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==Career==
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Before taking the helm at RFE/RL he served for six years as Director of the [[Aspen Institute]] in [[Berlin]], a [[non-profit]], [[non-partisan]] organization whose mission is "to foster 'enlightened' leadership and open-minded dialogue." From 1996 to 2001, Gedmin was a resident scholar and Executive Director of the now defunct, [[neoconservative]] [[American Enterprise Institute]]’s [[New Atlantic Initiative]], a right-wing coalition of international institutes, politicians, leading journalists and business executives. Leading supporters and participants included [[Václav Havel]], [[Margaret Thatcher]], [[Henry Kissinger]], and U.S. Senators [[Jesse Helms]] and [[Joseph Biden]]. ▼
▲Before taking the helm at RFE/RL he served for six years as Director of the [[Aspen Institute]] in [[Berlin]], a [[non-profit]], [[non-partisan]] organization whose mission is "to foster 'enlightened' leadership and open-minded dialogue." From 1996 to 2001, Gedmin was a resident scholar and Executive Director of the now defunct, [[neoconservative]] [[American Enterprise Institute]]’s [[New Atlantic Initiative]], a right-wing coalition of international institutes, politicians, leading journalists and business executives. Leading supporters and participants included [[Václav Havel]], [[Margaret Thatcher]], [[Henry Kissinger]], and U.S. Senators [[Jesse Helms]] and [[Joseph Biden]].
Gedmin has been a frequent contributor to leading U.S. and European newspapers and magazines, including [[The New York Times]], [[Washington Post]] and the German newspaper [[Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung]] as well as a regular columnist for [[Die Welt]], often promoting and attempting to justify the politics of the Bush administration in the Middle East, frequently raising provocative points and using tough language. <ref>[http://www.welt.de/print-welt/article329171/Warum_ich_die_EU_fuer_einen_Irrtum_halte.html ''Warum ich die EU für einen Irrtum halte'' - (Why I consider the EU an error)'', Die Welt, July 22, 2004]</ref><ref>[http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/gesellschaft/0,1518,309866,00.html Spiegel online comment on the above article (in German)]</ref><ref>''Europa ist scheinheilig und selbstgerecht. Der Strafgerichtshof wird politisch missbraucht werden – wie andere UN-Gremien auch'' (Europe is hypocritical and self-righteous. The ICC will be politically abused - like other UN committees): Der Tagesspiegel, July 8, 2002.</ref>. He has authored and edited several books and served as co-executive producer for two major [[PBS]] documentaries. He received his Ph.D. from [[Georgetown University]] in German Area Studies.
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