Head of the Chair of International Politics and Transatlantic Relations
Consultation hour
During the SS 2026 Prof. Bierling is having a research semester and only offers occasional consultation hours.
Dates:
Tuesday, 26 May 2026, 2 - 3 pm
Tuesday, 30 June 2026, 4 - 5 pm
and by appointment by e-mail
(Please insert your name in the list at the office door)
CV
Stephan Bierling, born in 1962, has been Professor of International Politics and Transatlantic Relations at the University of Regensburg since May 2000. He previously taught at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich /LMU (1989-1999) and at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (1999/2000). Visiting professorships at Universities in South Africa (Fort Hare University, 1998), Israel (Hebrew University/Jerusalem, 1999), the USA (Austin College/Texas 1993, University of California/San Diego, 2003) and Australia (University of Newcastle, 2014). Bierling studied political science and history at LMU. He received his master's degree there in 1987 (with honours), his doctorate in 1992 (supervisor: Prof. Dr Dieter Grosser; summa cum laude) and his habilitation in 1996.
As a student and doctoral candidate, he was a scholarship holder of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS).
1996 Ludwig Erhard Prize for Economic Journalism, 2001 German Marshall Fund Fellow of the Pacific Council on International Policy at the University of Southern California/Los Angeles, 2003 Prize for Good Teaching of the Free State of Bavaria (Freistaat Bayern). 2008 and 2010 2nd place, 2013 1st place in the nationwide election for "Professor of the Year" by the magazine UNICUM BERUF in the category of Humanities, Cultural and Social Sciences. Bierling has been a KAS liaison lecturer for the University and OTH Regensburg since 2009. In 2015, he wrote an expert report for the NSA Investigation Committee of the German Bundestag, and in 2024 he was an expert in the Foreign Affairs Committee on UN reform. He advises politics, administration and business. Since 2018, he has been a member of the steering committee for the KAS doctoral program “Security and Development”. In 2007/08, Bierling was Dean of the Faculty of Humanities III, from 2008 to 2010 Vice President of the University, from 2013 to 2019 Representative for International Affairs of the faculty.
Bierling has published 13 monographs and more than 50 articles. Most recently, he published the Spiegel bestseller "America First. Donald Trump in the White House. Eine Bilanz" (C.H.Beck, 3rd ed. 2020) and the "Unvereinigte Staaten. Das politische System der USA und die Zukunft der Demokratie" (C.H. Beck, 3rd edition 2025). He regularly analyses US domestic, economic and foreign policy as well as German foreign policy in German and international newspapers (including Neue Zürcher Zeitung, FAZ, Cicero, SZ, Welt, Wirtschaftswoche, Handelsblatt) and on radio and television. Among others he was in 2015 and is since 2020 live commentator for the Munich Security Conference for Phoenix and BR. In 2020 he was also live analyst for the US presidential election for ARD's ten-hour special programme. Bierling is a sought-after speaker and has given more than 600 lectures outside the university over the past 30 years: at American institutes, training centres for teachers and those interested in politics, adult education centres, secondary schools and FOS/BOS, chambers of industry and commerce, political foundations, in theatres, book shops, at science slams and regulars' tables, at companies and associations, most recently also via video stream and podcast.
Bierling places particular emphasis on scientifically sound, practical and international teaching and innovative formats (excursions, symposia, expert interviews, simulations, team teaching). He regularly teaches courses in English with colleagues from UR and internationally renowned universities (including UC San Diego and George Washington University). Since 1988 he has organised the "Symposium on US Foreign Policy" every August in Washington, DC, since 2005 delegations have taken part in the "National Model United Nations" (NMUN) in New York, and since 2007 there has been RegMUN, a simulation conference at the University of Regensburg organised jointly with the Regensburg UN Society.
