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Grüezi Amerika. Views from the Sister Republic

Claudia Franziska Brühwiler

Since January 20, 2025, we are officially in the era of Trump 2.0. But is it, will it be any different from Trump 1.0? And what do the events across the Atlantic mean for us in Europe? My name is Claudia Franziska Brühwiler, and I am a professor of American Political Thought and Culture at the University of St.Gallen. This podcast will take a closer look at current events through the lens of American history, politics, and culture. Sometimes, I will keep it short and share with you my analysis,

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Episode 43 – Special Episode: The US Strikes against...

Grüezi Amerika. Views from the Sister Republic ·

2026/03/04

The President who had promised an end of “forever wars” and of unnecessary entanglements has greenlit strikes against Iran. Since February 28, Iran is under US and Israeli attack; Ayatollah Khamenei was among the first of the Irani leadership to be killed. President Trump has called on the Iranian people to “take back their country” and has promised the operation to be concluded within five weeks. While few observers mourn the possible demise of the Islamic theocracy, many fear that the US and

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Episode 42 – Special Episode: The Trouble with Chagos

Grüezi Amerika. Views from the Sister Republic ·

2026/02/27

Disputes over territory seem to be the new norm in transatlantic relations: after fears over the world’s largest island Greenland rattled the entirety of Europe, the fate of a small archipelago in the Indian Ocean has worsened US-UK relations. In 2024, the United Kingdom reached an agreement with Mauritius, transferring sovereignty over the Chagos archipelago to the latter. Earlier, President Trump applauded the deal – but he has since backtracked and demands that the UK keep sovereignty over the

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Episode 41 – Trump, Tariffs, and the Court

Grüezi Amerika. Views from the Sister Republic ·

2026/02/23

It's a landmark case: in Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump (2026), the Supreme Court declared Donald J. Trump's tariff regime unconstitutional. Specifically, the Court holds that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) does not authorize the President to impose tariffs. Expectedly, the President denounced the decision and the three conservative Justices who went with the 6:3 majority, including Chief Justice Roberts. We are trying to make sense of it all with Prof. Christoph

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Episode 40 –Henry Wirz, Swiss War Criminal of the...

Grüezi Amerika. Views from the Sister Republic ·

2026/02/15

Nov. 10, 1865: Heinrich “Henry” Wirz is executed as only one of three men tried, convicted, and executed for war crimes during the Civil War – a Swiss who had fought for the Confederacy. As Captain, he had been in charge of Andersonville Prison, a prisoner-of-war camp in Georgia, and he would be held responsible for the dire conditions under which Union soldiers were held there: “45,000 Union soldiers were imprisoned there, and nearly 13,000 died from disease, poor sanitation, malnutrition,

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Episode 39 – Grönlandträume

Grüezi Amerika. Views from the Sister Republic ·

2026/01/23

«We need Greenland» – nicht zur Miete, sondern als Besitz, erklärte US-Präsident Donald J. Trump mehrfach, zuletzt auch am World Economic Forum in Davos. Doch dann löste sich die Anspannung: Ein Abkommen mit der NATO sei in Sicht, verkündete er nur Stunden nach einer Rede, in der er zwar einen Militärschlag zur Besitzergreifung ausgeschlossen, den Besitzanspruch aber nochmals unterstrichen hatte. Nie wurde intensiver über das Schicksal der grössten Insel der Welt gesprochen – und nie fühlte sich die

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Episode 38 – Drugs and the Donroe Doctrine

Grüezi Amerika. Views from the Sister Republic ·

2026/01/14

On January 3, 2026 US troops captured Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro at his home in Caracas. The political heir of Hugo Chávez had been in office for nearly thirteen years, resorting to electoral fraud and suppressing the opposition to stay in power. During his time in government, around nine million people fled Venezuela. U.S. prosecutors accuse him and the Venezuelan government of a cocaine-trafficking conspiracy and partnering with cartels designated as terrorist groups. But is Venezuela

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Episode 37 – Die Schweizer Wirtschaftsbeziehungen zu...

