Folge 1 „Wehrhaftigkeit und Verletzlichkeit“
(aufgenommen am 13. Januar 2021)

Begrüßung

Housekeeping

Online-Panel: Restoring Transatlantic Relations – Eine Agenda für die kommenden Jahre, Dienstag, 19. Januar 2021, 18.00-19.15 Uhr, Online via ClickMeeting

Atlantisches Forum Online: Populismus—eine Gefahr für die Demokratie?, Dienstag, 26. Januar 2021, 18.00-19.30 Uhr, Online via ClickMeeting

News stories

Diskussion um General Austin:

DefenseNews – US Congress Passes Waiver for Mattis to Lead Pentagon

 

The Atlantic – Joe Biden: Why I Chose Lloyd Austin as Secretary of Defense

 

New York Times – Biden’s Pentagon pick reignites debate over civilian control of military

 

Verteidigungshaushalt:

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021

 

Presidential Veto Message to the House of Representatives for the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021

 

DefenseNews – Congress overrides Trump veto of defense bill

 

Extremismus im US-Militär:

MilitaryTimes – Signs of white supremacy, extremisim up again in poll of active-duty troops

 

Politico – The military has a hate group problem. But it doesn’t know how bad it’s gotten

 

Secretary of Defense – Actions to Improve Racial and Ethnic Diversity and Inclusion in the U.S. Military

 

Congress.gov – Alarming Incidents of White Supremacy in the Military – How to Stop It?

 

Widerstandsfähigkeit der US-Demokratie:

The Guardian – America’s flawed democracy: the five key areas where it is failing

 

New York Times – 2016 Presidential Election Results

 

New York Times – 2020 Presidential Election Results

 

Loyola Law School – Änderungen föderaler und einzelstaatlicher Wahldistrikte

 

Daniel McGlone and Esther Needham – The Most Gerrymandered States Ranked by Efficiency Gap and Seat Advantage

 

New York Times – Ivanka Trump Wins China Trademarks, Then Her Father Vows to Save ZTE

 

Business Insider – Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner earned at least $36 million in outside income in 2019

 

Congressional Research Service – the Emoluments Clauses of the U.S. Constitution

 

Constitutional Accountability Center – Blumenthal, et al. v. Trump – Holding President Trump accountable for his violations of the Foreign Emoluments Clause.

 

Trump White House Flickr – Picture: President Trump Watches as U.S. Special Operations Forces Close in on ISIS Leader

 

Verletzlichkeit der US Gesellschaft:

United States Department of Agriculture – Food security in the US

 

Feeding America – The Impact of the Coronavirus on Food Insecurity in 2020 (October 2020)

 

The Washington Post – A growing number of Americans are going hungry

 

Heinrich Böll Stiftung – Der CARES Act – die wirtschaftliche Antwort auf die Coronavirus-Verwerfungen in den USA

 

Stuftung Wissenschaft und Politik – Verletzliche Staaten von Amerika – Die Covid-19-Pandemie als Hypothek für die Zukunft

 

The Washington Post – Stealing to survive: More Americans are shoplifting food as aid runs out during the pandemic

 

Jeehoon Han, Bruce D. Meyer, James X. Sullivan – Real-time Poverty Estimates During the COVID-19 Pandemic through November 2020

 

The New York Times Podcast – A Day at the Food Pantry