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Grüezi Amerika. Views from the Sister Republic

Claudia Franziska Brühwiler
Donald Trump
United States
Donald J. Trump
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Ohio
2024 Presidential Elections
Democratic Party
Switzerland
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Taylor Swift
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Housing Crisis
Immigration Policy
American Dream
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Affordable Housing

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 Ameri... more

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Alina Brühlmeier
Student athlete who transferred from Switzerland to US college soccer
Webber International University
Episode: Episode 49 – Soccer in a Football Nation II – Going the College Route
George Edward White
Professor of Law, University of Virginia Law School; author of Soccer in American Culture
University of Virginia; Author
Episode: Episode 48 – Soccer in a Football Nation I – US Soccer History
Egils Levits
Former President of Latvia, judge and public figure
President of Latvia (former)
Episode: Episode 47 – Ein neues transatlantisches Verhältnis?
Rüdiger Bachmann
Economist, University of Michigan
University of Michigan
Episode: Episode 46 – Trumponomics 2.0
Ralph Weber
Chinesischexperte der Schweiz
University Basel / European Institute for Global Studies (Europa-Institut)
Episode: Episode 45 – Der amerikanische Traum «made in China»?
Raz Zimmt
Director of the Iran and Schied Axis Research Program at the Institute for National Security Studies, long-time Iran analyst
Institute for National Security Studies (Tel Aviv)
Episode: Episode 44 – A Pyrrhic Victory for the US and Israel?
James Davis
St.Gallen security policy expert and Professor of International Relations
University of St.Gallen
Episode: Episode 43 – Special Episode: The US Strikes against Iran
Thomas Burri
Professor of European and International Law, expert on Chagos
University of St.Gallen
Episode: Episode 42 – Special Episode: The Trouble with Chagos
Ben Cloyd
Historian, author of Haunted by Atrocity, Civil War Prisons in American Memory
Mississippi Delta Community College (Vice President of Enrollment Management)
Episode: Episode 40 –Henry Wirz, Swiss War Criminal of the Civil War

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Claudia Franziska Brühwiler
Host of Grüezi Amerika; Professor of American Political Thought and Culture at the University of St. Gallen; affiliated with University of St. Gallen; frequently discusses US politics, culture, and history from a Swiss perspective.

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Episode 48 – Soccer in a Football Nation I – US Soccer History
Q: Professor White, why did soccer fail to launch in the United States during the critical 1870–1930 period when baseball and gridiron football rose to dominate, and what changed to revive the sport later?
The failure wasn't due to a single cause; it involved the curriculum integration of athletics into schools, the lack of a viable professional market, and the clash with established seasonal sports. Soccer didn't become embedded in high schools and colleges like other sports, and American professional leagues faced structural issues such as salary competition and franchise relocation, which kept the sport marginalized until MLS adopted a European-like salary cap and market-focused expansion while avoiding promotion and relegation.
Episode 44 – A Pyrrhic Victory for the US and Israel?
Q: Is regime change a plausible outcome, or will the regime endure from within?
Raz argues that aerial strikes alone are unlikely to topple the regime and that internal change is more likely to come from within the regime through shifts in power centers like the Revolutionary Guards and potential leadership realignments, rather than external military action.
Episode 44 – A Pyrrhic Victory for the US and Israel?
Q: What do you think can realistically be achieved right now in the negotiations?
Raz suggests that both the US and Iran want the negotiations to succeed, but practical outcomes will hinge on guaranteeing security against future attacks, economic concessions, some control over Hormuz, and limited relief from sanctions, while allowing room to avoid a return to full-scale war.
Episode 37 – Die Schweizer Wirtschaftsbeziehungen zu den USA nach einem Jahr Trump 2.0
Q: Was waren die überraschendsten wirtschaftspolitischen Entwicklungen unter Trump 2.0, aus deiner Sicht?
Rahul nennt die Liberation Day-Politik im Tarifkontext, das Versprechen, Zölle in die Schweiz zu richten, und die Tatsache, dass Verhandlungen oft unter Druck stehen, wodurch schnelle, kompromissfähige Lösungen schwieriger zu erreichen sind.
Episode 37 – Die Schweizer Wirtschaftsbeziehungen zu den USA nach einem Jahr Trump 2.0
Q: Kannst du noch kurz erläutern, was die Amcham ist?
Rahul Sahgal beschreibt AmCham als den größten Verein multinationaler Firmen in der Schweiz, der unabhängig arbeitet, Brücken zwischen Schweizer und amerikanischer Wirtschaft schafft und sich auf reibungslose wirtschaftliche Beziehungen sowie Visa- und Investitionsfragen konzentriert.

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