A New Role for Germany in an Evolving Security Environment?

Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schlie is a historian, political scientist. He currently holds a Joint Research Professorship at the School of International Relations at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. His most recent book Politikberatung was published last month. After studying Medieval and Modern History, Political Science and Romance Studies at the University of Bonn, Ulrich Schlie worked at the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) from 1991 to 1993. He then worked in the German Foreign Service for over 27 years and held positions of Head, Policy Planning at the Federal Ministry of Defense from 2005 to 2012 and Director, General International Security and Defense Policy from 2012 to 2014. In February 2020, he completed his habilitation at Andrássy University in Budapest with the thesis “The Strategic Shift in German Foreign and Security Policy Since the Founding of the Federal Republic”. In 1992, he was awarded a doctorate at the University of Bonn with a thesis titled "Secret Talks with the Opponent: The Western Powers and the Peace Issue in World War II."