Michael Stürmer

Chief Correspondent, Welt-Gruppe, Berlin

Professor Michael Stürmer is columnist for WELT-Gruppe, Berlin, and visiting profesor at SAIS Bologna. A historian by training, he held a chair of medieval and modern history at Erlangen-University, was a long – time foreign policy advisor to Chancellor Helmut Kohl and, from 1988 – 1998, head of Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (Research Institute for International Affairs) in Ebenhausen. Books and articles on European history 19th and 20 century, material culture of 17th and 18th century Europe, international affairs and security. Member of IISS, Officer of the Legion d’Honneur