 His prize-winning thesis on the "Oikonomika," a classical Greek treatise once attributed to Aristotle, was soon published.After working as a journalist for the "Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung," a semi-official newspaper, he joined the press section of the German Foreign Office in 1907 and attracted the attention of Wilhelm II.When Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg became chancellor of Germany in 1909, Riezler became his chief adviser and confidant.