Every semester, Bierling invites academics, journalists, military personnel, diplomats, politicians and representatives of NGOs to his lectures (around 250 so far), where guests from outside the university are also welcome. He has also organised ten international conferences on campus together with the HSS. Guests have included three US ambassadors, three British ambassadors, seven US consuls general and two former German finance ministers. Bierling has organised a public academic election party for the US presidential elections every four years since 2000. In 2016 and 2024, 1,700 guests from the university, city and region attended the event in the Audimax; in 2020, more than 700 people attended the election party organised via Zoom due to coronavirus.
In his free time, Bierling climbs his beloved Ammertal mountains, looks for mushrooms, plays tennis, reads romances or eats at his favourite restaurants.
Teaching
Lectures
- Introduction to International Politics (in English and German), every SS since 2000
- Harris vs. Trump: The US presidential elections 2024, WS 2024/25
- Trump vs. Biden. The 2020 US presidential election, WS 2020/21
- Supremacy against will. German foreign policy since reunification, WS 2017/18
- Decision 2016, WS 2016/17, WS 2021/22
- Focal points of world politics, WS 2001/02, WS 2005/06, WS 2011/12, WS 2015/16, WS 2018/19, WS 2019/20, WS 2021/22, WS 2022/23, WS 2023/24, WS 2025/26
- Obama vs. McCain. The 2008 Elections in the US, WS 2008/09
- German Foreign Policy after 1945, SS 2001, WS 2004/05, WS 2007/08, SS 2015
- US Foreign Policy, SS 2000, SS 2002, WS 2006/07, WS 2009/10, WS 2014/15
- US Elections 2012, WS 2012/13
Seminars for graduate students
- The twelve most important IP essays since 1989, WS 2025/26
- From the founding of the state to the war against Hamas and Hezbollah: Israel's policy in the Middle East, WS 2024/25
- From Trump to Biden and back (together with Prof. Dr Volker Depkat), SS 2025
- The Ununited States. The US political system and the future of democracy, WS 2024/25
- US foreign policy in the Indo-Pacific since 2017, SS 2024
- Presidents, parties, polarisation: Democracy in America in the 21st century, WS 2023/24
- From the end of history to the Russian invasion of Ukraine: 13 important essays on international politics since 1989, SS 2023
- From Trump to Biden: Will everything be all right now?, WS 2021/22
- From partners to adversaries: the USA and China competing for global hegemony, SS 2021
- From unipolarity to the G-Zero world. The 12 most important essays on IP since 1990, WS 2020/21
- Elections in the USA: Politics, Parties, Presidents, SS 2020
- Introduction to the methods and practice of strategic foresight and scenario planning in international politics (together with Dr Oliver Gnad), SS 2020
- The Trump Presidency - A First Appraisal (together with Prof. Dr Volker Depkat), SS 2020
- Triumph and disintegration of the Pax Americana: important essays on international politics since 1990, WS 2019/20
- Kissinger, Huntington, Mearsheimer: How huge thinkers can help international politics to understand the world of the 21st century, SS 2019
- President Trump and the collapse of the liberal world order, WS 2018/19
- The Life and Times of Nelson Mandela (block seminar with Prof. Dr Seán Morrow), SS 2018
- The Trump presidency: a first assessment, WS 2017/18
- Decision 2016. Elections American Style (co-taught in English with Prof. Dr Gary Jacobson, University of California/San Diego), SS 2016
- Assessing the Obama Presidency (together with Prof. Dr Volker Depkat), SS 2016
- Foreign friends? The US and Europe since the end of the cold war, WS 2015/16
- From World Order to Disorder, SS 2015
- German Foreign Policy After Unification, ST 2012, WS 2014/15
- 50 Years After the Shots of Dallas. JFK and his times, SS 2013
- The Iraq War, WS 2001/12, SS 2014
- Superpower China?, SS 2011 (co-taught in English with Prof. Dr Robert Sutter/Georgetown University)
