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Nathan Gardels

Editor-in-chief, The WorldPost

Nathan Gardels is Editor-in-Chief of THEWORLDPOST and a senior advisor to the Berggruen Institute and the Think Long Committee for California. Books: At Century's End (Alti/McGraw Hill, 1997); The Changing Global Order: World Leaders Reflect (Blackwell, 1999). His latest book with Mike Medavoy is "American Idol After Iraq: Competing for Hearts and Minds in the Global Media Age." (Wiley & Sons, 2009) Visiting Lecturer: ISESCO (Islamic Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization), Rabat, Morrocco; Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing; USA-Canada Institute, Moscow. Founding Member, Intellectuels du Monde meeting in New Delhi. Founding Media Leader, World Economic Forum (Davos); Senior Fellow, UCLA School of Public Affairs; Member, Council on Foreign Relations and Pacific Council. Member, Harvard Kennedy School Public Diplomacy Collaborative. MA, UCLA in Architecture and Urban Planning; Theory and Comparative Politics. Married to Lillian Kimbell. Sons Carlos and Alex. Hobbies: cellist.