The article highlights Stürmer's conviction that history should serve as a guide for understanding both the present and the future, consistently linking historical scholarship with contemporary political issues. As a professor, advisor to Chancellor Helmut Kohl, public commentator, and Director of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), Stürmer shaped debates on German reunification, Europe's role in the world, and relations with Russia. His scholarly and journalistic work was characterized by a commitment to making historical developments accessible and drawing lessons from them for political decision-making. With his passing, Germany has lost one of the most influential historians and public intellectuals of his generation.
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schlie in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung on the German Historian Michael Stürmer History as Life's Teacher: Prominent German Historian Michael Stürmer Has Passed Away
The historian and public intellectual Michael Stürmer has passed away at the age of 87. In an article published in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schlie pays tribute to Stürmer's outstanding contributions to German historiography and strategic policy debates.
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schlie in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung on the German Historian Michael Stürmer
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Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schlie is Director of the Center for Advanced Security, Strategic and Integration Studies (CASSIS) and Henry Kissinger Professor for Security and Strategy Research at the Institute for Political Science.