Aspen Institute Germany
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| Established | October 1974 |
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| Founder | Shepard Stone |
| Type | Think tank, NGO |
| Location | |
Director | Stormy-Annika Mildner |
| Website | aspeninstitute.de |
The Aspen Institute Germany (Aspen Institute Deutschland e.V.) is a German non-profit think tank focused on Euro-Atlantic cooperation, geopolitical and geoeconomic conflicts, and digitization. It organizes conferences and meetings on such topics with participants from politics, business, academia, media, culture, and civil society.[1] The Institute was founded in 1974[2] as an independent branch of the U.S.-based Aspen Institute in Washington, D.C.[3] and is part of a worldwide network with partner organisations in the Czech Republic, France, Italy, Romania, Spain, India, Japan, Mexico and Ukraine.[4] The chairman of the board of trustees is Eckart von Klaeden, and Stormy-Annika Mildner has been director since January 2021.[5]
History
[edit]The Aspen Institute Germany was founded in October 1974 - as the first in Europe - by Shepard Stone, who remained director until 1988.[2]
From 1989 David Anderson, former U.S. Ambassador to Yugoslavia, took over as director.[6] Between 1997 and 2001, Catherine McArdle Kelleher held the position.[7]
In 2001 Jeffery Gedmin was appointed as director, and served until 2006.[8] He was known to the German public for his support of U.S. policy on Iraq and his criticism of the foreign policy of Chancellor Gerhard Schröder.[9][10]
In August 2007, Charles King Mallory IV, previously an advisor to the head of the Middle East Division at the U.S. Department of State, took over as director of the Institute.[11] During Mallory's presidency, the Berlin Senate cut the Aspen Institute's grants by about 500,000 euros and ultimately altogether.[12] During this time, the Aspen Institute moved from its longtime villa on Schwanenwerder Island near Wannsee to its current headquarters in Berlin-Mitte.[13]
From September 2013 until the end of 2020, Rüdiger Lentz was director of the institute; he was the first German to hold this position.[2][14]
In January 2021 Stormy-Annika Mildner took over as director of the Institute, after previously serving as head of the department for foreign economic policy at the Federation of German Industries.[5]
Funding
[edit]The Institute's funding comes from public institutions including the German Federal Press Office, the German Foreign Office, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, as well as corporate members including Deutsche Bank AG, Daimler AG, and more than 100 private members.[15] Public institutions which support the institute included the Dürr Foundation, Microsoft, the State of Baden-Württemberg and Telefónica.[16]
References
[edit]- ^ "Partner der Bundesregierung für Sicherheitspolitik". Die Bundesregierung informiert | Startseite (in German). Retrieved 2023-01-14.
- ^ a b c "Aspen-Institut: Von Berlin aus eine Brücke nach Amerika schlagen" (in German). Retrieved 2022-12-22.
- ^ "Aspen Institute, Berlin" (in German). 2021. Retrieved 2022-12-22.
- ^ "International Partners". The Aspen Institute. Retrieved 2024-12-13.
- ^ a b "Stormy-Annika Mildner wird Direktorin des Aspen Institute" (in German). Retrieved 2020-06-17.
- ^ "David Anderson, 60, Ex-Envoy to Belgrade". The New York Times. 1997-07-09. p. 11. Retrieved 2023-01-13.
- ^ "Aspen History". Aspen Institute Germany. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
- ^ "Frühwarnsystem für amerikanisch-europäische Irritationen: Jeffrey Gedmin leitet seit dieser Woche das Aspen-Institut" [Early warning system for U.S.-European irritations: Jeffrey Gedmin heads the Aspen Institute as of this week]. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). 2001. Retrieved 2023-01-14.
- ^ Gedmin, Jeffrey (2003-04-21). ""Death to the Aspen Institute" - Washington Examiner". Retrieved 2024-12-16.
- ^ "Iraq Rift Launches New Era in German Foreign Policy – DW – 04/17/2003". dw.com. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
- ^ "Kurze Meldungen" [Short Message]. Frankfurter Allgemeine (in German). Berlin. 2007-06-01. Retrieved 2023-01-13.
- ^ Berlin, Berliner Morgenpost- (2004-03-27). "Senat streicht 500 000 Euro Zuschuss für Aspen-Institut". www.morgenpost.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-01-14.
- ^ "Wirtschaft: Goebbels Berliner Insel-Grundstück in neuen Händen" (in German). 2011. Retrieved 2022-12-22.
- ^ "SWR2 Zeitgenossen: Rüdiger Lentz, Leiter des Aspen Institute Berlin | Zeitgenossen | SWR2 | SWR.de". 2018-10-11. Archived from the original on 2018-10-11. Retrieved 2023-01-14.
- ^ "Aspen Institute Deutschland e.V." (in German). Deutscher Bundestag. 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-26.
- ^ "Facts in Figures" (PDF). Retrieved 2024-12-16.