Grüezi Amerika. Views from the Sister Republic ·

2026/01/11

Das Verhältnis zwischen der Schweiz und den USA scheint nach einem Jahr unter Donald Trump 2.0 angespannt, kühl und unsicher. Ausgerechnet zum Nationalfeiertag erreichte die Schweiz die Botschaft, dass die Zollverhandlungen gescheitert, das für das Land weiterhin schlechtere Handelsvoraussetzungen als beispielsweise für die EU-Mitgliedstaaten gelten würden. Auch die Einigung vom November wurde nicht überall als Erfolg gefeiert. Von Goldbarren- oder Oligarchendiplomatie war die Rede, als eine Gruppe

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Episode 36 – ‘tis the Season to Watch Christmas Movies!

Grüezi Amerika. Views from the Sister Republic ·

2025/12/21

What gets you in a festive mood? For some it’s the lights and mulled wine, wrapping gifts and decorating their home – and for others it’s a Christmas movie! But what is a Christmas movie, anyway? Let’s discuss this with my colleague Professor Suzanne Enzerink! She picks the most American, the most iconic, and the most underrated American Christmas movie.Suzanne had joined us earlier for Episode 18 to discuss “Hollywood in Times of Political Division.” A Dutch native, she did most of her American

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Episode 35 – JFKs Mörder, QAnon & Co.: Amerikas Liebe...

Grüezi Amerika. Views from the Sister Republic ·

2025/12/08

Die Amerikaner waren nie auf dem Mond. Die CIA tötete John F. Kennedy.Die Illuminati kontrollieren alles.George Soros finanziert illegale Einwanderer, um Amerika zu destabilisieren.Dank QAnon wissen wir alle, was im Keller einer Washingtoner Pizzeria passiert.Und natürlich wurde Donald Trump 2020 um den Wahlsieg betrogen.Dies ist nur eine kleine Auswahl der Verschwörungstheorien, die in Amerika kursieren – und von denen manche sogar vom Präsidenten selbst verbreitet werden. Allerdings, so lernen wir

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Busting Free Market Myths With Jacob Soll – A Joint...

Grüezi Amerika. Views from the Sister Republic ·

2025/11/18

"The Free Market" has been a dominant concept in 20th century political and economic discourse – so dominant in fact that it has remained unquestioned. It has become both ambition and panacea as is reflected by the conditionalities of development banks. Let the "invisible Hand" reign supreme and all shall be well, seems to be the mantra. Yet in the 21st century, even the US right, once stalwart defenders of libertarianism, have fallen out of love with "the free market." We dissect the history of the

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Episode 33 – As Ohio Goes, So Goes the Nation?

Grüezi Amerika. Views from the Sister Republic ·

2025/11/09

"As Ohio goes, so goes the nation," thus the old saying: Ohio is reputed to be a microcosm of the US. Since 1896, the majority of Ohioans voted for the presidential winner on all but three occasions. The last time the nation decided differently was in 2020 when Trump won Ohio by 8 points but lost overall. Political observers were quick to declare that Ohio was no longer a representative state, ignoring the reasons why the state currently appears solidly red. Generally, Ohio deserves our attention:

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Episode 32 – Making a Home in America

Grüezi Amerika. Views from the Sister Republic ·

2025/10/26

Owning a home, surrounded by a white picket fence – that’s what many consider part of the proverbial American dream. However, Americans are increasingly pessimistic that they will ever become homeowners - they are aware that significantly more people are looking for houses than the market has on offer: there is a shortage of over 4.7 million homes. In addition, nearly a third of American households are “cost burdenend,” meaning that they need to spend at least 30% of their incomes on housing. In

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Episode 31 – «The Business of Human Emotion». Ins...

Grüezi Amerika. Views from the Sister Republic ·

2025/10/08

«I’m in the business of human emotion,» erklärte sie letztens im Podcast ihres Verlobten – ein Business, das sie beherrscht wie niemand zuvor: Taylor Swift ist die erste Person, die mit ihrer Musik allein eine Milliarde Dollar verdient hat; kein Musiker hat mehr American Music Awards gewonnen; als einzige durfte sie viermal einen Grammy für das Album des Jahres entgegennehmen; kein Song auf Platz 1 der US-Charts war länger als das zehnminütige «All Too Well»; und selbst die Podcastepisode mit ihrem

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Episode 30 – «This is not who we are». Gewalt in Amerika

