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Iva Kornfein


Department for International Economic and Political Relations
M.A. Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Zagreb

Research Interests:
• National and global security and defense;
• NATO and EU;
• Terrorism and terrorist groups;
• Arms and the proliferation of weapons;
• Diplomacy and diplomatic skills.

Education:
December 2009:
• Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Zagreb, Croatia
• PhD programme “Comparative politics”
October 2009 – December 2009
• HDUN – Croatian Society of the United Nations
• Functioning of the UN, UN missions
• Certificate of HDUN
December 2007 – May 2008
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration – Diplomatic Academy
• Diplomacy (diplomatic skills)
• Graduation
• First diplomatic rank - Attaché
March 2006 – January 2008
• University of Zagreb - Faculty of Political Sciences;
• MES – Master of European studies
• M.A. (Magistar struke)
2005 - 2006
• University of Zagreb; Faculty of arts and sciences (Faculty of philosophy)
• Interdisciplinary curriculum for human rights and democracy in societies
1999 - 2005
• University of Zagreb; Croatian studies – Studia Croatica
• Bachelor's degree in journalism (Bachelor's degree)

Employment:
• April 2008
• Institute for International Relations - Department for International Economic and Political Relations
• September 2006
• Ministry of Science, Education and Sports – Department for International Cooperation

Selected Published Work:
• „Neighbour and Neighbourhood vol.11” - “Crisis management in the Neighbourhood: The SEE region“; Edited by Daisuke Furuya and Ryoji Momose;
• “Borders: Opportunities and obstacles“; - “The EU borders and Croatian Integration into the EU”; Edited by Daisuke Furuya and Ryoji Momose;
• EUISS - European Union Institute for Security Studies; “A Summer Course on European Security Culture and National Traditions”; “Concept of Security in Croatia and the European Security Strategy“, SS Proceedings;

Foreign Languages:
• Active knowledge – English, French, Swedish, Portuguese;
• Passive knowledge – German, Italian

Contact: IMO, Ul. Lj. F. Vukotinovića 2, P.O. Box 303, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia; tel.: +385-1-4877496; fax: +385-1-4828361;
e-mail: iva.kornfein@irmo.hr