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.

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 April 22th, 2024 at 2pm and on May 6th, 2024 at 2pm 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. Further information on the lecture

• Kick-off lecture on 11 April 2024: "The role of the USA in the transatlantic alliance"
  

In dialogue: Dirk Brengelmann (CASSIS) and Rachel Tausendfreund (German Marshall Fund), Moderation: Prof Dr Ulrich Schlie (CASSIS)

• Second lecture on 25 April 2024: "Turning point in the North: Change and continuity in the defence policy of Finland and Sweden"

Minna Ålander, Research Fellow Finnish Institute for International Affairs, Helsinki. This event will take place digitally and in german.

Further information on the lecture

Past Events and Event Series: 

• 75 Years of NATO - The role of the USA in the transatlantic alliance (11.04.2024)

The Henry Kissinger Professorship organises a regular lecture on 75 Years of NATO in cooperation with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, supported by the AmerikaHaus NRW. The kick-off lecture on 11 April focused on Americas role in the alliance.

• Franco-German Strategic Dialogue: The future of NATO (09.04.2024)

In cooperation with the Institut Français Bonn, the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom and the Centre Ernst Robert Curtius (CERC) of the University of Bonn, the Henry Kissinger Professorship organised another edition of the Franco-German Strategic Dialogue.The discussion focused on the future of NATO.

• Shattered Crescent: Roundtable discussion on the current situation in Syria and its geopolitical consequences (08.04.2024)

The Cassis hosted a Round Table Discussion on Syria with former Ambassador Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Hans-Ulrich Seidt, led by Henry Kissinger Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schlie. A particular focus was placed on the security implications of the ongoing civil war.