Amerikas Verfassung

Folge 4:  US-Truppenpräsenz in Deutschland und der Green New Deal der Demokraten

(aufgenommen am 11. März 2021)

Housekeeping

·      Online-Talk: Hate in the Homeland. How to Understand and Combat Far-Right Extremism

·      Screening and Conversation: Ground Control to Madame Mars: The Future of Diversity in Space

·      Online Teachers Seminar: What will the future look like? The United States in 2021 and beyond

Newsstories

Erik Prince und der Umsturzversuch in Libyen

• Erik Prince, Trump Ally, Violated Libya Arms Embargo, U.N. Report Says (The New York Times)
• Blueprint for a raid: Documents shed light on plan to buy U.S. helicopter gunships for assault on Tripoli (The Washington Post)
• PROJECT OPUS: Erik Prince and the Failed Plot to Arm a CIA Asset-Turned-Warlord in Libya (The Intercept)
• Blackwater von Jeremy Scahill (Perlentaucher)
• Privatisierung von Krieg? Problemfelder des Einsatzes Privater Militär- und Sicherheitsfirmen in der modernen Kriegführung (Schneiker/Krahmann in APUZ 35-36/2016)
• Fotolizenz: ”Reading” (CC BY 2.0) by Osbornb

Energieversorgung in Texas

• No, frozen wind turbines aren’t the main culprit for Texas’ power outages (The Texas Tribune)
• AP PHOTOS: Winter storms spread power and water woes (Associated Press) 
• Report on outages and curtailments during the Southwest cold weather event (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Report 2011) 
• His Lights Stayed on During Texas’ Storm. Now He Owes $16,752 (New York Times)
• Texas disaster puts Beto O’Rourke back in business (Politico)
• Texas After the Storm (New York Times, The Daily Podcast)

Deep Dives
US-Truppenpräsenz in Deutschland

·      Die Entwicklung der Personalstärke der US-Streitkräfte und ihrer deutschen Zivilangestellten seit dem Jahr 1985 in Deutschland – insbesondere in der Westpfalz und in der Kaiserslautern Military Community (Wissenschaftliche Dienste des Deutschen Bundestages)

·      Tweet vom ehemaligen US-Botschafter in Berlin Richard Grenell vom 8. August 2019

·      Gegenwart und Zukunft der US-Militärpräsenz in Deutschland (Atlantischer Blog, 22. August 2019)

·      Trump to Pull Thousands of U.S. Troops From Germany (Wall Street Journal)

·      U.S. lawmakers hammer Pentagon over lack of detail on Germany troop cuts

·      Senate Overrides Trump’s Veto of Defense Bill, Dealing a Legislative Blow

·      Remarks by President Biden at the 2021 Virtual Munich Security Conference (The White House)

Green New Deal

• Zur Entstehungsgeschichte des Green New Deal - Revival eines Begriffs (Heinrich Böll Stiftung)
• The Sunrise Movement
• The Green New Deal, explained (Vox)
• Democrats Establish a New House ‘Climate Crisis’ Committee (The Atlantic)
• A GREEN NEW DEAL: A Progressive Vision for Environmental Sustainability and Economic Stability (Data for Progress
• H.Res.109 - Recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to create a Green New Deal. (Congress)
• What Is the Green New Deal? A Climate Proposal, Explained (The New York Times)
• The Surprising Origins Of What Could Be The ‘Medicare For All’ Of Climate Change (Huffington Post)
• Was Umweltökonomen gegen Ocasio-Cortez' „Green New Deal“ haben (Das Handelsblatt)
• Vom New Deal der 1930er-Jahre lernen (Deutschlandfunk Kultur)
• Stanford energy and environment experts examine strengths and weaknesses of the Green New Deal (Stanford News)
• Senate defeats Green New Deal, as Democrats call vote a ‘sham’ (Washington Post) 
• Der Green New Deal zeigt die Spaltung der Demokraten (Süddeutsche Zeitung)

Transatlantic Treats 

Renegades: Born in the USA

·      Podcast Video Trailer (Spotify, YouTube)

·      Podcast (Spotify)

Ms. Marvel Comic

• What The New Ms. Marvel Means For Muslims In Comics (NPR)
• Ms. Marvel: Hauptdarstellerin für Disney+ Serie gefunden (Cinema)
• How Kamala Khan Becomes an Avenger! (Marvel, YouTube)