07. April 2025

Guest article by Prof. Ulrich Schlie at Anadolu Ajansı: “Annalena Baerbock's controversial UN bid” Guest article by Prof. Ulrich Schlie at Anadolu Ajansı: “Annalena Baerbock's controversial UN bid”

In a guest article by Prof. Ulrich Schlie for Anadolu Ajansı, he criticizes Baerbock's surprising UN bid as a diplomatic misstep that has damaged Germany's reputation.

Guest article by Prof. Ulrich Schlie at Anadolu Ajansı: “Annalena Baerbock's controversial UN bid”
Guest article by Prof. Ulrich Schlie at Anadolu Ajansı: “Annalena Baerbock's controversial UN bid” © Anadolu Ajansı
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In his guest article, Prof. Ulrich Schlie criticizes Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock's decision to apply for the post of President of the UN General Assembly at short notice, which led to the withdrawal of the already nominated diplomat Helga Schmid. He argues that this action has damaged Germany's reputation at international level and calls for a more strategic personnel policy for future appointments to senior UN positions.

Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schlie2 is a historian, political scientist and, since 2020, Director of the Center for Advanced Security, Strategic and Integration Studies (CASSIS) and the Henry Kissinger Professor for Security and Strategy Research at the Institute for Political Science at the University of Bonn.

Ulrich Schlie was Professor of Practice at Tufts University (Medford, MA/USA), Fellow at the Weatherhead Center of Harvard University (Cambridge, MA/USA), Visiting Fellow at the Nato Defense 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) and holder of the Chair of Diplomacy II at Andrássy University Budapest. He currently holds a Joint Research Professorship at the School of International Relations at St Andrews University in Scotland.

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