- South Africa 20 Years after the End of Apartheid, SS 2010 (co-taught in English with Prof. Dr Sean Morrow/University of Fort Hare)
- Conflict Zones in World Politics, SS 2008
- The 2008 US Presidential Elections, SS 2008 (co-taught in English with Prof. Dr. Gary Jacobson, University of California/San Diego)
- Empires in World Politics, WS 2006/07
- Great Speeches in International Relations, WT 2005/06, SS 2007
- Weapons of Mass Destruction. Concepts, Cases, Countermeasures, SS 2005 (co-taught in English with Prof. Dr Shelton Williams, Austin College)
- China in World Politics, SS 2003 (co-taught in English with Prof. Dr Robert Sutter/Georgetown University)
- 1898: A Turning Year in International Politics and Culture, WS 2002/03 (with Prof. Hebel/American Studies and Prof. Mecke/Romance Studies)
- International Politics in Films, WS 2002/03
- Between Uni- and Multilateralism. Bush's Foreign Policy, ST 2002 (co-taught in English with Prof. Dr. Edwina Campbell/National Defense University)
- Problems in American Foreign Policy, WS 2001/02
- The 2000 Elections in the US, SS 2001 (co-taught in English with Prof. Dr. Gary Jacobson/University of California, SD)
- US Foreign Policy in Transition, every SS since 2000 in Washington and Regensburg (in English)
- Analysing the Clinton Presidency, WS 2000/01
- Towards a New Paradigm in Transatlantic Relations?, WS 2000/01
- South Africa After Apartheid (in English), SS 2000
- New Trends in IR Theory (in English), SS 2000
- Research Classes
- Master- and Ph.D.-Projects (every semester since 2000, from 2000 to 2003 together with Prof. Dr Clemens Kauffmann, from 2004 to 2010 together with Prof. Dr Jerzy Mackow)
Undergraduate courses
- Introduction to International Politics, every semester since SS 2000
- Introduction to political science, SS 2000-SS 2003
- UC San Diego
- American Foreign Policy Since WWII, FQ 2003
Publications
MONOGRAPHY
14) The Ununited States: The US Political System and the Future of Democracy, Munich: C.H. Beck 2024, 336 pp.
13) America First. Donald Trump in the White House, Munich: C.H. Beck 2020, 271 p.
12) Nelson Mandela. Rebel, Prisoner, Reconciler, Munich: C.H. Beck 2018, 416 p.
11) Triumph and Crisis: Commentaries on World Events 1988 - 2016, Munich: C.H. Beck 2016, 280 p.
10) Deutschlands Außenpolitik seit der Wiedervereinigung, Munich: C.H. Beck 2014, 256 p.
09) Nelson Mandela, Munich C.H. Beck, 2012 128 p.
08) History of the Iraq War, Munich: C.H. Beck 2010, 253 p.
07) The piggyback strategy. Europa muss die USA einspannen, Hamburg: Edition Körber Stiftung 2007, 106 p.
06) Kleine Geschichte Kaliforniens, Munich: C.H. Beck 2006, 245 p.
05) Geschichte der amerikanischen Außenpolitik von 1917 bis zur Gegenwart, Munich: C.H. Beck 2003, 280 pp. (3rd continued edition 2007)
04) The Foreign Policy of the Federal Republic of Germany. Normen, Akteure, Entscheidungen, Munich: Oldenbourg 1999, 366 pp. (2nd edition 2005)
03) Economic aid for Moscow. Motives and Strategies of the Federal Republic of Germany and the USA from 1990 to 1996, Paderborn: Schöningh 1998, 356 pp.
02) Partner or adversary? President and Congress in the US foreign policy decision-making process (1974-1988), Frankfurt et al: Lang, 1992 349 pp.
01) The National Security Advisor to the American President. Anatomy and Background of a Career (1947-1989), Frankfurt et al: Lang 1990, 175 pp.
ESSAYS AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO COLLECTED WORKS
49) Hillary vs. The Donald. Consequences of the US presidential election for Germany and Europe; in: Bundesakademie für Sicherheitspolitik (ed.): Arbeitspapier Sicherheitspolitik Nr. 23/2016, 5. p.
48) Nelson Mandela's Ambivalent View of the United States; in: American Studies 59/4 (2014), 554-560.
47) with Herbert Maier): The EU and the USA; in: Werner Weidenfeld/Wolfgang Wessels (eds.): Jahrbuch der Europäischen Integration 2013, Baden-Baden: Nomos 2013, 6 pp.
