Prof. P. Rundquist (l.) and Wolfgang Tönnesmann

Seminar on “Winds of Change” in U.S. politics
September 18-19, 2009. The U.S. Consulate General, the Fridtjof-Nansen Academy, the Atlantic Academy, the Hesse Center for Political Education and Frankfurt University’s Center for North American Studies joined forces in organizing their annual seminar on American politics at the Fridtjof-Nansen Academy in Ingelheim.  This year’s seminar dealt with the topic “Winds of Change – The Key Issues of American Politics under President Barack Obama” and attracted over 30 participants from a wide spectrum of professional fields.  Prof. Paul Rundquist (University of Halle-Wittenberg), Dr.  Stormy-Annika Mildner (Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Berlin), Prof. Dr. Sebastian Harnisch (University of Heidelberg), and Dr. Christian Lammert (University of Frankfurt) analyzed the general power balance between the White House and Congress, Obama’s foreign, economic and environmental policies as well as the health care reform debate.