Jamie M. Fly is an American media executive and former president and chief executive officer (CEO) of

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is a media organization broadcasting news and analyses in 27 languages to 23 countries across Eastern Europe, Central Asia, the Caucasus, and the Middle East. Headquartered in Prague since 1995, RFE/RL ...

Education

Fly holds a BA in international studies and political science from

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and a MA in German and European studies from

Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private university, private Jesuit research university in Washington, D.C., United States. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic higher education, Ca ...

Career

From 2002 to 2004, he worked on European and national security issues as a

research associate Research associates are researchers (scholars and professionals) that usually have an advanced degree beyond a Bachelor's degree such as a master's degree or a PhD. In some universities/research institutes, such as Harvard/Harvard Medical Scho ...

at the

Council on Foreign Relations The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an American think tank focused on Foreign policy of the United States, U.S. foreign policy and international relations. Founded in 1921, it is an independent and nonpartisan 501(c)(3) nonprofit organi ...

. In 2004 he was a

German Marshall Fund The German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) is a non-partisan American public policy think tank that seeks to promote cooperation and understanding between North America and the European Union. Founded in 1972, through a gift from the W ...

Manfred Wörner Manfred Hermann Wörner (24 September 1934 – 13 August 1994) was a German politician and diplomat. He served as the defense minister of West Germany between 1982 and 1988. He then served as the seventh Secretary General of NATO from 1988 to ...

Fellow. He also worked at the

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and for the

Republican National Committee The Republican National Committee (RNC) is the primary committee of the Republican Party of the United States. Its members are chosen by the state delegations at the national convention every four years. It is responsible for developing and pr ...

on the 2004 re-election campaign of the 43rd

president of the United States The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president directs the Federal government of the United States#Executive branch, executive branch of the Federal government of t ...

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. From 2005 to 2008, Fly served in the office of the

United States Secretary of Defense The United States secretary of defense (acronym: SecDef) is the head of the United States Department of Defense (DoD), the United States federal executive departments, executive department of the United States Armed Forces, U.S. Armed Forces, a ...

. He received the Office of the Secretary of Defence Medal for Exceptional Public Service. From 2008 to 2009, he served as director of anti-proliferation strategy at the

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in the Bush's administration. In 2009 he was a

Claremont Institute The Claremont Institute is an American conservative think tank based in Upland, California, founded in 1979 by four students of Harry V. Jaffa. It produces the ''Claremont Review of Books'', '' The American Mind'', and other publications. Th ...

Lincoln Fellow. From early 2009 to February 2013 Fly served as the executive director of the

Foreign Policy Initiative The Foreign Policy Initiative (FPI) was an American right-wing, specifically neo-conservative, think tank that operated from 2009 to 2017. It many ways it was a successor organization to Project for the New American Century. FPI's Board of Direc ...

(FPI). From February 2013 to May 2017 he served as counselor for Foreign and National Security Affairs to Senator

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(R-FL). He also served as a senior fellow and co-director of the

Alliance for Securing Democracy The Alliance for Securing Democracy (ASD) is a political advocacy group formed in July 2017. The organization is chaired and run primarily by former senior United States intelligence and State Department officials. Laura Thornton, formerly of Int ...

. From August 2019 to June 2020, he served as president and chief executive officer for

(RFE/RL). From September 2020 to February 2021, he served as director of the Future of Geopolitics and Asia programs at the

. He researched transatlantic relations, American foreign policy, democracy and human rights. From February 2021 to June 2023 Fly served as president and CEO for RFE/RL. In May 2023, Fly announced his resignation as RFE president and CEO, effective June 30, 2023, and expressed the intent of returning to the U.S. for an opportunity in the private sector. In August 2023, he started at

Palantir Technologies Palantir Technologies Inc. is an American publicly traded company that specializes in software platforms for big data analytics. Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, it was founded by Peter Thiel, Stephen Cohen, Joe Lonsdale, and Alex Karp in 2 ...

full-time as a senior counselor. Fly is a member of the

Publications

Congressional testimonies

* Written Statement of Jamie Fly, President and CEO of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty,

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, June 9, 2021

Articles

* How Silicon Valley Can Protect U.S. Democracy, ''

Foreign Affairs ''Foreign Affairs'' is an American magazine of international relations and foreign policy of the United States, U.S. foreign policy published by the Council on Foreign Relations, a nonprofit organization, nonprofit, nonpartisan, membership or ...

'', April 22, 2019 (co-authored with

Laura Rosenberger Laura Rosenberger (born in 1979) is a former American diplomat. She served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for China and Taiwan at the National Security Council in the Biden administration. She also was chair of the Ameri ...

) * Mike Pompeo Needs to Clean Up After Rex Tillerson, ''

Foreign Policy Foreign policy, also known as external policy, is the set of strategies and actions a State (polity), state employs in its interactions with other states, unions, and international entities. It encompasses a wide range of objectives, includ ...

'', April 24, 2018 (co-authored with Richard Fontaine) * Two Cheers for European Defense Cooperation, ''

'', March 9, 2018 * Trump’s China Policy Must Look Beyond North Korea, ''

'', July 25, 2017 * Obama Is Unwilling to Lead the U.S. Response to the Arab Spring, ''US News & World Report'', September 27, 2012 * Obama Should Pressure Iran, Not Israel, ''US News & World Report'', March 15, 2012 * Case for Intervention in Syria Stronger than in Libya, ''US News & World Report'', February 14, 2012 * The Case For Regime Change in Iran, ''

'', January 17, 2012 (co-authored with

Gary Schmitt Gary James Schmitt (born 1952) is an American political scientist who is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. Early life and education Schmitt graduated from the University of Dallas in 1974 with a B.A. in Politics and the Un ...

) * Military Action Might Be The Only Option With Iran, ''US News & World Report'', November 15, 2011 * Obama's Iran Election Ineptitude Worsens Nuclear Threat, ''US News & World Report'', June 19, 2009

References

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