The Alaska World Affairs Council Presents

Gerard Baker
Gerard Baker is United States Editor and an Assistant Editor of The Times. He joined in 2004 from the Financial Times, where he had spent over ten years as Tokyo correspondent and Washington Bureau Chief. His weekly oped column appears on Fridays

 

"US European Economic Relations"

Friday, November 9, 2007 – Hilton Hotel
Doors open at 5:30 p.m. - Program begins at 6:00 p.m.
For Reservations
RSVP by Wednesday, 7th November to the Alaska World Affairs Council
by telephone 276-8038 or by email to AlaskaWorldAffairs.org .
Program $25 for Members - $30 for Non-Members - $10 for Coffee Only

Gerard Baker is US Editor and an Assistant Editor of The Times.

He writes weekly columns on US and international politics and on business and economics as well as frequent commentaries on other aspects of US and global current events.

A native of the UK, Baker has lived in Washington for ten years.
Before joining The Times he worked for the Financial Times, as Tokyo correspondent from 1994 to 1996, then as Washington Bureau Chief and finally as Chief US Commentator and Associate Editor. From 1988 to 1994 he worked for BBC News, as a producer and reporter. Before that he worked as an analyst in the City of London, including a stint at the Bank of England.

Baker also writes widely for other journals in the US and Europe He is a contributing editor to the Weekly Standard, the influential US political magazine. He has also written for journals such as Foreign Policy and The National Interest, as well as for the Wall Street Journal and the Los Angeles Times and he has appeared frequently on TV and radio around the world.

Born in London in 1962, he was educated at Oxford University and lives in Washington with his wife and five daughters.