Božo Kovačević
Božo Kovačević (1955.) graduated in philosophy and sociology from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb. During his student years, he contributed to Studentski list and the journal for social issues Pitanja, where he also served as assistant editor-in-chief. He participated in the work of the Coccolemocco theatre troupe. Together with Branko Matan, he was one of the initiators of the journal Gordogan.
He worked as an editor at the publishing house Nakladni zavod Globus, and as a lecturer at the Faculty of Technology in Zagreb (textile and clothing design program) and at the Academy of Dramatic Art. He is one of the founders of the HSLS (Croatian Social Liberal Party). He served two terms as a member of the Croatian Parliament. In Račan’s government, he was Minister of Environmental Protection and Physical Planning. From 2003 to 2008, he served as the Ambassador of the Republic of Croatia to the Russian Federation.
After the end of his diplomatic service, he taught theories of international relations at the Dag Hammarskjöld College of International Relations and Diplomacy and at Libertas University. Since 2017, he has been teaching at the University for the Third Age at the Pučko otvoreno učilište in Zagreb.
He is frequently collaborating with the Croatian and international print and electronic media as an analyst and commentator on international relations. As a lecturer, he appears at universities in Croatia and abroad. He has published several hundred articles in academic and professional journals, as well as numerous commentaries in the press. He is one of the founders of the Forum za vanjsku politiku (Foreign Policy Forum). He is a regular contributor to the portal Ideje.
Published books: "Slučaj zagrebačkih revizionista" (The Case of the Zagreb Revisionists), "Psihoanaliza i ljevica" (Psychoanalysis and the Left), "Svijet poslije Hladnog rata" (The World After the Cold War), "Promišljanje politike" (Rethinking Politics), "Izvanredno stanje" (State of Emergency), and "Ruske teme" (Russian Themes).
