International Affairs Analyst (focus Middle East), university lecturer
Czech Republic
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- Member of Strategy and Analyses Office at Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
- Lecturer in International Relations and European Studies at Metropolitan University Prague
- Past
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- Senior Research Fellow (Middle East) at Association for International Affairs
- Contract Commentator at Czech Radio
- Project Coordinator at Forum 2000 Foundation
- Desk Officer in European Affairs Department at Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic
- Developer and Author at Charles University
- Intern at European Parliament
- Assistant to Finance Office at World Bank
- Jobs and internships at various other institutions
- Education
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- School of Oriental and African Studies, U. of London
- Univerzita Karlova v Praze
- American University
- Freie Universität Berlin
- Cairo University
- Prague Security Studies Institute
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Jan Snaidauf’s Summary
Foreign policy analyst, author, university lecturer and media contributor with international experience from academia, think-tanks and government. Actively participating in many conferences and workshops, has also a leadership record as conferences executive, program director and project manager.
Focusing on the Muslim world, Islam, current regional/global
political and economic developments. Broadly interested and skilled in information technologies. Speaks excellent Czech, English and German; very good Arabic; basic Turkish and Farsi.
Jan Snaidauf’s Specialties:
Middle East, Arab world, Islam, Islamism, water resources, water in the Middle East, Muslims in the West, Muslim minorities, Czech foreign policy, EU external policies, EuroMed, political transitions, democratisation, security
Jan Snaidauf’s Experience
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Member of Strategy and Analyses Office
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
(International Affairs industry)
October 2008 — Present (10 months)
Produces papers of various kinds for the foreign minister, his deputies and leading ministry officials. Cares for the Scientific Council of the Ministry and assigns external researchers operational analyses for the use of the ministry. Helps facilitate internal policy making.
Focus: Middle East, terrorism, other agendas -
Lecturer in International Relations and European Studies
Metropolitan University Prague
(International Affairs industry)
October 2008 — Present (10 months)
Lecturer in classes: Czech Republic and the European Union (Winter 2008), Czech Foreign Policy (Summer 2009)
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Senior Research Fellow (Middle East)
Association for International Affairs
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Think Tanks industry)
October 2000 — September 2008 (8 years)
Conducts research, produces analyses & papers, actively participates in international events, contributes to printed and broadcast media.
Issues: Middle East politics, Islam(ism), current transitions.
Prepared and organized high-level international conferences in 2005, 2006.
Served as Executive Vice-President 2002-04.
Was responsible for website development 2001. -
Contract Commentator
Czech Radio
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
April 2006 — September 2008 (2 years 6 months)
Analysis and commentary related to the Middle East, Muslim world and current international developments.
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Project Coordinator
Forum 2000 Foundation
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; International Affairs industry)
January 2006 — July 2007 (1 year 7 months)
Designed and managed an autonomous project, organized and chaired workshops and conferences, produced summaries and background papers, facilitated and mediated debates, did networking.
Project issue: water resources in the Middle East.
Forum 2000 was founded by and works under auspices of President Vaclav Havel. -
Desk Officer in European Affairs Department
Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic
(Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Political Organization industry)
2003 — 2004 (1 year)
Was responsible for analytical processing of EU external affairs and security policy agenda.
Dealt with EU documents (awarded special prize for the design and programming of an automated document treatment system). -
Developer and Author
Charles University
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Research industry)
2002 — 2004 (2 years)
Project ACE (Arabic-Czech-English) - development of computer translation machine, in cooperation with Linguistic Data Consortium, Philadelphia/USA.
Developed syntactical annotation manual for Arabic. Co-authored several articles on computer linguistics (corpus annotation) and presented at international academic meetings in Tunisia, USA and Egypt. -
Intern
European Parliament
(Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; EP; Political Organization industry)
November 2000 — December 2000 (2 months)
Research, writing and reporting for a member of EP
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Assistant to Finance Office
World Bank
(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; WB; International Trade and Development industry)
September 2000 — September 2000 (1 month)
Assisted with reimbursements agenda for the participants (finance ministers) during WB & IMF Annual Meeting
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Jobs and internships
various other institutions
(International Affairs industry)
1900 — 1900 (less than a year)
Jobs:
* 2001-present: Freelance interpreting, translating and language teaching in CZECH-ENGLISH-GERMAN-ARABIC (e.g. Skoda Auto in January to August 2007)
* 1997-2005: Freelance TUTOR and seminar leader at Youth Education Center Waldmünchen, Bavaria
Internships:
* Oct 2005-Jan 2006: THE NIXON CENTER (think-tank in D.C.; research and writing of background papers)
* March-April 2005: Czech EMBASSY in Berlin (reporting to the Ministry based on independent primary research)
* Summer 1998&1999: Der neue Tag daily NEWSPAPER in Weiden, Bavaria (autonomous writing)
Jan Snaidauf’s Education
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School of Oriental and African Studies, U. of London
M.A. (Distinction) , International Studies and Diplomacy , 2007 — 2008
Full Chevening Scholarship (funded by UK Foreign Office)
Focus: Int'l Economics, Diplomatic Studies, Turkish- Activities and Societies:
- CISD, Middle East Society, Turkish Society, Wine Tasting Society :)
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Univerzita Karlova v Praze
B.A., M.A., PhDr. , Middle Eastern Studies / Arabic , 1999 — 2006
Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Social Sciences
Focus: Modern Islam, contemporary history, Arabic
Dissertation titled "Arab National Minorities in Germany" -
American University
School of International Service (SIS) 2005 — 2005
University Scholarship
Focus: Int'l Crime & Terrorism, Islamic Paradigms -
Freie Universität Berlin
Politikwissenschaft 2004 — 2005
Erasmus Scholarship
Focus: Euro-Med Partnership, terrorism, Algeria- Activities and Societies:
- Askania-Burgundia
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Cairo University
Arabic 2003 — 2003
Government scholarship
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Prague Security Studies Institute
Security Studies 2002 — 2003
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Jan Snaidauf’s Interests:
World politics, history, religions, Islam, Middle East, languages, linguistics, particle physics, internet technologies, programming, TRAVELING, hiking, canoing, skiing, squash, ping-pong, wine, salsa dancing
Jan Snaidauf’s Honors:
Scholarships: SOAS London 2007 (Chevening scholarship), American University D.C. 2005, Freie Universität Berlin 2004, Cairo University 2003
Special award of the Senate Committee of European Affairs, Parliament of the Czech Republic (2004)
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