Talks & Media

Keynotes, Lectures, and Panel Discussions (selection)

  • Panel Discussion, “Culture as Soft Power of the State,” Kongress 590, June 21, 2023 (online).
  • Keynote Speech, “Die Macht der Narrative: Public Diplomacy im 21. Jahrhundert,” Conference on Gaming und Außenpolitik, Stiftung Digitale Spielkultur, June 13, 2023 (online).
  • Lecture, “Is America Back? Joe Biden and the Return of U.S. Soft Power,” Initiative junger Transatlantiker, January 20, 2022 (online).
  • Lecture, “The Role of Charisma in Soft Power,” Soft Power & Cultural Diplomacy Study Group, Harvard University, Kennedy School, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, December 3, 2021 (online).
  • Lecture, “Soft Power: The Art of Attraction in 21st Century Diplomacy,” Master’s Program in Cultural Diplomacy, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Milan, May 14, 2021 (online).
  • Panel Discussion, “U.S. Election 2020: The Days After,” Junior Diplomat Initiative France, Sciences Po, Paris, November 5, 2020 (online).
  • Lecture, “Of the people, by the people, for the people: Emergence and Functionality of the U.S. Electoral System,” University of Bonn, Alumni Online, November 2, 2020 (online).
  • Moderator, “30 Years after Reunification: Germany’s Role in Europe and the World,” Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung & Gustav-Stresemann-Institute, Bonn, October 15, 2020.
  • Lecture, “New Cold War? Donald Trump and Sino-American Relations,” Bundeszentrale für Politische Bildung (bpb), Bonn, May 13, 2020 (online).
  • Moderator, “Impeachment or Second Term? Where Is the Trump Administration Heading?”, Amerika Haus e.V. NRW, Center for Advanced Security, Strategic and Integration Studies (CASSIS), & Friedrich-Naumann Stiftung, Bonn, Germany, November 7, 2019.
  • Discussion, “New Perspectives: Young Transatlantic Research,” Amerika Haus e.V. NRW, Cologne Forum for International Relations and Security Policy (KFIBS), Cologne, Germany, October 30, 2019.
  • Keynote, “Measuring Power: The Bonn Power Shift Monitor,” International Security Forum Bonn 2019, Bonn, Germany, October 1, 2019.
  • Moderator, “A European Army? Political Vision or Figment?,” Center for International Security and Governance, Bonn, Germany, July 9, 2019.
  • Keynote, “‘Middle Kingdom’ & ‘City Upon a Hill’ – Dimensions and Stages in the National Identify of China and the United States,” Friedrich Naumann Stiftung für die Freiheit & Deutsche Atlantische Gesellschaft, Gummersbach, Germany, May 17, 2019.
  • Lecture, “Transatlantic Turbulence: German-American Relations in Times of ‘America First’,” Karl-Arnold-Stiftung, Königswinter, Germany, November 7, 2018.
  • Moderator, “Global Power Shifts in the Age of Globalization,” Center for Global Studies, Celebrating the 200thAnniversary of the University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, October 29, 2018.
  • Lecture, “German-American Relations in the Light of the Current U.S. Grand Strategy,” Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Gersfeld (Rhön), Germany, September 6, 2018.
  • Lecture, “Conflict and Cooperation? Transatlantic Security Relations,” 21. Atlantischer Sommer, Atlantische Akademie Rheinland-Pfalz, Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany, August 25, 2018.
  • Keynote, “‘Die Große Mauer in den Köpfen’: The (Re-)Emergence of China in Geopolitical Perspective,” Cusanuswerk, Bad Honnef, Germany, June 7, 2018.
  • Panel Discussion, “Nationalism in the United States: Between Trump and Tradition,” Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Bonner Akademie für Forschung und Lehre praktischer Politik & Student Council for Political Science and Sociology, Bonn, Germany, May 7, 2018.
  • Lecture, “International Relations: An Intellectual History,” BIMUN/SINUB Lecture Series, Bonn, Germany, April 25, 2018.
  • Lecture, “German-American Relations: Current State and Future Perspectives,” Europäische Akademie Nordrhein-Westfalen, Aachen, Germany, November 29, 2017.
  • Lecture, “U.S. Drone Strikes under Obama and Trump and their Ramifications on U.S. Soft Power,” Karl-Arnold-Stiftung, Königswinter, Germany, November 8, 2017.
