked as London correspondent for ARD radio, for SWR Radio in the Economics department in Stuttgart and as newswriter for the German national TV news, tagesscha...

On this week's Kaffeepause, Dr. Steven E. Sokol is joined by Michael Watzke, Bavarian Correspondent for Deutschlandradio. Michael Watzke has been the Bavarian Correspondent for Deutschlandradio since 2010. He first embarked on a career in journalism by working on the school paper ( Die Waage ) in Remscheid and later worked as a free-lancer for the Rheinischen Post and at WDR’s regional studio in W...

On this week's Kaffeepause, Dr. Steven E. Sokol is joined by Brent Goff, Chief Anchor at DW News and Host of "The Day with Brent Goff." Mr. Goff joined DW in 2000 and has become one of the most recognized on-air personalities. Prior to joining DW, Brent worked as a producer for CNN. He was both a Fulbright Scholar and a Robert Bosch Foundation Fellow in Germany. Brent grew up in rural North Caroli...

On this week's Kaffeepause, Dr. Steven E. Sokol is joined by Paul-Anton Krüger, Parliamentary Correspondent in the Berlin Bureau of the Süddeutsche Zeitung . Mr. Krüger has been the Parliamentary Correspondent in the Berlin Bureau of the Süddeutsche Zeitung since the 2021 federal election. Previously he reported on political affairs and served as Deputy Head of the Foreign Policy Department, focus...

On this week's Kaffeepause, Dr. Steven E. Sokol is joined by Steven Erlanger, Chief Diplomatic Correspondent in Europe for The New York Times, a position he assumed in 2017. As of earlier this year, Mr. Erlanger is based in Berlin. In over 40 years of career as a journalist, he has covered news in over 120 countries, from the war in Kosovo to Brexit. In 2002, Mr. Erlanger shared the Pulitzer Prize...

On this week's Kaffeepause, Dr. Steven E. Sokol is joined by Simon Book, Editor for Der Spiegel and 2016 ACG Kellen Fellow. Simon Book serves as an Editor in the Economics Department for Der Spiegel. He joined Spiegel in July 2020 and is responsible for the topics of trade and consumer goods. Before that, he was a reporter for Handelsblatt from 2013 to 2016 and WirtschaftsWoche from 2016 to 2020....

On this week's Kaffeepause, Dr. Steven E. Sokol is joined by Dr. Anna Sauerbrey, Foreign Editor for the weekly DIE ZEIT and 2018 ACG Kellen Fellow. Previously, Dr. Sauerbrey headed the opinion pages of Der Tagesspiegel and Tagesspiegel Causa , the online magazine. She studied History, Political Science, and Journalism in Mainz and Bordeaux. From 2005 to 2009, she was a research assistant in the Hi...

On this week's Kaffeepause, Dr. Steven E. Sokol is joined by Malte Lehming, Opinion Writer for Tagesspiegel. From late 2000 to 2005, he was the newspaper’s Washington bureau chief. He joined the Tagesspiegel in 1991 as foreign policy editor — focusing on security policy, transatlantic relations, and the Middle East. From 1989 to 1991, he worked as a personal assistant and speechwriter for former G...

On this week's Kaffeepause, Dr. Steven E. Sokol is joined by Loveday Morris, The Washington Post's Berlin bureau chief. Before moving to Germany in 2019, Ms. Morris spent a decade reporting in the Middle East, most recently in Jerusalem. She previously spent three years in Iraq as Baghdad bureau chief covering the country's battles against the Islamic State, from Fallujah to Ramadi and Mosul. She...

On this week's Kaffeepause, Dr. Steven E. Sokol is joined by Melanie Amann, Co-Editor-in-Chief for Der Spiegel . Ms. Amann is a German journalist and lawyer. She is Co-Editor-in-Chief of the leading German weekly newspaper, Der Spiegel , and heads the publication’s Berlin office. She was born in Bonn and raised in Siegburg. She studied law at the University of Trier, Aix-Marseille III, and at the...

On this week's Kaffeepause, Dr. Steven E. Sokol is joined by Bojan Pancevski, Germany Correspondent for The Wall Street Journal. Mr. Pancevski covers all aspects of Europe’s largest economy and its influence on the rest of the continent and beyond. He also covers Europe at large across significant themes. Before joining the WSJ, he covered Europe for the Times and the Sunday Times of London from B...

On this week's Kaffeepause, Dr. Steven E. Sokol is joined by journalist Alfred Schmit. Since December 2018, he has been a radio correspondent in ARD’s capital studio in Berlin. Previously, he worked as London correspondent for ARD radio, for SWR Radio in the Economics department in Stuttgart and as newswriter for the German national TV news, tagesschau, in Hamburg. Mr. Schmit's topics primarily in...

On this week's Kaffeepause, Dr. Steven E. Sokol is joined by Henrike Roßbach, Deputy Head and Correspondent for the Parliamentary Office for the Süddeutsche Zeitung . She has been a correspondent in the parliamentary office since the beginning of 2018. She reports on the FDP and the federal government’s financial and tax policies, and (together with her colleagues) observes and describes the polit...

On this week's Kaffeepause, Dr. Steven E. Sokol is joined by Karina Mößbauer, Chief Reporter of the Politics Department/Parliament Office for BILD. Karina Mößbauer has been the Chief Reporter for the Politics Department and Parliament Office for BILD since 2015. In this role, she reports on the CDU/CSU and FDP and is also responsible for defense and security policy. In 2020, she produced and hoste...

On this week's Kaffeepause, Dr. Steven E. Sokol is joined by Miriam Hollstein, Chief Reporter for T-Online in Berlin and 2008 ACG McCloy Fellow. Prior to this position, Ms. Hollstein served as the Chief Political Reporter for FUNKE Zentralredaktion from November 2020 to December 2021. She wrote for the Berliner Zeitung while still a student and worked as an editor for Internationale Politik . She...

On this week's Kaffeepause, Rob Fenstermacher, Chief Content Officer at the ACG, is filling in for Dr. Steven E. Sokol. Rob is joined by Dr. Anna Sauerbrey, Foreign Editor for the weekly DIE ZEIT and a 2018 ACG Kellen Fellow. Previously, Dr. Sauerbrey headed the opinion pages of Der Tagesspiegel and Tagesspiegel Causa, the paper’s online magazine. She studied History, Political Science, and Journa...

On this week's Kaffeepause, Dr. Steven E. Sokol is joined by is joined by Paul-Anton Krüger, Parliamentary Correspondent in the Berlin Bureau of the Süddeutsche Zeitung . Mr. Krüger has been the Parliamentary Correspondent in the Berlin Bureau of the Süddeutsche Zeitung since the 2021 federal election. Previously he reported on political affairs and served as Deputy Head of the Foreign Policy Depa...

On this week's Kaffeepause, Dr. Steven E. Sokol is joined by Malte Lehming, Opinion Writer for Der Tagesspiegel . From late 2000 to 2005, Malte Lehming was the newspaper’s Washington bureau chief. He joined Der Tagesspiegel in 1991 as foreign policy editor — focusing on security policy, transatlantic relations, and the Middle East. From 1989 to 1991, he worked as a personal assistant and speechwri...

On this week's Kaffeepause, Dr. Steven E. Sokol is joined by Steven Erlanger, Chief Diplomatic Correspondent in Europe for The New York Times. He is based in Brussels. Mr. Erlanger was previously the Bureau Chief in London from 2013 to 2017; in Paris from 2008 to 2013; in Jerusalem from 2004 to 2008; in Berlin from 2001 to 2002; in Prague from 1999 to 2001; in Moscow from 1994 to 1996; and in Bang...