On May 19, 2026, David Frum of The Atlantic will join “Half an Hour with …”, DAIS’s online discussion format. The series brings together experts once a month to discuss current political, social, and transatlantic issues in a short and accessible way.
We look forward to an informative half-hour conversation with valuable perspectives on the United States and German-American relations.
The online discussion is moderated by Friederike Schulte, Director of the Carl-Schurz-Haus in Freiburg.
You can sign up for the Zoom link here: https://carl-schurz-haus-de.zoom.us/meeting/register/gZt90q4xQY2XnVf_n2QSOQ#/registration
David Frum is a writer at The Atlantic magazine and the author of two books dealing with the Trump presidency: the 2018 New York Times bestseller, Trumpocracy - The Corruption of the American Republic and Trumpocalypse - Restoring American Democracy, published in 2020. From 2001-2002, he served as a special assistant and speechwriter to President George W. Bush during and after the 9/11 attacks on the United States.
Frum earned a Bachelor and a Master of Arts in history at Yale, then a Doctor of Law degree at Harvard. He is a recognized intellectual leader of the American conservative movement and was one of the first and foremost conservative Republicans to sound the alarm about the challenges posed by the Trump presidency. His prophetic 2017 cover story in the Atlantic, How to Build an Autocracy, has been one of the most cited works of the Trump years.
Half an Hour with... ist ein neues transatlantisches Gesprächsformat des Verbunds Deutsch-Amerikanischer Zentren, dessen Mitglied das Deutsch-Amerikanische Institut Sachsen ist. Einmal im Monat laden wir gemeinsam zu einem halbstündigen Gespräch mit Expertinnen und Experten, die fundiert und kompakt über die USA und die deutsch-amerikanischen Beziehungen sprechen. Ob aktuelle politische Entwicklungen, gesellschaftliche Trends, wirtschaftliche Perspektiven oder kulturelle Einblicke: Half an Hour with... bringt transatlantische Themen direkt zu Ihnen nach Hause oder ins Büro. Nutzen Sie die Gelegenheit, spannende Persönlichkeiten kennenzulernen, unterschiedliche Sichtweisen zu entdecken und Ihre Fragen in den Dialog einzubringen.