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Atlantische Themen 10/2016: Reporting for Duty. Civil-Military Relations and the 2016 Elections

11/02/2016
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Our Education Manager Sarah Wagner takes a closer look at the two candidates running for office and their relationship with the military, their…

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Atlantische Themen 9/2016: Transatlantic Relations in the 2016 Elections

09/30/2016
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Although European and transatlantic topics seemed invisible during the campaign, the election on November 8 nevertheless entails serious implications…

Atlantische Themen 8/2016: The Populist Challenge to Liberal Internationalism

08/31/2016
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Foreign and security policy play a prominent role in the 2016 elections. According to a recent Pew poll, the economy, terrorism and foreign policy are…

Atlantische Themen 7/2016: It’s Still the Economy, Stupid!

07/29/2016
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Most federal elections in the history of the U.S. were decided on economic issues – except for times of war, like the elections in 1968 or 2004, which…

Atlantische Themen 6/2016: Social Policy, Poverty, and Inequality in the United States

06/30/2016
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In 2013, President Obama described rising income inequality as the “defining challenge of our time” (White House 2013). And he seems to be right, U.S.…

Atlantische Themen 5/2016: More Money – More Problems: The 2016 Presidential Election and the Media

05/25/2016
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When surveying the media landscape from the vantage point of 2016, two trends immediately stand out: One is the ongoing process of media fragmentation…

Atlantische Themen 4/2016: A Fair Chance for All or a Washington Takeover? Education Policy and the Presidential Election 2016

04/29/2016
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Alexis de Tocqueville’s famous analysis of antebellum America as early as 1835 conveys one of the primary motives of American education policy when he…

Atlantische Themen 3/2016: The Hot-Button Issue of Immigration in the Election Campaigns

03/31/2016
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Immigration is the reason why the fabric of contemporary American society is so vibrant and multifaceted. The large waves of immigration of the 19th…

Atlantische Themen 2/2016: Race and Religion as Oratorical Tools to Win the Election

02/25/2016
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While both race and religion were also often responsible for the creation of a division among different groups of people (e.g. slavery, Civil Rights…

Atlantische Themen 12016: The U.S. Climate Policy and the 2016 Presidential and Congressional Elections

01/30/2016
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On November 8, nearly 200 Million registered voters are called upon to elect the next President of the United States of America, all 435 members of…