Ulrich Schlie joined the Foreign Service in 1993 as a member of the 48th attaché course after working for the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) in Ebenhausen/Isar for two years. He was the political director at the Federal Ministry of Defence, Berlin from 2012 to 2014 and headed the Planning Staff of the Minister of Defence from 2005 to 2012. He habilitated in February 2020 with a thesis on the strategic change in the foreign and security policy of the Federal Republic of Germany since 1949 at the Andrássy University in Budapest. In 1992 he obtained his doctorate at the University of Bonn with a thesis bearing the title “Secret talks with the opponent. The Western Powers and the Peace Issue in World War II”. He completed his studies in Medieval and Modern History, Political Science and Romance Studies in 1991 with a Magister Atrium degree at the University of Bonn.

Ulrich Schlie was the owner of the Chair for Diplomacy II at Andrássy University Budapest, Professor of Practice at Tufts University (Medford, MA/USA), Fellow at the Weatherhead Center at Harvard University (Cambridge, MA/USA), Visiting Fellow at the Nato Defence College Rome, Visiting Scholar at the University of Cambridge/UK and Professeur associé as holder of the Alfred Grosser Chair at the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po).

Focus

• International Relations and International Security
• German Foreign and Security Policy
• Strategy and Diplomacy
• Political decision-making Processes
• German and European History

Further expertise

Balkans | Europe | Intelligence | Globalisation | Military Strategy and National Security | NATO | Nuclear Issues | Russia | Transatlantic Relations | Turkey | United Nations | United States of America | Contemporary History

Consultation Hours

All consulation hours require an appointment. Please contact Pauline Tausend (tausend@uni-bonn.de).

Summer Semester 2023

• Controversial questions in contemporary history (Master module GMPS)
• Doctoral colloquium on methodological problems in contemporary history and international security policy in the digital age (by personal invitation)

The Henry Kissinger Professorship for Security and Strategic Studies (HKP) hosts a number of events with distinguished guests from academia, politics, and business, both as part of CASSIS and in cooperation with external partners.

Upcoming Events:

• Staatsintervention vs. Wettbewerb - Anfänge der Sozialen Marktwirtschaft in Deutschland und Herausforderungen in der Gegenwart (01.06.2023)

Together with the Bonner Akademie für Forschung und Lehre praktischer Politik (BAPP) and the Ludwig-Erhard-Stiftung e.V., the Henry Kissinger Professorship for Security and Strategy Studies organizes a panel discussion about the Social market economy in Germany. The panel consists of Prof. Dr. h.c. mult. Roland Koch, Thomas Schmid, Prof. Sigmar Gabriel and Lani Döhring and is moderated by Ulrich Schlie.

Past Events and Event Series: 

• Die neue Sicherheitsarchitektur - Die Rolle der Universitäten vor dem Hintergrund zunehmender Unsicherheiten (25.01.2023)
  

  Together with the German Academic Exchange Service, the Henry Kissinger Professorship for Security and Strategy Studies at CASSIS at the University of Bonn is organising this event to bring together the political and academic cosmos in a discussion event and to discuss common paths.

• Großbritannien und Nordirland, Deutschland und Europa - Einblicke und Erfahrungen in bewegten Zeiten (22.11.2022) 

 HMCG Rafe Courage will share his experiences and impressions as British Consul General and discuss challenges and future perspectives for British-German and British-European cooperation with Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schlie. 

• Parties, Politics, Polarization - Lessons from the US Midterm Elections 2022 (16.22.2022)

Join us to discuss these and other questions in an open panel on November 16, 2022, in which we will shed critical light on the election results and reflect on the current state of American democracy.

• Opening event of this year's International Security Forum Bonn 2022: "Zeitenwende" - A New Era in International Relations and Security Cooperation (29.09.2022)

International experts meet in Bonn to discuss the future of transatlantic relations as well as German, American, and European foreign and security policy. The discussion will focus on religion, conflict and politics, antisemitism and its impact on transnational security cooperation, and new opportunities for middle power security cooperation in the face of geopolitical upheaval.