The End of the West as We Have Known It?

Date & Time Apr 05 2019 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Speaker(s)
Joschka Fischer, former German Foreign Minister
Audience Restricted to Princeton University

Joschka Fischer was appointed Germany's Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1998 during the administration of Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, fifteen years after joining Gernany's Green party in 1982. Upon his appointment as Hessian Minister of the Environment and Energy in 1985, he was the first German Green to assume a government post. From 1987 to 1991, Fischer served in various capacities in the Hessian State Assembly; served from 1991 to 1994 as Hessian Minister for the Environment, Energy and Federal Affairs; and from 1994 to 1998 he was Parliamentary Spokesman for the Green party in the German Bundestag, the national parliament.

Fischer was in residence at Princeton University during the 2006-2007 academic year. While at Princeton, he was LISD Senior Visiting Fellow and the Frederick H. Schultz Class of 1951 Professor of International Economic Policy at the Woodrow Wilson School.

Fischer, based in Berlin, is currently a Senior Strategic Counsel at Albright Stonebridge Group, where he advises clients on issues relating to Germany and the European Union. He is also currently Managing Partner of Joschka Fischer and Company, a global strategy firm.