Lecture: The eternal tragedy of German foreign policy

Date
1. Jul 2026, 6.15 pm - 7.45 pm

The Center for Political Practices and Orders (C2PO), Professor Dr Sophia Hoffmann (Professorship for International Politics and Conflict Research) and the university group Security Policy invite you to the lecture "The Eternal Tragedy of German Foreign Policy from the Congress of Vienna to the Ukraine War" by Muamer Bećirović.

Over a period of more than two centuries, only two outstanding statesmen succeeded in shaping Germany into a stabilising and regulating centre of Europe: Klemens Wenzel Lothar von Metternich and Otto von Bismarck.

The lecture explores the question of why other political actors failed despite having comparable prerequisites. It will also shed light on why the Federal Republic of Germany has still not succeeded in assuming a similar organising role within the European Union.

Date: 01 July 2026, 18:15-19:45
Location: C01, Room 0012

All interested parties are cordially invited.

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