Steve Israel, Democrat & Tom Davis, Republican

On November 5, 2024 Americans will head to the polls to cast their vote in the 60th presidential election and will also have a say in Congressional, state, and local elections. More than 160 million Americans are registered to vote and they, above all, will choose the next U.S. President who is set to assume office in January 2025.

On this occasion, we present to you the bipartisan expert duo of Steve Israel and Tom Davis, experienced former Congressmen and respective Chairmen of the National Republican and Democratic Congressional Committees who possess unique behind-the-scenes expertise on how Congress operates. Steve Israel and Tom Davis will provide insights and analyses on Democratic and Republican electoral prospects across the country, help explain the electoral process, and discuss key states and issues for the outcome of the 2024 U.S. elections. They will also comment on the current state of the partisan divide and – from personal experience – point out ways to engage in constructive dialogue across party lines.

Moderatorin: Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook, Bertelsmann Stiftung

Steve Israel, a Democrat, is Professor of Practice and Director of the Institute of Politics and Global Affairs at Cornell University. He is also an acclaimed author of two satires on Washington. He was a Member of Congress for 16 years representing his home state of New York and left in 2017, having served as the House Democrats chief political strategist and as Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. As an Institute of Politics Pritzker Fellow at the University of Chicago, Steve Israel jointly taught a seminar on the U.S. elections with former Republican Congressman Tom Davis.

Tom Davis, a Republican, is a Washington, D.C., attorney who focuses his practice on handling a variety of congressional and regulatory affairs, including congressional investigations, land use, and legislative strategy. He served 14 years in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing the 11th Congressional District of Virginia. He served as chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform from 2003 to 2007, where he led several high-profile investigations and was also elected chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) from 1999 to 2003. He is a distinguished professor of Public Policy at George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government and has co-authored a book on partisanship in American politics.

Die Vereinigten Staaten bleiben der wichtigste Anker für eine stabile Weltordnung. Unsere Sicherheit und unserer Wohlstand werden nach wie vor stark von den USA geprägt. Mit Joe Biden amtiert nun wieder ein Präsident, der in internationaler Kooperation versiert ist. Allerdings verfolgt auch Biden primär die Interessen seines Landes, wie seine Programmatik zeigt: Buy American, Investing in Americans, Rebuilding the Middle Class. Außenpolitik wird wie überall durch gesellschaftliche Interessen und Ideen geprägt. Deutschland und Europa müssen daher lernen, die innenpolitischen Kräfte und Probleme der USA zu respektieren, um die transatlantischen Beziehungen konstruktiv und realistisch zu gestalten.

Die Gesellschaft für Außenpolitik möchte mit der Veranstaltungsreihe „USA im Fokus“ dazu beitragen, die USA besser zu verstehen, um Handlungsoptionen für die deutsche und europäische Politik aufzuzeigen. Mehr Informationen hier.

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