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Ines Pohl is the chief correspondent of Deutsche Welle in Washington, D.C.. In her work she traveled the country, experiencing first hand the many different lives people live in the United States. As a Nieman Fellow at Harvard Ines combined her journalistic experience with a theoretical framework of her political thought. In our conversation we will learn about her journey and observations about the United States and the transatlantic relationship.
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Ines Pohl has been based in the United States since 2020, serving as Bureau Chief with a focus on the pressures facing contemporary democracies. Her reporting examines why growing numbers of voters in established democratic systems are drawn to authoritarian leaders and what this shift reveals about deeper political, social, and cultural transformations. As Bureau Chief, Ines oversees reporting from across the United States, consistently placing people at the center of her storytelling. She has covered the Trump presidency closely as a member of the White House Foreign Press pool, while deliberately spending extensive time reporting outside Washington in order to capture perspectives that are often absent from national political debates.
Ines brings a distinctly German and European perspective to her reporting from the United States. Her work frequently reflects on how American political developments resonate beyond national borders and what lessons they may hold for Europe’s own democratic debates. Rather than treating U.S. politics as an isolated phenomenon, she places it in a transatlantic context, examining similarities, differences, and mutual blind spots.
Before returning to the United States, Ines spent six years as editor‑in‑chief of the German daily taz. She later covered the 2016 U.S. presidential election for Deutsche Welle before becoming DW’s editor‑in‑chief in Berlin and Bonn. During her three years in that role, she worked closely with colleagues to sharpen the editorial profiles of Deutsche Welle’s 30 language services and to strengthen the organization’s social media strategy in response to a rapidly evolving media landscape.
Alexander Görlach is an adjunct professor to NYU Gallatin School where he teaches democratic theory. Prior to that he had various positions as visiting scholar and as fellow at Harvard University in the United States, and Cambridge University and Oxford University in the United Kingdom. He is a senior fellow to the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs in New York and a senior advisor to the Berggruen Institute in Los Angeles.
Alexander holds a ThD in comparative religion and a PhD in linguistics. His academic interests include democratic theory, politics and religion, and theories of secularism, pluralism and cosmopolitanism. In the academic year 2017-18 he was a visiting scholar at National Taiwan University and City University Hongkong. Since then he focuses on the rise of China and what it means for the democracies in East Asia.
Alexander Görlach is an honorary professor of ethics and theology at Leuphana University in Lüneburg, Germany. Alexander Görlach is the founder of the debate-magazine The European, that he also ran as its editor in chief from 2009 to 2015.
Today he serves as an op-ed contributor to the New York Times, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, and the South China Morning Post. He is a columnist to the business magazine Wirtschaftswoche, Deutsche Welle and Focus Online. He is a frequent commentator on German News Channel WeLT TV.
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Ines Pohl is the chief correspondent of Deutsche Welle in Washington, D.C.. In her work she traveled the country, experiencing first hand the many different lives people live in the United States. As a Nieman Fellow at Harvard Ines combined her journalistic experience with a theoretical framework of her political thought. In our conversation we will learn about her journey and observations about the United States and the transatlantic relationship.
Biographies
Ines Pohl has been based in the United States since 2020, serving as Bureau Chief with a focus on the pressures facing contemporary democracies. Her reporting examines why growing numbers of voters in established democratic systems are drawn to authoritarian leaders and what this shift reveals about deeper political, social, and cultural transformations. As Bureau Chief, Ines oversees reporting from across the United States, consistently placing people at the center of her storytelling. She has covered the Trump presidency closely as a member of the White House Foreign Press pool, while deliberately spending extensive time reporting outside Washington in order to capture perspectives that are often absent from national political debates.
Ines brings a distinctly German and European perspective to her reporting from the United States. Her work frequently reflects on how American political developments resonate beyond national borders and what lessons they may hold for Europe’s own democratic debates. Rather than treating U.S. politics as an isolated phenomenon, she places it in a transatlantic context, examining similarities, differences, and mutual blind spots.
