Benjamin Tallis

Current

• Journalist, Writer and Commentator at Benjamin Tallis - Freelance Writer
• Convener/ First Secretary at Everything is Political

Past

• Strategic Analyst & Project Manager at European Union

Education

• Univerzita Karlova v Praze
• University of Bath
• The University of Sheffield

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Websites

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Benjamin Tallis’s Summary

EDUCATION:

Masters (MA) in Contemporary European Studies from the University of Bath (UK) and Charles University, Prague (CZ), completed in 2003. (Transcript available on request)

Bachelors (BA) in Economics from the University of Sheffield (UK) completed with Grade 2.1 in 2001


WORK EXPERIENCE:

European Union Border Assistance Mission to Moldova and Ukraine (EUBAM)
Mission Development Analyst: responsible for advising mission management on strategy, planning and performance issues, implementing mission policy and writing high-level reports. (06/06 – 12/07)

European Union Police Mission ‘Proxima’ (Skopje, MK)
Project Manager: responsible for designing the mission’s operational project management system and for designing the programme and projects for the largest branch of the mission including coordinating and advising on the work of 40 international police officers and the design and drafting of reports. (07/04 – 12/05)

Strategic Analyst: responsible for interpreting the mission mandate and establishing an implementation plan for organising the work of 200 EU police advisors, as well as for analytical and operational reporting to mission management and to EU bodies in Brussels. (01/04 – 07/04)

OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje
Intern Analyst (Police Development Unit): responsible for analysing the introduction of Citizen Advisory Groups as part of the move towards community policing as well as for progress reporting and ad hoc analytical work in the areas of politics and security. (10/03 – 01/04)

Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (Global Investment Bank)
Investment Banking Finance Analyst: responsible for analysing and reporting on the performance of over 100 companies worldwide and for contributing to the production of formal financial statements. As well as implementing process and systems review initiatives and designing and implementing performance improvement programmes. (07/00 – 09/00 & 09/01 – 09/02)

Benjamin Tallis’s Specialties:

Vision and strategic thinking, supporting my leadership and management qualities

Analytical ability, honed and proven in a variety of contexts

Excellent verbal and written communication with experience in academia, business, government & media

Creativity and innovative thinking informed by knowledge of politics, security, art, architecture, philosophy and literature.

Advisory and Consulting skills

Drive, initiative, & commitment to hard work

Benjamin Tallis’s Experience

• Journalist, Writer and Commentator

  Benjamin Tallis - Freelance Writer

  (Newspapers industry)

  December 2007 — Present (1 year 8 months)

  I have been published in many different media outlets including: The New Presence (In a two article section, where the other writer was Vaclav Havel); The Prague Post (as a regular writer for the opinion section); Provokator magazine; e-politik (german political website).
  
  Links to sample articles
  
  http://www.praguepost.com/articles/2008/07/16/the-blame-game.php
  
  http://www.praguepost.com/articles/2008/04/02/theater-of-the-absurd.php
  
  http://www.e-politik.de/lesen/artikel/2008/power-play-instrumentalising-georgia-constructing-russia/

• Convener/ First Secretary

  Everything is Political

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Political Organization industry)

  January 2006 — Present (3 years 7 months)

  In a world that is variously claimed to be post-ideological, post-political and post-historical, a cheap facade of politics has replaced the real deal.
  
  In many situations, politics and power, the couple who we were told would be together forever, are, at best, estranged.
  In place of real politics is a facade, a simulation, a game played by unaccountable elites for their own sustenance, the amusement of the media and to subjugate and passify the rest of us.
  This necessitates that we go beyond the news, beyond conventional wisdom in order to understand both current events and longstanding issues.
  The Discussion Space aims to re-engage and repoliticise through the provision of an open forum for generating better understanding of the real issues that affect us and the forces that act on us - globally and locally, privately and publicly.

• Strategic Analyst & Project Manager

  European Union

  (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; International Affairs industry)

  January 2004 — December 2005 (2 years)

  EUPOL-Proxima was a Police Strengthening mission of the European Union, mandated to Advise the host country Ministry of Interior and Monitor, Mentor & Advise the host country police. The mission contributed to the sustainable development of stability, security and the application of the rule of law

Benjamin Tallis’s Education

• Univerzita Karlova v Praze

  MA , International Relations & European Studies , 2003 — 2003

• University of Bath

  MA , International Relations & European Studies , 2002 — 2003

• The University of Sheffield

  BA , Economics , 1998 — 2001

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