About the panel discussion 

Input:
Ambassador John Bolton
Throughout his distinguished career, Ambassador John Bolton has been a staunch defender of American interests. During Donald Trump’s first term in the White House, he served as assistant to the president for national security affairs from April 2018 until his resignation in September 2019. From 2007 until 2018, he worked as a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, DC. From his appointment in August 2005 until his resignation in December 2006, he served as United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations.

Discussants:
Lora Ann Viola, Professor for North American Foreign Policy in the Department of Political Science and SCRIPTS Member, Freie Universität Berlin
Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff, Otto Wolff Director, German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP)

Welcoming Remarks and Moderator:
Rachel Tausendfreund, Senior Fellow for USA/Transatlantic Relations, German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP)

This event marks the confluence of two series: it is the third instalment of the series Remaking America? Contesting Visions from Trump and Beyond, a cooperation between DGAP and the Cluster of Excellence “Contestations of the Liberal Script” (SCRIPTS) at the Freie Universität Berlin and the second instalment of the SCRIPTS series Focus USA (Brennpunkt USA).

Remaking America? Contesting Visions from Trump and Beyond features leading thinkers, scholars, and policy voices from the United States who assess the emerging ideas and factions reshaping American democracy and foreign policy and their consequences for Germany and Europe. Focus USA (Brennpunkt USA) addresses the various aspects of the disruption triggered by Donald Trump's administration.

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