Klinsmann meets RIAS alumni, candidates in virtual Zoom Talk

Former USA and Germany soccer coach Jürgen Klinsmann talked to a group of 35 RIAS alumni and candidates for future programs in a lively RIAS Zoom conversation on Thursday, August 13. It was an open and wide-ranging discussion and Klinsmann was eager to hear from the journalists in the United States and Germany concerning their views on news and news sources these days as well. He also talked about his coaching experiences in the United States and Germany, and about the development of soccer in the United States over the last 22 years in which he has lived there. Klinsmann fondly recalled his meeting with a group of RIAS journalists from U.S. universities on the summer exchange program in 2019.

Klinsmann said he especially enjoyed seeing the “RIAS community” holding together with so much enthusiasm in these Zoom Talks during the coronavirus pandemic and said he was looking forward to another meeting with RIAS journalists and alumni, either in-person or on Zoom.

Peter Rough, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute in Washington DC, gave an interesting talk on Wednesday, August 12 about the U.S. election campaign and transatlantic issues. Rough explained that a lot could still happen in the remaining 11 weeks of the U.S. election campaign and the issue was still far from being decided. The poll numbers could change abruptly, for instance, he said if

there were a sudden improvement in the economic outlook, frontrunner Joe Biden were to stumble on the campaign trail or if there were an external shock of some kind.

The next RIAS zoom talk is on August 19 with Helge Fuhst, editor-in-chief of Tagesthemen news broadcast. Please write to info@darkseagreen-dog-940501.hostingersite.com for details on logging in.