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 Policy 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
• Geoeconomics
• Intelligence and Foreign Policy

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

Master of Arts "Strategy and International Security" (MSIS)

The Master's programme "Strategy and International Security", developed by the Henry Kissinger Professorship, started in the winter term 2023/24 at the Institute for Political Science and Sociology at the University of Bonn. The application phase for the winter semester 2024/25 started on June 3 and ran until July 15. 

Here you can find more information on the Master's programme.

Consultation Hours

The next consultation hours for students of the Master's programme "Strategy and International Security" will take place on Wednesday, July 31, at 1pm in the office at Genscherallee 3. Please register in advance at msis@uni-bonn.de. Questions can be asked beforehand via mail (msis@uni-bonn.de).

Summer Term 2024

• The German Foreign Policy Debate: Political and Legal Aspects (Co-hosts: Dr. Norbert Röttgen, Member of the German Bundestag and Prof. Dr. DDr. h.c. Matthias Herdegen, Director of the Institute for Public Law and the Institute for International Law at the University of Bonn) (the seminar is part of the Master's program Strategy and International Security)
• Oberseminar of the Doctoral colloquim on methodological problems in contemporary history and international security policy in the digital age (by personal invitation). The next meeting in the winter semester 2024/25 is expected to take place on November 01 and 02, 2024. 

Winter Term 2024/25

• Strategy and Diplomacy, M.A. Strategy and International Security
• Research Methods and Tools (together with Philipp van Helden), M.A. Strategy and International Security
• The Swiss Corridor: Intelligence operations in Switzerland during World War II, together with Dr. Thomas Zaugg, M.A. Strategy and International Security
• 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.

Current Event Series: 75 years of NATO

Summer semester 2024 | 6-8 p.m. (c.t.) | Lecture hall IV in the main building of the University of Bonn. The lectures will be held in German. Click here for further information.

Past Events and Event Series: 

• The future of NATO (03 July 2024)

In the last session of the lecture series "75 years of NATO", Retired Colonel Michael Angerer, Head of Division Policy I 3 (NATO) in the Federal Ministry of Defense in Berlin spoke about current geostrategic challenges for NATO and the most important debates within the alliance before the upcoming summit in Washington.

• AI and autonomy in weapon systems - a responsible approach in NATO? (13 June 2024)

In the fourth session of the lecture series "75 Years of NATO", Vanessa Vohs, Research Associate at the Chair of International Politics, Bundeswehr University, Munich, spoke about the role of AI and autonomy in weapon systems for the future of armed conflicts and NATO.

• NATO in a historical cross-section (06 June 2024)

In the third session of the lecture series “75 Years of NATO”, Dr. Arndt Freytag von Loringhoven, former ambassador and former Assistant Secretary General of NATO, spoke about the current challenges facing NATO and the question of whether we are in a “Second Cold War”.