Jiří Pehe

Jiří Pehe (2011)

Jiří Pehe (born August 26, 1955 in Rokycany , Czechoslovakia ) is a Czech political scientist and writer.

Pehe was born in Rokycany ( West Bohemia ) in Czechoslovakia. He studied law and philosophy at Charles University in Prague , where he received his doctorate in 1980. In September 1981 he fled Czechoslovakia via Yugoslavia to Italy .

After a short stay in a refugee camp near Rome , he emigrated with his wife to the USA and lived in New York City . There he was granted political asylum. Until 1983 he worked as a night watchman in a hotel. He attended the School of International Affairs at Columbia University in New York and received his doctorate in 1985. From 1985 to 1988 he worked for Freedom House and wrote articles for the New York Times , among other things .

From August 1988 he worked as an analyst for the research institute of Radio Free Europe in Munich . In November 1989 he became head of the Department for Research and Analysis of Central European Issues. After Radio Free Europe moved its headquarters from Munich to Prague in 1995 , it moved back to the Czech Republic. From 1995 to 1997 he worked as the director of the research and analysis department at the Open Media Research Institute in Prague. From 1997 to 1999 he was Director of the Political Department of the Chancellery of Czech President Václav Havel and later until 2003 he worked as a presidential advisor on foreign policy issues.

Pehe wrote numerous scientific publications, essays and treatises that were published worldwide. He published several books, including three novels.

Jiří Pehe has been the director of New York University in Prague since 1999 . He is a member of the International Forum for Democratic Studies Research Council. As a political observer and analyst, he comments on current political developments and world events for Czech television and radio as well as for international media.

Books

• The Prague Spring: a mixed legacy. University Press of America, 1988, ISBN 0-932088-28-7 . (en)
• Well okraji zmizelého. Prostor publishing house, 2006, ISBN 80-7260-157-1 . (cs)
• Tři tváře anděla. Prostor publishing house, 2009, ISBN 978-80-7260-209-4 . (cs)
• Demokracie bez Demokratieů - Úvahy o splečnosti a politice. Prostor publishing house, 2010, ISBN 978-80-7260-234-6 (cs)
• Klaus - portrét politika ve dvaceti obrazech. Prostor publishing house, 2010, ISBN 978-80-7260-240-7 . (cs)
• Krize, nebo konec capitalism? Prostor publishing house, 2012, ISBN 978-80-7260-267-4 . (cs)
• Mimořádná událost. Prostor Verlag, 2013, ISBN 978-80-7260-281-0 . (cs)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Klaus is the Czech Republic's most skilled politician. Prager Zeitung, August 21, 2013, accessed on November 22, 2013 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Jiří Pehe, born 1955. National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library, 2011, accessed on November 22, 2013 (English). 
3. ^ ^{A b c d} Jiri Pehe, International Forum for Democratic Studies Research Council Member. (No longer available online.) National Endowment for Democracy, archived from the original on December 3, 2013 ; accessed on November 22, 2013 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ^ Albright faces quiz over Czech presidency. BBC News, 2000, accessed November 22, 2013 . 
5. ^ Hans-Jörg Schmidt: Party agreement changes the political landscape of the Czech Republic. Berliner-Zeitung.de, July 9, 1998, accessed on November 22, 2013 (English). 
6. ^ Website of the "New York University" in Prague (en). Retrieved on November 22, 2013.
7. ↑ Bruce Jacobs: Interview: Former Adviser Jiri Pehe On Havel's Legacy. Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty, 2011, accessed November 22, 2013 . 
8. ↑ Judith Egger: Interview with Pehe: "Grand Masters of Political Chess". ORF.at, October 24, 2013, accessed on November 22, 2013 . 
9. ↑ Text selection on the website Eurotopics.net ( memento of the original from December 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 22, 2013. 

Web links

• Literature and other media by and about Jiří Pehe in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
• Private page of Jiří Pehe (cs + en)