46) (with Herbert Maier): The EU and the USA; in: Werner Weidenfeld/Wolfgang Wessels (eds.): Jahrbuch der Europäischen Integration 2012, Baden-Baden: Nomos 2012, pp. 339-345.
45) Obama's wars; in: Lösche, Peter/Anja Ostermann (eds.): Die Ära Obama, Bonn 2012, pp. 69-90.
44) (with Herbert Maier): The EU and the USA; in: Werner Weidenfeld/Wolfgang Wessels (eds.): Jahrbuch der Europäischen Integration 2011, Baden-Baden: Nomos 2011, pp. 323-328.
43) (with Ilona Steiler): Die deutsche Amerikapolitik; in: Thomas Jäger et al. (eds.): German Foreign Policy, Wiesbaden 2011, pp. 630-647.
42) (with Gerlinde Groitl): The EU and the USA; in: Werner Weidenfeld/Wolfgang Wessels (eds.): Jahrbuch der Europäischen Integration 2010, Baden-Baden: Nomos 2010, pp. 299-304.
41) (with Christian Strobel): Die deutsche Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik seit der Wiedervereinigung; in: Manuela Glaab/Werner Weidenfeld/Michael Weigl (eds.): Deutsche Kontraste. A Handbook 1990-2010, Frankfurt: Campus 2010, pp. 137-170.
40) (with Gerlinde Groitl) Die EU und die USA; in: Werner Weidenfeld/Wolfgang Wessels (eds.): Jahrbuch der Europäischen Integration 2009, Baden-Baden: Nomos 2010, pp. 299-304.
39) (with Gerlinde Groitl) Transatlantic Relations; in: Werner Weidenfeld/Wolfgang Wessels (eds.): Europa A-Z. Taschenbuch der Europäischen Integration, 11th edition, Baden-Baden: Nomos 2009, pp. 334-338.
38) (with Christian Strobel) Die EU und die USA; in: Werner Weidenfeld/Wolfgang Wessels (eds.): Jahrbuch der Europäischen Integration 2008, Baden-Baden: Nomos 2009, pp. 297-302.
37) The EU and the USA; in: Werner Weidenfeld/Wolfgang Wessels (eds.): Jahrbuch der Europäischen Integration 2007, Baden-Baden: Nomos 2008, pp. 277-282.
36) The US economy under George W. Bush; in: Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte, APuZ 37-38/2008 (8 September 2008), pp. 28-34.
35) Transatlantic relations; in: Werner Weidenfeld/Wolfgang Wessels (eds.): Jahrbuch der europäischen Integration 2006, Baden-Baden: Nomos 2007, pp. 289-294.
34) The Rise and Fall of King George. The end of a neo-imperial presidency; in: Internationale Politik, 7/8/2007, pp. 168-173.
33) Transatlantic relations; in: Werner Weidenfeld/Wolfgang Wessels (eds.): Jahrbuch der europäischen Integration 2005/2006, Baden-Baden: Nomos 2006, pp. 289-294.
32) Transatlantic relations; in: Werner Weidenfeld/Wolfgang Wessels (eds.): Jahrbuch der europäischen Integration 2004/2005, Baden-Baden: Nomos 2005, pp. 277-282.
31) The US economy under George W. Bush; in: Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte, B 45/2004 (1 November 2004), pp. 33-39.
30) Transatlantic relations; in: Werner Weidenfeld/Wolfgang Wessels (eds.): Jahrbuch der europäischen Integration 2003/2004, Baden-Baden: Nomos 2004, pp. 279-284.
29) Living apart. The end of transatlantic special relations; in: Internationale Politik, 10/2004, pp. 69-74.
28) The End of the West. Transatlantic relations since the Cold War; in: Stephan Bierling/Karlfriedrich Herb/Jerzy Mackow/Martin Sebaldt: Politischen Wandel denken. Herausforderungen der Demokratie in europäischer und globaler Perspektive, Münster/Hamburg/London: LIT Verlag 2004, pp. 18-31.