  • Lecture, “Transatlantic Turbulences? Donald Trump and the Future of German-American Cooperation,” Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Wiesbaden, Germany, October 21, 2017.
  • Lecture, “Perspectives in German-American Relations: Especially in the Wake of the Recent Change of Government in Washington,” Europäische Akademie Nordrhein-Westfalen, Bonn, Germany, October 18, 2017.
  • Discussion, “Political Sea Change in America: The Legacy of the Obama Presidency and Outlook on Donald Trump,” Cologne Forum for International Relations and Security Policy (KFIBS), Cologne, Germany, March 20, 2017.
  • Lecture, “After the Election of Donald Trump: Reflections on U.S. Foreign Policy in Years to Come,” Karl-Arnold-Stiftung, Cologne, Germany, January 17, 2017.
  • Panel Discussion, “U.S. Elections 2016: The Day After,” Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung & Student Council for Political Science and Sociology, Bonn, Germany, November 9, 2016.
  • Panel Discussion, “U.S. Election Night 2016,” Collaborative Event by various Scholarship Foundations, Bonner Universitätsforum, Bonn, Germany, November 8-9, 2016.
  • Lecture, “Drone Strikes in Afghanistan and Pakistan and their Ramifications on U.S. Soft Power,” Karl-Arnold-Stiftung, Königswinter, Germany, September 21, 2016.
  • Lecture, “Drone Strikes in Afghanistan and Pakistan and their Ramifications on U.S. Soft Power,” Karl-Arnold-Stiftung, Cologne, Germany, July 15, 2016.
  • Discussion, “Brexit: Course of Action and Future Outlook,” Cologne Forum for International Relations and Security Policy (KFIBS), Cologne, Germany, June 30, 2016.
  • Lecture, “What’s After Obama? The Future of German-American Relations,” Karl-Arnold-Stiftung, Königswinter, Germany, June 29, 2016.
  • Lecture, “The End of the American Century? Perspectives of American Power and Ramifications for Global Security: Thoughts on the U.S. Strategic Position and Foreign Policy in the 21st Century,” Karl-Arnold-Stiftung, Königswinter, Germany, June 28, 2016.
  • Discussion, “The U.S. Election Year 2016: Candidates, Positions, and Public Sentiment,” Cologne Forum for International Relations and Security Policy (KFIBS), Cologne, Germany, October 22, 2015.
  • Lecture, “Drone Strikes in Afghanistan and Pakistan and their Ramifications on U.S. Soft Power,” Karl-Arnold-Stiftung, Cologne, Germany, June 2, 2015.
  • Lecture, “Conflict or Cooperation? U.S.-China Relations in the 21st Century,” Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Bonn, Germany, May 9, 2015.
  • Lecture, “Drone Strikes in Afghanistan and Pakistan and their Ramifications on U.S. Soft Power,” Karl-Arnold-Stiftung, Königswinter, Germany, April 21, 2015.
  • Discussion, “Special Relationships in Foreign Policy: United States/United Kingdom,” Cologne Forum for International Relations and Security Policy (KFIBS), Cologne, Germany, March 18, 2015.
  • Lecture, “Power and Power Shifts in the 21st Century,” Seminar für Sicherheitspolitik, Bundesakademie für Sicherheitspolitik, Berlin, Germany, March 2, 2015.
  • Discussion, “American Inside Views: What’s the Meaning of the Midterm Elections 2014 for U.S. Foreign and Domestic Policy?,” Cologne Forum for International Relations and Security Policy (KFIBS), Cologne, Germany, November 27, 2014.
  • Lecture, “The Ties That Bind: Soft Power in Transatlantic Relations,” Bonner Akademie für Forschung und Lehre praktischer Politik, Bonn, Germany, October 28, 2014.
  • Discussion, “The NSA Spying Scandal and the Transatlantic Crisis in Confidence: The Beginning of the End of Transatlantic Partnership?,” Cologne Forum for International Relations and Security Policy (KFIBS), Cologne, Germany, October 8, 2014.
  • Lecture, “Global Power Shifts and Approaches to New Global Security Politics under Presidents Bush and Obama,” Karl-Arnold-Stiftung, Königswinter, Germany, September 25, 2013.

Media Coverage

My research regularly receives media coverage and I have commented, among others, on U.S. foreign relations, soft power, and individual agency in international relations for German broadcasters ARD, ZDF, WDR, and RBB.