Grüezi Amerika. Views from the Sister Republic ·

2025/09/28

«This is not who we are – we are good people», war nicht nur Präsident Joe Bidens Reaktion auf Auswüchse politischer Gewalt, sondern ist ein vielgehörter Satz, wann immer es in den USA zu Massenschiessereien oder politischen Attentaten kommt. Seit der Ermordung des Politaktivisten Charlie Kirk dominiert jedoch die Angst vor zunehmender Gewaltbereitschaft: Zwar lehnen in beiden politischen Lager eine überdeutliche Mehrheit der Amerikanerinnen und Amerikaner politisch motivierte Gewalt ab, doch

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Episode 29 – Ordnung and Gemee. The Amish and Their...

Grüezi Amerika. Views from the Sister Republic ·

2025/09/14

2025 is a special year in the history Christianity. Not only is it a holy year for Roman Catholics, it also marks the 500th anniversary of a movement that has its roots in Switzerland. While many took note of the Reformationsjahr 2017, the 500 year-celebration of the reformation, few are aware of the 2.1 million people worldwide who are celebrating an event that took place in Zurich: on January 21st in 1525, people witnessed the first adult baptism, or re-baptism. This marked the beginnings of the

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Episode 28 – Mit Trumps Washington verhandeln. Ein...

Grüezi Amerika. Views from the Sister Republic ·

2025/09/02

39 Prozent. Ausgerechnet am Vorabend des Schweizer Nationalfeiertags verkündete die Regierung Donald J. Trumps, dass die Schweiz seinen «Zollhammer» zu spüren bekommt und nur vier andere Länder mit noch höheren Zöllen auf Exporte in die USA konfrontiert sind. Die Tageszeitung «Blick» färbte die Titelseite schwarz, es hagelte Anschuldigungen gegen Bundespräsidentin Karin Keller-Sutter und ihr Verhandlungsteam, man habe zu wenig keck und mutig verhandelt, privatwirtschaftliche Netzwerke ungenügend

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Episode 27 – Gewisper in Washington. Amerika hinter...

Grüezi Amerika. Views from the Sister Republic ·

2025/08/17

Schlagzeilen über Amerikas Politik und Gesellschaft sind meist laut und schrill, besonders seit Donald J. Trumps zweitem Amtsantritt. Und sie sind paradoxerweise lauter und schriller diesseits des Atlantiks, wie auch der freie Journalist und Autor Marc Neumann bemerkt. In seinen Beiträgen, u.a. für die Neue Zürcher Zeitung und seinen LinkedIn-Blog Neumanns Whisper, fokussiert er stattdessen auf die Realität hinter den vereinfachenden Erzählungen und horcht auf die Zwischentöne. Im Gespräch mit

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Episode 26 – American Compass and the New Conservatives

Grüezi Amerika. Views from the Sister Republic ·

2025/07/28

American Compass is, at 5 years, a relatively young think tank, but it has already become well-known for mapping an alternative to right-wing economic orthodoxy. Its founder, Oren Cass, has tirelessly explained the reason why American Compass believes the US economy – and, above all, US workers, will benefit from an overall tariff of 10 percent and why the initial pains will be rewarded with substantial gains. Vice President JD Vance has embraced the course of American Compass, Secretary of State

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Episode 25 – Migration beyond Myths & Polemics

Grüezi Amerika. Views from the Sister Republic ·

2025/07/20

We already seem to have forgotten it, but it has only been weeks that President Donald J. Trump federalized the National Guard to re-establish order in the city of Los Angeles amidst protests against deportations of undocumented immigrants. What L.A. mayor Karen Bass and California’s Governor Gavin Newsom condemned as a presidential abuse of power, Republican lawmakers in California considered a necessary step to prevent further escalation. Few issues are as divisive in US politics as immigration –

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Episode 24 – Happy Fourth of July!

Grüezi Amerika. Views from the Sister Republic ·

2025/07/03

Today, Americans celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 - or do they? As you can suspect from such a rhetorical question, the answer is "not quite." In fact, the Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4, 1776, but it was only signed later, on August 2, 1776. In this very short episode, we take a look at the history of Independence Day.Further reading: The Declaration of Independence

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