27) Transatlantic relations; in: Werner Weidenfeld/Wolfgang Wessels (eds.): Jahrbuch der europäischen Integration 2002/2003, Bonn: Europa Union Verlag 2003, pp. 293-298.
26) Difficult Partners - Differences between Washington and Paris as a Problem of German Security Policy; in: Reinhard Meier-Walser/Susanne Luther (eds.): Europa und die USA, Munich: Olzog 2002, pp. 222-232.
25) Transatlantic Relations; in: Werner Weidenfeld/Wolfgang Wessels (eds.): Jahrbuch der europäischen Integration 2001/2002, Bonn: Europa Union Verlag 2002, pp. 281-287.
24) Europe and America; in: Werner Weidenfeld (ed.): Europa-Handbuch. Updated new edition 2002, Gütersloh: Verlag Bertelsmann Stiftung 2002, pp. 639-659 (thoroughly revised version 2007)
23) Transatlantic relations; in: Werner Weidenfeld/Wolfgang Wessels (eds.): Jahrbuch der europäischen Integration 2000/2001, Bonn: Europa Union Verlag 2001, pp. 281-287.
22) The end of the long boom? The American economy under Bill Clinton and George W. Bush; in: Bierling, Stephan/Meier-Walser, Reinhard (eds.): Die Clinton-Präsidentschaft - ein Rückblick, Munich: Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung 2001, pp. 27-34.
21) The influence of Latinos on US foreign policy; in: International Politics, 9/2001, pp. 39-44.
20) The US presidential elections of November 2000; in: Gegenwartskunde, 4/2000, pp. 457-465.
19) Learning from America means learning to win. Despite all the prophecies of doom, the US economy is a role model for continental Europe; in: Politische Studien 4/2000, pp. 73-79.
18) Transatlantic relations; in: Werner Weidenfeld/Wolfgang Wessels (eds.): Jahrbuch der europäischen Integration 1999/2000, Bonn: Europa Union Verlag 2000, pp. 273-278.
17) Neither opponent nor partner. The Russia policy of the USA; in: Peter Rudolf/Jürgen Wilzewski (eds.): Weltmacht ohne Gegner. American Foreign Policy on the Threshold of the 21st Century, Baden-Baden: Nomos 2000, pp. 125-147.
16) South Africa's economy under Mandela. Possibilities and limits of economic transformation; in: Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte, B 27/99 (2 July 1999), pp. 13-20.
15) America leads - Europe follows? A relationship seeks its purpose; in: Internationale Politik, 2/1998, pp. 9-18 (also in Russian)
14) Western Economic Aid to Moscow (1989-1996). Motives, goals, results; in: Zeitschrift für Politik, 4/1997 (December 1997), pp. 451-468.
13) From the Atlantic to the Pacific Age? On the importance of Europe and Asia for the American economy; in: Meier-Walser, Reinhard (ed.): Die Zukunft der transatlantischen Beziehungen, Munich: Olzog 1997, pp. 125-137.
12) The American economy under Bill Clinton; in: Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte, B 43/96 (18 October 1996), pp. 35-43.
11) Germany's security policy since reunification; in: Weidenfeld, Werner/Korte, Karl-Rudolf (eds.): Handbuch zur deutschen Einheit, Frankfurt/New York: Campus 1996, pp. 601-611. (Revised version 1999, pp. 660-680)
10) The Reunification of Germany; in: Grosser, Dieter/Bierling, Stephan/Neuss, Beate: Bundesrepublik und DDR 1969-1990, Stuttgart: Reclam 1996, pp. 302-402. (= Deutsche Geschichte in Quellen und Darstellung, Vol. 11/Kommentierte Quellen)
09) Superpower without leadership. American foreign policy in the new age; in: Internationale Politik, 5/1996, pp. 27-32. (Also published in Russian)
08) From Reaganomics to Clintonomics: A Counterrevolution?; in: Martellone, Anna Maria (ed.): Towards a New American Nation? Redefinitions and Reconstruction, Staffordshire: Keele University Press 1995, pp. 28-44.
