Gary L. Geipel is a senior fellow of Hudson Institute with broad responsibilities for project development and management. Geipel continues his own research and writing on transatlantic issues and European politics, along with analysis and commentary on public policy in a global comparative context.
Geipel works from a home base in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and travels extensively in the U.S. and abroad. During a two-year leave of absence, he served on the staff of former U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle’s political action committee and presidential campaign. Previously, Geipel served as Hudson Institute’s director of research and programs at the Institute’s Indianapolis headquarters.
Before joining Hudson, Geipel was an analyst for the MOSAIC Group at the University of Arizona, and previously was an analyst in the Graduate Fellows Program of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. He also has worked as a reporter and editor for national publications.
Geipel holds a Ph.D. in political science from Columbia University and has studied at the University of Munich, Germany, and the University of Southern California
PUBLICATIONS AND MEDIA EXPOSURE
Geipel was a major contributor to Hudson studies on workforce and education issues. He is the editor of Rethinking the Transatlantic Partnership (Hudson Institute, 1996), Germany in a New Era (Hudson Institute, 1993), The Future of Germany (Hudson Institute, 1990), and is the author of numerous monographs. He is frequently published in national media. His writings have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, National Review, International Herald Tribune, Christian Science Monitor, and Los Angeles Times. In addition to his extensive range of published works, Geipel has appeared on many local, national, and overseas radio and television talk shows regarding foreign policy and other public policy questions.
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