Before returning to the United States, Ines spent six years as editor‑in‑chief of the German daily taz. She later covered the 2016 U.S. presidential election for Deutsche Welle before becoming DW’s editor‑in‑chief in Berlin and Bonn. During her three years in that role, she worked closely with colleagues to sharpen the editorial profiles of Deutsche Welle’s 30 language services and to strengthen the organization’s social media strategy in response to a rapidly evolving media landscape.
Alexander Görlach is an adjunct professor to NYU Gallatin School where he teaches democratic theory. Prior to that he had various positions as visiting scholar and as fellow at Harvard University in the United States, and Cambridge University and Oxford University in the United Kingdom. He is a senior fellow to the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs in New York and a senior advisor to the Berggruen Institute in Los Angeles.
Alexander holds a ThD in comparative religion and a PhD in linguistics. His academic interests include democratic theory, politics and religion, and theories of secularism, pluralism and cosmopolitanism. In the academic year 2017-18 he was a visiting scholar at National Taiwan University and City University Hongkong. Since then he focuses on the rise of China and what it means for the democracies in East Asia.
Alexander Görlach is an honorary professor of ethics and theology at Leuphana University in Lüneburg, Germany. Alexander Görlach is the founder of the debate-magazine The European, that he also ran as its editor in chief from 2009 to 2015.
Today he serves as an op-ed contributor to the New York Times, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, and the South China Morning Post. He is a columnist to the business magazine Wirtschaftswoche, Deutsche Welle and Focus Online. He is a frequent commentator on German News Channel WeLT TV.
Ines Pohl is the chief correspondent of Deutsche Welle in Washington, D.C.. In her work she traveled the country, experiencing first hand the many different lives people live in the United States. As a Nieman Fellow at Harvard Ines combined her journalistic experience with a theoretical framework of her political thought. In our conversation we will learn about her journey and observations about the United States and the transatlantic relationship.
Biographies
Ines Pohl has been based in the United States since 2020, serving as Bureau Chief with a focus on the pressures facing contemporary democracies. Her reporting examines why growing numbers of voters in established democratic systems are drawn to authoritarian leaders and what this shift reveals about deeper political, social, and cultural transformations. As Bureau Chief, Ines oversees reporting from across the United States, consistently placing people at the center of her storytelling. She has covered the Trump presidency closely as a member of the White House Foreign Press pool, while deliberately spending extensive time reporting outside Washington in order to capture perspectives that are often absent from national political debates.
Ines brings a distinctly German and European perspective to her reporting from the United States. Her work frequently reflects on how American political developments resonate beyond national borders and what lessons they may hold for Europe’s own democratic debates. Rather than treating U.S. politics as an isolated phenomenon, she places it in a transatlantic context, examining similarities, differences, and mutual blind spots.
Before returning to the United States, Ines spent six years as editor‑in‑chief of the German daily taz. She later covered the 2016 U.S. presidential election for Deutsche Welle before becoming DW’s editor‑in‑chief in Berlin and Bonn. During her three years in that role, she worked closely with colleagues to sharpen the editorial profiles of Deutsche Welle’s 30 language services and to strengthen the organization’s social media strategy in response to a rapidly evolving media landscape.
Alexander Görlach is an adjunct professor to NYU Gallatin School where he teaches democratic theory. Prior to that he had various positions as visiting scholar and as fellow at Harvard University in the United States, and Cambridge University and Oxford University in the United Kingdom. He is a senior fellow to the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs in New York and a senior advisor to the Berggruen Institute in Los Angeles.
Alexander holds a ThD in comparative religion and a PhD in linguistics. His academic interests include democratic theory, politics and religion, and theories of secularism, pluralism and cosmopolitanism. In the academic year 2017-18 he was a visiting scholar at National Taiwan University and City University Hongkong. Since then he focuses on the rise of China and what it means for the democracies in East Asia.
Alexander Görlach is an honorary professor of ethics and theology at Leuphana University in Lüneburg, Germany. Alexander Görlach is the founder of the debate-magazine The European, that he also ran as its editor in chief from 2009 to 2015.
Today he serves as an op-ed contributor to the New York Times, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, and the South China Morning Post. He is a columnist to the business magazine Wirtschaftswoche, Deutsche Welle and Focus Online. He is a frequent commentator on German News Channel WeLT TV.
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