Christoph Bertram

Christoph Bertram      (journalist, academic, deep state operative?)
Born	3 September 1937
Nationality	German
Member of	Atlantic Initiative, Atlantik-Brücke, Bilderberg/Steering committee, Königswinter/Speakers, Project Syndicate
German journalist with a heavy Bilderberg habit  German Institute for International and Security Affairs/Director In office 1997 - 2005 end date unsure  Die Zeit/Foreign Editor In office 1982 - 1998 Employer Die Zeit  International Institute for Strategic Studies/Director In office 1974 - 1982 Preceded by François Duchene Succeeded by Robert O'Neill

Christoph Bertram is a German journalist, member of the Bilderberg Steering Committee and possible deep state operative.

Background

Bertram studied law and political science in Berlin, Bonn and Paris, and became assessor in 1967.

Career

After his studies, he became a trainee in the Directorate-General for External Relations of the European Commission and then went to the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in London as study director. Under Defense Minister (later Chancellor) Helmut Schmidt, he helped expand new headquarters of the Defence Ministry. In 1974 he became director of the IISS, in 1982 he moved the big weekly newspaper [Die Zeit]], where he worked as editor of the politics section and as diplomatic correspondent. Bertram was a member of the editorial board of Foreign Policy Magazine, Washington, D.C.

In 1997 he became director of the think tank German Institute for International and Security Affairs.

From 2005 he held a visiting professorship at the SAIS Bologna Center of Johns Hopkins University. He is currently a member of the Board of Trustees of the Berlin Institute for Population and Development, which develops "Concepts for solving demographic problems."

Connections

He was a member of the Bilderberg Steering Committee and from 1978 to 1998 regular participants in these conferences. He also active in the Bergedorf Round Table, where since 1961, high-ranking international politicians and experts have been discussing central questions of European foreign policy in a small and confidential group.

 

Events Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Bilderberg/1978	21 April 1978	23 April 1978	US New Jersey Princeton University	The 26th Bilderberg, held in the US
Bilderberg/1979	27 April 1979	29 April 1979	Austria Baden Clubhotel Schloss Weikersdorf	27th Bilderberg, 95 guests, Austria
Bilderberg/1980	18 April 1980	20 April 1980	Germany Aachen	The 28th Bilderberg, held in West Germany, unusually exposed by the Daily Mirror
Bilderberg/1981	15 May 1981	17 May 1981	Switzerland Palace Hotel Bürgenstock	The 29th Bilderberg
Bilderberg/1982	14 May 1982	16 May 1982	Norway Sandefjord	The 30th Bilderberg, held in Norway.
Bilderberg/1984	11 May 1984	13 May 1984	Sweden Saltsjöbaden	The 32nd Bilderberg, held in Sweden
Bilderberg/1987	24 April 1987	26 April 1987	Italy Cernobbio	35th Bilderberg, in Italy, 106 participants
Bilderberg/1990	10 May 1990	13 May 1990	New York US Glen Cove	38th Bilderberg meeting, 119 guests
Bilderberg/1991	6 June 1991	9 June 1991	Germany Baden-Baden Steigenberger Hotel Badischer Hof	The 39th Bilderberg, 114 guests
Bilderberg/1992	21 May 1992	24 May 1992	France Royal Club Evian Evian-les-Bains	The 40th Bilderberg. It had 121 participants.
Bilderberg/1993	22 April 1993	25 April 1993	Greece Nafsika Astir Palace Hotel Vouliagmeni	The 41st Bilderberg, held in Greece
Bilderberg/1994	2 June 1994	5 June 1994	Finland Helsinki	The 42nd Bilderberg, in Helsinki.
Bilderberg/1995	8 June 1995	11 June 1995	Greece Nafsika Astir Palace Hotel Vouliagmeni	The 43rd Bilderberg. Held at the Burgenstock Hotel in Burgenstock, Switzerland.
Bilderberg/1996	30 May 1996	2 June 1996	Canada Toronto	The 44th Bilderberg, held in Canada
Bilderberg/1998	14 May 1998	17 May 1998	Scotland Turnberry	The 46th Bilderberg meeting, held in Scotland, chaired by Peter Carrington

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