Jacques Rupnik
Research Director FNSP/CERI, SciencePo, Paris
History at the Sorbonne and Politics at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (1972), M.A in Soviet Studies from Harvard University (1974), and Ph. D (History of International Relations) from the Sorbonne (University Paris I, 1978). Research Associate at the Russian Research Center at Harvard University 1974-1975, specialist on Eastern Europe at the BBC World Service 1977-1982. Professor at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris since 1982. Executive Director of the International Commission for the Balkans at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 1995-1996. Member of Independent International Commission on Kosovo, 1999-2000. Since 1999, visiting Professor at the College of Europe in Bruges and visiting professor of government at Harvard University in 2006. Since 2007 advisor to the European Commission. 1990-1992 advisor to Czech President Vaclav Havel.