The AIIA was pleased to host a roundtable for a visiting Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung delegation in conjunction with AIIA VIC in Melbourne on February 12, 2016. The roundtable brought together a select group of distinguished academics and experts to hear Dr Klaus Schüler, the Federal Director of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany, on “Angela Merkel’s Leadership in Turbulent Times.” Dr Schüler has been dubbed “the mastermind of the Merkel-machine” and was Chancellor Merkel’s campaign manager during her successful reelection bids in 2009 and 2013.