Housekeeping 

• Unser aktuelles Programm im September

Niedergang der US-Außenpolitik?

• Die Anti-Expertise-Präsidentschaft (Atlantische Akademie)
• Ambassadors appointed by Donald Trump, 2025-2026 (Ballotpedia)
• The End of the American Middle East: Iran and the Last Gasp of a Failed Order (Foreign Affairs)
• The Real War for Iran’s Future: Who Will Determine the Fate of the Islamic Republic? (Foreign Affairs)
• Further Back to the Future: Neo-Royalism, the Trump Administration, and the Emerging International System (International Organization)
• 'Neoroyalism' and What It Says About Trump (The New York Times)
• 'Neo-royalism': A new way to understand the Trump administration (Vox)
• Donald Trump Gives Up on American Primacy (Drezner's World / Substack)
• The U.S. Forgot the Lessons of Iraq. Now It’s Desperate for Ideas on Iran (Politico)
• Empty ambassador posts alarm natsec vets (Politico)
• Trump’s Iran Blunder Shows Strategy Can Defeat Firepower (American Enterprise Institute)
• Trump’s Iran Economic Pressure (The Atlantic)
• Iran War Trump Misunderstandings (The Atlantic)
• Trump’s Missing Ambassadors Are a Sign of a Deeper Problem (The Atlantic)
• Under Trump, 90% of ambassador nominations have gone to donors and loyalists (The Washington Post)
• Iran, United States, Trump, Hormuz War Nuclear (The Washington Post)
• State Department has cut jobs with deep expertise in Middle East as Iran crisis escalates (Los Angeles Times)
• Iran war has exposed limits of U.S. military (Los Angeles Times)
• Trump family deal spree could open door for future presidents to profit from office (Los Angeles Times)
• RIP the US state department (Financial Times)
• US Senate confirms dozens of Trump nominees, filling gaps in diplomatic corps (Reuters)
• Trump says Kim Jong Un has responded to his request for talks (United Press International)
• Trump accused of 'corruption, plain and simple' after UAE crypto deal (The Guardian)
• Jared Kushner's ties to the Middle East go far beyond diplomacy (ABC News)
• What Jared Kushner brings to the negotiating table in the Middle East (NPR)
• The Persian Gulf, a booming business for the Trump family (El País)
• They Went to Jared (Mother Jones)
• Trump’s Gulf Interests Conflict With the Interests of the American People (Center for American Progress)
• 2,000 US Diplomats Purged: Trump Leaves 115 Ambassador Posts Vacant (The Eastern Herald)
• GOP Staffers Say the Party Has a Groyper Problem (Politico)

Machtmissbrauch im Kongress

• Hilfetelefon
• After the release of the Epstein files, why have there been so few arrests? (NPR)
• US government watchdog to investigate Epstein files release (BBC)
• New Mexico sues justice department for ‘stonewalling’ Epstein investigation (The Guardian)
• Boyfriend Who Abused Hayden Panettiere Had Returned to Her Life (The New York Times)
• House Ethics Committee releases list of sexual misconduct investigations amid lawmaker scandals (Courthouse News Service)
• As Swalwell’s public profile grew, more than a dozen women describe how he made them uncomfortable in private (CNN)
• GOP Rep. Tony Gonzales says he's stepping down from Congress (ABC News)
• Chuck Edwards recommended for censure by House Ethics Committee (Politico)
• Embattled Florida Republican Rep. Cory Mills loses his fight to keep his House seat (NPR)
• One of Congress’ Most Scandal-Plagued Republicans May Be About to Lose His Primary (Mother Jones)
• Rep. Max Miller faces growing calls to resign from Senate Republicans (CNN)
• Ohio Republican Max Miller faces growing calls to resign over domestic abuse allegations (The Guardian)
• Is Congress finally ready to take its ethics woes seriously? (Politico)
• House Republicans, Under Fire, Back Down on Gutting Ethics Office (The New York Times)
• These G.O.P. Women Want Congress Members to Pay a Price for Abuse. Will It Work? (The New York Times)
• Office of Congressional Conduct
• House Republicans move to defang ethics office investigating its members (The Guardian)