Pavle Kalinić (born 6 June 1959) is a

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n politician, political scientist and

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Life

Kalinić was born in

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. He graduated from the

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of the

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in 1982. In 1985, he received his master's degree in International Relations. He worked as an assistant professor at the University of Political Science from 1986 to 1987, and at the College of Technical Science from 1987 to 1991. In 1989-1990, as an assistant at the Faculty of Political Science, he participated in the scientific project "Characteristics of Political Behavior in the Region". In 1989 he founded ''Fokus'', the first independent magazine in Croatia, which was published until the end of 1990. In 1991, he participated in the

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as an army officer. He underwent medical treatment in the US after being wounded on the battlefield. He resided in the United States the following two years, returning to Croatia in 1994. He worked for the Croatian

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in 1994 and 1995. In 1997, he became a member of the

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, as well as a

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of the

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in 2000. During 2004 and 2005, he was the director of Profil International, the largest book publisher and retailer in Croatia. In 2006, he became head of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports in Zagreb; since 2006, he is the head of the Zagreb Office of

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. He is a member of

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Works

Kalinić is the author of seven fiction books and three political non-fiction books. His articles and columns have been published in several Croatian newspapers and magazine. He wrote introductions for several books translated into Croatian, such as ''The Third Way'' by

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, ''Clash of Fundamentalisms'' by

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, ''Disarming Iraq'' by

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, and ''The Fateful Triangle'' by

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. In July 2012, he obtained his PhD with the thesis "The politics of G.W. Bush Administration and Islamic Terrorism". Some of his scientific and expert works (in Croatian): * ''Terrorism: A History of the Red Brigades'', Solidarnost, No. 12, year 4, 1983. * ''The New Elite: Old Puppets in New Clothes'',

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, magazine of

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, No. 2-3, year 50, 2000. * ''Definition of "Terrorism" in the Leaden Years'',

, the magazine of

, No. 1, year 50, 2000. * ''Secular Roots of Modern Islamism'', Profil, 2015

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kalinic, Pavle 1959 births Politicians from Zadar Writers from Zadar Representatives in the modern Croatian Parliament Social Democratic Party of Croatia politicians Living people