07) The Legacy of Reaganomics; in: Andersen, Uwe et al. (eds.): Politics and Economics at the End of the 20th Century, Opladen: Leske und Budrich 1995, pp. 119-134. (Awarded the Ludwig Erhard Prize for Economic Journalism 1996)
06) Political and Social Aspects of German Unification: Political Process and Voting Behaviour; in: Dalchoong Kim/Werner Gumpel (eds.): The Disintegration of the Soviet Union and Its Impact on Korea and Germany, Seoul: Yonsei University 1993, pp. 159-171.
05) The Distribution of Foreign Policy Power between Congress and the US President 1973-1993; in: Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen, Heft 2/1993, pp. 261-270.
04) On the state of the US economy; in: Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte, B 44/92 (23 October 1992), pp. 35-42.
03) The seven myths of reunification; in: Grosser, Dieter/Bierling, Stephan/Kurz, Friedrich: Die sieben Mythen der Wiedervereinigung, Munich: Ehrenwirth 1991, pp. 67-122.
02) The widening Atlantic; in: The European Journal of International Affairs, Vol. II/No. 3 (Win. 1989), pp. 104-119.
01) Foreign Policy in the Reagan Era: Actors, System Structures, Decision-Making Processes; in: Foreign Policy, 4/1988, pp. 336-347
EXPERT OPINIONS
Expert report pursuant to § 29 PUAG for the 1st Committee of Inquiry of the 18th electoral term, Prof. Dr Patrick Sensburg, Member of the Bundestag (Chairman), "NSA Committee of Inquiry",
by Prof Dr Stephan Bierling, Chair of International Politics, University of Regensburg, on the topic of
"In-depth presentation of the parliamentary, public and academic debate in Australia on the issues of the activities of its own intelligence services, their parliamentary control and the protection of privacy since the revelations of Edward Snowden, including compilation of key documents, statements and other publications by government, parliament, NGOs or other actors in this area."
Completion date: 15 June 2015
PUBLICATIONS IN THE FIELD OF POLITICAL EDUCATION
05) "Back to the roots. Political science as democracy studies", in: Die Politische Meinung, No. 543 (March/April 2017), 46-50.
04) "A clash of civilisations?", in: Time - History: Western Interventions, 2016, 96-101.
03) "Die USA: der müde Hegemon", in: Information on Political Education: Internationale Sicherheitsbeziehungen, ed. By the Federal Agency for Civic Education, 2015, 32-37.
02) (ed. with Dieter Grosser): Arbeitshandbuch mit didaktischen Hinweisen und Unterrichtsmodellen für Lehrer zu "Politik, Wirtschaft, Gesellschaft", Braunschweig: Westermann 1992.
01) (ed. with Dieter Grosser): "Politik, Wirtschaft, Gesellschaft", Braunschweig: Westermann 1991. [= Textbook social studies for secondary schools and grammar schools in the new Länder/completely revised and expanded new edition 1997]
author of the following contributions: "Wir sind das Volk", pp. 95-110; "Herausforderung Marktwirtschaft", pp. 122-136; "Regieren in der Demokratie", pp. 137-148; "Die Wiedervereinigung Deutschlands", pp. 177-188; and "Begriffslexikon", pp. 213-220.
EDITORSHIPS
05) Series "Regensburger Studien zur Internationalen Politik", Hamburg: Verlag Dr Kovač 2007- [16 volumes to date]
04) Series "Regensburger Schriften zur Auswärtigen Politik", Münster/Hamburg/London: LIT Verlag 2000-2006 [4 volumes]
03) (ed. with Reinhard Meier-Walser): Die Clinton-Präsidentschaft - ein Rückblick, Munich: Hanns-Seidel-Foundation 2001.
02) (ed. with Uwe Andersen/Beate Neuss/Wichard Woyke): Politics and Economics at the End of the 20th Century. Perspectives and Interdependencies. Festschrift for Dieter Grosser, Opladen: Leske und Budrich 1995.
