How can Canada and Germany deepen their partnership and offer each other stability amid rapid and far-reaching change in the global community? was the central question guiding the Young Atlantiks Program 2026.
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German-Canadian Conferences
In 1986, Atlantik-Brücke expanded its transatlantic activities to include Canada. Since then, German-Canadian conferences have been organized annually, alternating between Germany and Canada. Current issues in foreign, economic and security policy are on the agenda, in addition to bilateral questions of mutual interest vis-à-vis the United States.
A look back at the Young Atlantiks Program 2026
Building Bridges That Hold
How can two middle powers, facing a more contested and unpredictable world, strengthen each other's position rather than navigate it alone? Find out in this analysis by an alumnus of this year's Young Atlantiks cohort.
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Lessons in Realism: Carney’s Rise, Merz’s Stumble
Mark Carney and Friedrich Merz both took office in 2025 facing Trump's trade wars and restless electorates — yet one has emerged as an unlikely voice of the free world, while the other struggles, analyzes Young-Atlantiks-Alumnus Moritz Meissner.
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Canada, Germany, and the Future of the Western Alliance
The briefing paper by David Bosold and David G. Haglund examines the "special relationship" between Canada and Germany through the lens of "strategic culture".
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Emerging Middle Powers: Germany and Canada Seek a Common Path
The 39th German-Canadian Conference of the Atlantik-Brücke explored how two middle powers can jointly expand their room for maneuver in a world order shaped by great-power competition.
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German-Canadian Young Atlantiks Program 2026
Call for Applications: Emerging professionals from Germany and Canada are invited to apply for an intensive five-day exchange in Berlin.
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„Carney needs to keep this unity going“
Read Young Atlantiks' alumnus Benjamin Sauvé's assessment of the new US-Canada relationship.
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DKK 2025: “Canada and Germany need closer relations”
The German-Canadian Conference in Ottawa on May 5 and 6, 2025 came at just the right time.
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„Climate change requires a political response“
Read Michael Hüther's and Pierre-Gerlier's paper on climate neutrality and regional development, one of the key topics of the German-Canadian Conference 2025.
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Young Atlantiks: Meet the Class of 2025
Every year, ten young professionals from Canada and Germany meet at the German-Canadian Conference as part of the Young Atlantiks Program. Meet this years cohort.
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German-Canadian Young Atlantiks Program 2025
Call for Applications: The Young Atlantiks Program promotes the “next generation” of German-Canadian transatlantic partnership.
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2024 Young Atlantiks Program Report
From May 11-15, 2024, ten young Canadian and German professionals, with diverse backgrounds and expertise, met to discuss current and future transatlantic challenges and to attend the 37th German-Canadian Conference in Berlin.
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An Abundance of Shared Challenges and Goals
Energy and the environment; innovation and AI, industrial policy and supply chains as well as defense, security and procurement: these were the topics of the German-Canadian Conference 2023.
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A signal of closeness from Canada
Atlantik-Brücke’s German-Canadian-Conference underscored the importance of the relationship between both countries for global questions of our time.
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German Canadian Conference 2015 “Foreign and Security Policy”
As the de facto capital of the European Union and NATO, Brussels was the appropriate venue for this year’s German-Canadian Conference on foreign and security policy. From April 15 to 18, challenges arising through terrorism as well as energy security, hybrid warfare and cyber security were discussed. The German and Canadian conference participants from the […]
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