STAFF OF THE INSTITUTE

DIRECTORS OF THE INSTITUTE:

Bakhtyar ALJAF

Zijad BEĆIROVIĆ, M.Sc.

HONORARY PRESIDENT

Stjepan MESIĆ
PRESIDENT OF REPUBLIC OF CROATIA 2000 - 2010

COUNCIL OF THE INSTITUTE:

Victor Jackovich - Vice-president

U.S. Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina 1992-1995
U.S. Ambassador to Slovenia 1995-1998
since 2004, President of Jackovich International with offices in Washington and Europe providing guidance to U.S. and European companies doing business globally.

Jamie SHEA

Dr. Jamie SHEA

Dr. Jamie Shea is Director of Policy Planning in the Private Office of the Secretary General, NATO.
He was Director of the Office of Information and Press of NATO from 2000-2003, and in May 2003 was appointed to the position of Deputy Assistant Secretary General for External Relations in the new Public Diplomacy Division. He was also NATO Spokesman from 1993 to 2000.
In addition to his NATO responsibilities, Jamie Shea also holds a number of academic positions, most notably with the Collège d’Europe, Bruges, and the Brussels School of International Studies of the University of Kent, Canterbury.
Jamie Shea completed his doctoral studies in Philosophy at Oxford University in 1981. He also holds a Bachelor of Art from Sussex University in History and French.

Craig T. SMITH

Principal, Penn, Schoen & Berland Associates

Craig Smith has more than 25 years of management, governmental and political experience at the national, state and local level and has proven success in managing multimillion-dollar operations.
He served as White House Political Director and Assistant to Bill Clinton, where he advised the President and coordinated the political activities of the President and First Lady.
Mr. Smith has served in a variety of political positions, including Campaign Director of Lieberman for President 2004, Campaign Manager for Gore 2000, Political Director of the 1996 Clinton&Gore campaign, Political Director of the Democratic National Committee.
Internationally, Mr. Smith has been directly involved in political campaigns in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Nigeria, Columbia, Mauritius, Indonesia, Bermuda, Barbados, and Estonia.
Mr. Smith received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Public Administration from the University of Arkansas in 1980, with an emphasis in the field of economics, and a Juris Doctorate in 1982 from the same institution.

prof. dr. Munther AL FADHAL

dr. Sandra BAŠIĆ HRVATIN

senior university teacher at the Faculty of social sciences, University of Ljubljana and carrier of the following undergraduate and postgraduate subjects: Communications Rights, Communication Systems, Introdu- ction to Communication, Political Commun- ication, International Communication, Public Discourse in Media and Politics
former president of the Broadcasting Council of Slovenia

prof. dr. Jernej PIKALO

PhD in Political Science; Nation-state in an Era of Globalisation: Is Cosmopolitan Demo- cracy viable Project?
professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana

dr. Mohammed SULIVANY

Breda RAZDEVŠEK

Janez ŠKRABEC

Founder and director of the Riko Group which operates successfully in the markets of the eastern and southeastern Europe
Honorary Consul of Morocco
Co-founder of Father Stanislav Škrabec Foundation, member of the council of the Slovenian Philharmonic, member of the council of the Faculty of Economics at the University of Ljubljana, visiting expert at the Faculty of Economics and Business in Maribor