01) Series (ed. with Dieter Grosser): "Analysen zum Wandel politisch-ökonomischer Systeme", Frankfurt et al: Peter Lang 1992ff. [15 volumes]
Media contributions
Interviews and articles by Prof Bierling
Dear friends of the Regensburg IP,
you may be interested in my piece on the quality of political personnel for the NZZ and two pictures with Marion Bösker and Christian Brückner, with whom I organised an evening on Philip Roth's romance "Verschwörung gegen Amerika" at the Literaturhaus München on 18 May 2017.
Plus two interviews on German policy towards Turkey (SWR2) and on, oh dear, Trump, who is even more incompetent than I thought:
Here are a few more comments from me on transatlantic relations for the Washington Post and the website of ABC, the US TV channel.
With best regards
Stephan Bierling
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Political science in Germany and the world
Article on the state of political science in Germany (attached) (external link, opens in a new window) and an interview on the US military strike against Syria in "Wirtschaftswoche" at https://goo.gl/5HGj4f. (external link, opens in a new window)
Article: The American paradox
On Monday, 3 October 2016, the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) published a guest article entitled "The American Paradox" (external link, opens in a new window) by Prof. Bierling, in which he comments on the American election campaign.
Prof. Bierling comments on the West's alleged complicity in Putin's policy of violence in the Neue Zuercher Zeitung on 31 March 2014.
Article in the Neue Zuercher Zeitung (external link, opens in a new window)
Interview on Deutschlandfunk radio about the current fighting in Iraq:
Dear friends of IP,
you may be interested in my interview on Deutschlandfunk radio about the current fighting in Iraq:
http://www.deutschlandfunk.de/irak-politologe-amerikanische-strategie-grandios-gescheitert.694.de.html?dram:article_id=273853 (external link, opens in a new window)
With best regards
Stephan Bierling
Bierling on Mandela and the Obama visit
Prof Bierling in an interview with Dr Gerald Schneider: Obama gave a "feel-good" speech - Article (external link, opens in a new window)
The magic of Madiba - newspaper article, SZ, 15 June 2013 (external link, opens in a new window)
Bierling in SZ on Iraq war
Dear friends of the Regensburg IP,
you may be interested in the lessons I draw from the Iraq war ...(article) (external link, opens in a new window)
With best regards
Stephan Bierling
Bierling presents new books on the USA in International Politics 11/2012.
Book review: "The insecure nation" (external link, opens in a new window)
Analysing the megatrends in the US presidential elections
Dear friends of IP-Regensburg,
you may be interested in my brief analysis of the megatrends in the US presidential elections, which appeared today in the "Außenansicht" section of the SZ newspaper (external link, opens in a new window).
Yours, Stephan Bierling
Bierling in an interview on the Obama - Romney duel
(Straubinger Tagblatt, 10 October 2012) (external link, opens in a new window)
Bierling comments on the Republican Party Convention on Bavaria 2
Mandela biography
A detailed review of my new Mandela biography (C.H. Beck,€ 8.95) can be found at
http://www.idowa.de/home/artikel/2012/05/27/ein-traum-von-versoehnung.html (external link, opens in a new window)
Obama at the end?
Dear friends of the IP,
here is my explanation in the FAZ of 26.7.12 (external link, opens in a new window) as to why Obama is having such a hard time with his re-election on 6 November 2012.
With best regards
Prof Dr Stephan Bierling
Prof. Bierling in the SZ of 25 June 2012 on German foreign policy
"Preferably Switzerland" (external link, opens in a new window) (pdf)
Bierling in the Times Higher Education
At an international conference organised by the Hanns Seidel Foundation to compare the German and British higher education systems at the beginning of May 2012, Prof. Bierling once again outlined the positive effects of tuition fees on teaching. The former Vice-Rector for Studies and Teaching at the University of Regensburg warned politicians against abolishing the "most successful measure to improve teaching at universities since the Second World War". The renowned Times Higher Education reported in detail on Bierling's arguments:
www.time (external link, opens in a new window) shighereducation.co.uk/story.asp