{
  "id": 3714227,
  "title": "Kommentar: Die Debatte um Baerbocks neuen Job ist einfach nur peinlich",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/kommentar-die-debatte-um-baerbocks-neuen-job-ist-einfach-nur-peinlich-3714227",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-27T09:55:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/meinung/kommentare/kommentar-die-debatte-um-baerbocks-neuen-job-ist-einfach-peinlich/100249650.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "Annalena Baerbock, the former German Foreign Minister and former President of the UN General Assembly, is set to begin a new job in the autumn at Columbia University in New York. According to sources from the Handelsblatt, she will be a Professor of Global Leadership and Co-Director of the Master’s program \"Master of Public Administration in Global Leadership\".\n\nWhile this may seem like a normal move for a political figure, the ensuing controversy was anything but ordinary. Right-wing German politicians, some journalists, and individuals who have made outrage a part of their business model, have all taken aim at Baerbock. Together, these so-called \"experts\" have questioned her qualifications for the role.\n\nThe debate surrounding Baerbock's new position is painfully embarrassing. In the United States, it is customary for former government officials to take on teaching positions at universities following their service. Baerbock is following in the footsteps of numerous other former government officials who have taught at American elite institutions after their tenure. This includes former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who now teaches at Columbia, former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at Stanford University, and former German Economics Minister Robert Habeck at the University of Berkeley.",
  "summary": "In den USA ist die Vergabe eines Lehrauftrags an ehemalige Regierungsvertreter ein normaler Vorgang. Die deutsche Aufregung zeigt, dass es dabei nur um Hass und Hetze geht.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Handelsblatt",
        "title": "Comment: The debate about Baerbock's new job is simply embarrassing",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/kommentar-die-debatte-um-baerbocks-neuen-job-ist-einfach-nur-peinlich",
        "published": "2026-08-25T20:51:59.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}