Zoltan Feher (diplomat-scholar)
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Zoltan Feher (born January 7, 1977) is a Hungarian diplomat-scholar and political scientist living in the United States. He served as the Chief Creative Officer of the Hungarian Embassy in Washington DC, and as Hungary's Acting Ambassador in Turkey. He is an adjunct lecturer at the Political Science Department at Tufts University, and a Research Fellow at the Center for Strategic Studies at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. In 2020-2021, he is a World Politics & Statecraft Fellow with the Smith Richardson Foundation. Feher serves as the Chair of the Editorial Board of the International Mediation, Global Business, and Global Affairs Scholarly Depository established by the New Jersey City University (NJCU) Institute for Dispute Resolution (IDR).
Education[edit]
Feher graduated from the Harvard Kennedy School with a Master in Public Administration. In addition, he holds Master’s degrees in Political Science and American Studies from Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, and a Law degree (JD) from Pázmány Catholic University, Budapest.[1]
Diplomatic career[edit]
Feher served in the Hungarian government for 12 years as a professional diplomat.[citation needed]
In 2005-2009, he worked as foreign policy analyst, chief creative officer, and spokesperson for the Hungarian Embassy in Washington DC. As The Daily Iowan commented, "Fehér, a chief creative officer and press attaché for more than three years, is a practitioner of 'creative diplomacy,' a blend between public relations and politics. His techniques have helped raise the profile of the Hungarian Embassy as well as end the perception that diplomatic relations remains a 'behind-closed-doors' operation... Dubbed 'the rising star of transatlantic diplomatic relations,' Fehér has earned a reputation based on his ability to seize opportunity as it comes."[2]
Upon his farewell from the American capital, The Washington Times described him as "one of the best diplomatic press secretaries on Embassy Row." Carlos Gutierrez, the Secretary of Commerce under the Bush administration "praised Mr. Feher for his efforts to promote strong U.S.-Hungary ties."[3]
From 2009 to 2011, he revived the work of the Young Diplomats Club in Budapest and served as its President. [4]
He served as the Secretary of the Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission of Hungary and the Main Organizer of the Ronald Reagan Centennial Commemorations in Hungary in June 2011 and a Co-Organizer of the Trans-Atlantic Week. The events featured U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Reagan's Attorney General Ed Meese, and two bipartisan Congressional delegations.[5] [6]
He was Hungary’s Deputy Ambassador (2011-2014) and Acting Ambassador (2012, 2014) in Turkey.[7]
His work and achievements have been written on in The Washington Times, The Daily Iowan, Washington Life, Washington Diplomat, Diplomatic Pouch, CBS News, The Georgetowner, Népszabadság, Diplomat Magazine, Fraternity Magazine, Forbes Magazine and Ankara Scene.[8][9][10][11][12]
Academic research and teaching[edit]
Since 2002, Feher has conducted research and taught courses in diplomacy and international relations. In his research, he has focused on the global balance of power, US foreign policy and grand strategy, Trans-Atlantic relations, Central and Eastern Europe, China and Turkey.[13]
He has taught at the Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard Summer School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The Fletcher School, Ivy League Summer Institute (Harvard Law School), Eötvös Loránd University (Budapest), King Sigismund Business School, and in the joint program of Pázmány Catholic University of Hungary and the University of San Francisco. In 2016, he worked as a teaching assistant to Joseph Nye at the Harvard Kennedy School.[14]
Fehér is also an expert in geopolitical risk, working with Duco Advisors, GlobalWonks, and companies in the financial sector. In 2017-2019, he served as the Co-Chair of the Fletcher Political Risk Conference, the only political risk industry forum in North America.[15] [16]
Fehér's research at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, focuses on how U.S. strategy facilitated China’s rise in 1969-2019 in spite of shifts in the global balance of power. He has studied with leading scholars of his field, including Joseph Nye, Stephen Walt, Niall Ferguson, Robert L. Pfaltzgraff, Jr., Monica Toft, and Richard Rosecrance. He has been the recipient of the Vali Scholarship (Harvard Kennedy School), Bradley Fellowship, Provost Fellowship and Graduate Competitive Initiative Fellowship (Tufts University), among other awards.[17]
As of June 2020, Feher serves as the Chair of the Editorial Board of the International Mediation, Global Business, and Global Affairs Scholarly Depository established by the New Jersey City University (NJCU) Institute for Dispute Resolution (IDR).[18]
Selected publications[edit]
- "Realpolitik & Cooperation In The Age Of COVID-19 - How can the world escape captivity?," Global Security Review May 26, 2020
- “Does the Trump Administration Have A Strategy for Asia?” The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs April 6, 2017
- “Neorealist Trump: A New Grand Strategy?” The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs March 2017
- “Why Trump? – Why the Hungarian Prime Minister supports the Republican candidate” (co-author), Centre for Euro-Atlantic Integration and Democracy July 2016
- “George F. Kennan: A Realist Diplomat in Designing U.S. Strategy for the Cold War.” In: Tibor Frank (ed.): From Provinces to Empire. Gondolat, 2007. pp 205-226. (book chapter)
- “George F. Kennan: A Realist Diplomat in Designing U.S. Foreign Policy.” Kül-Világ foreign policy journal, 2005/2-3. pp. 83-92.
