Sven Kraemer
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Alma mater | Harvard, UCB | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Parents | Fritz G. A. Kraemer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Member of | Institute of World Politics, Le Cercle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interests | • National Security • U.S. Foreign Policy • Arms control | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sven F. Kraemer has worked as a policy advisor to Douglas J. Feith, the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy[1].
Background
Sven Kraemer's father was Fritz G. A. Kraemer, a veteran Pentagon policy advisor and sometime friend of Henry Kissinger.[1] In 1961 he studied at Harvard College. In 1964 he was awarded an MA from the University of California at Berkeley.
Career
Kraemer was a guest lecturer at the Institute of World Politics, where he is teaching a course on "U.S. National Security Strategy, Emerging Threats, and Arms Control" [2].
He has worked with Frank Carlucci, the US National Security Advisor.[2]
Kraemer was also project director for "The Soviet Union Fights The Cold War", a CD-ROM of Reagan administration documents produced by the American Foreign Policy Council. The page on the AFPC site promoting the CD features endorsements from prominent neo-conservative luminaries. For example, Donald Rumsfeld says the disc contains "Compelling details on the specifics of the Soviet threat to the world." [3]
In 2000 he was President of Global Challenge.
Kraemer was an instructor in political philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley [4].
Award
Sven Kraemer was given the Secretary of Defense Medal for Meritorious Civilian Service, th highest civilian award, for the first time awarded to a non-Department of Defense Official.[3]
External links
- Biography of Sven Kraemer (undated) on the website of The Institute of World Politics.
- List of Sven Kraemer's files for 1981-1987 at the Reagan Library. Obtaining access to most of these files will require a FOIA request.
- Promotional page for "The Soviet Union Fights The Cold War", American Foreign Policy Council website, 2003.
Events Participated in
Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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Colloquium on Analysis and Estimates | 30 November 1979 | 1 December 1979 | Spooky 1979 Washington conference | |
Colloquium on Intelligence and Policy | 9 November 1984 | 10 November 1984 | A spooky conference in November 1984 | |
Le Cercle/1985 (Washington) | 7 January 1985 | 10 January 1985 | US Washington DC | 4 day meeting of Le Cercle in Washington exposed after Joel Van der Reijden discovered the attendee list for this conference and published it online in 2011 |