STAFF OF THE INSTITUTE

DIRECTORS OF THE INSTITUTE:

Bakhtyar ALJAF

Assist. Prof. Zijad BEĆIROVIĆ, Ph.D.

Camilla Habsburg - Lothringen

director for Euro-Mediterranean Diplomacy and Intercultural Affairs (EDIA)
Euro-Mediterranean Diplomacy and Intercultural Affairs - See more at: http://www.ifimes.org/en/9259#sthash.3WAnfy3m.dpuf

HONORARY PRESIDENT

Stjepan MESIĆ
PRESIDENT OF REPUBLIC OF CROATIA 2000 - 2010

COUNCIL OF THE INSTITUTE:

dr. Craig T. SMITH - President

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.

Jamie SHEA

dr. Jamie SHEA

Dr. Jamie Shea is NATO Deputy ASG for Emerging Security Challenges
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.