- “The Background Institutions of Governments: American and European Models. Part I.” Hungarian Review of Political Science 2002/3-4.
References[edit]
- ↑ Hungary Initiatives Foundation (March 12, 2018). "Introducing HIF PhD Scholar Zoltán Fehér."
- ↑ Matt de la Pena (September 23, 2008). "The creative side of diplomacy. Hungarian diplomat Zoltán Fehér uses elements of popular culture and media to enhance diplomatic and international relations." The Daily Iowan
- ↑ James Morrison (July 10, 2009). "Zoltan, the Magnificent." The Washington Times
- ↑ "Young diplomats come together." Diplomata Magazin, 2009, http://www.diplomatamagazin.hu/ftp/kdfgqce_dnet_22-24_mod.pdf
- ↑ György Tóth (2019) "Shadow Memorial Diplomacy: The Ronald Reagan Centennial Year in Central and Eastern Europe"] Journal of Nationalism, Memory & Language Politics Volume 13 Issue 1, DOI 10.2478/jnmlp-2019-0002
- ↑ Kryštof Kozák, György Tóth, Paul Bauer, Allison Wanger (2019). Memory in Transatlantic Relations: From the Cold War to the Global War on Terror New York: Routledge.
- ↑ "Zoltán Fehér : The New Faces of an Old Art: Creative Diplomacy in the 21st Century." (December 2, 2014). Department of American Studies, Charles University.
- ↑ Matt de la Pena (September 23, 2008). "The creative side of diplomacy. Hungarian diplomat Zoltán Fehér uses elements of popular culture and media to enhance diplomatic and international relations." The Daily Iowan
- ↑ James Morrison (July 10, 2009). "Zoltan, the Magnificent." The Washington Times
- ↑ "Young diplomats come together." Diplomata Magazin 2009
- ↑ Gail Scott (November 2006)."Diplomatic Dance - Creative Diplomacy." Washington Life
- ↑ "Zoltán Fehér: The New Faces of an Old Art: Creative Diplomacy in the 21st Century." (December 2, 2014). Department of American Studies, Charles University.
- ↑ "Harvard Kennedy School graduate Zoltan Feher spoke to our EPIIC students on grand strategy and Euro-Asia's geopolitical stability," The Institute for Global Leadership, Tufts University, November 14, 2016
- ↑ Hungary Initiatives Foundation (March 12, 2018). "Introducing HIF PhD Scholar Zoltán Fehér."
- ↑ Natasha Mayor (March 5, 2018). “Fletcher Political Risk Conference tackles technology’s global ramifications.” The Tufts Daily
- ↑ "Changes in the World of Political Risk with Meredith Sumpter and Zoltan Feher," (April 25, 2019) The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs
- ↑ The Fletcher School (April 12, 2020). "A fantastic voyage - Meet Ph.D. Candidate Zoltan Feher: from foreign service practitioner to academic."
- ↑ International Mediation, Global Business, and Global Affairs Scholarly Depository (June 18, 2020) New Jersey City University.
External links[edit]
Zoltan Feher publications indexed by Google Scholar
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