{"id":43844,"date":"2026-06-30T21:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T19:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/?post_type=news&#038;p=43844"},"modified":"2026-07-01T10:03:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T08:03:50","slug":"president-milanovic-attends-promotion-of-damir-grubisas-book-diplomacija-iza-kulisa","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-attends-promotion-of-damir-grubisas-book-diplomacija-iza-kulisa\/","title":{"rendered":"President Milanovi\u0107 Attends Promotion of Damir Grubi\u0161a\u2019s Book \u201cDiplomacija iza kulisa\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The President of the Republic Zoran Milanovi\u0107 attended the launch of the book \u201cDiplomacija iza kulisa \u2013 Komparativna analiza jedne profesije\u201d [\u201cDiplomacy Behind the Scenes: A Comparative Analysis of a Profession\u201d] by the doyen of Croatian foreign policy, Professor Damir Grubi\u0161a, Ph. D. The event was held this evening at Novinarski dom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The book reveals the secrets of diplomacy, espionage and international relations through both history and contemporary politics, combining scholarly analysis, diplomatic anecdotes and a critical perspective on the world\u2019s major powers and Croatian diplomacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to President Milanovi\u0107 and the author, the book was presented by Assistant Professor Senada \u0160elo \u0160abi\u0107, Senior Research Associate at the Institute for Development and International Relations and Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb. President Milanovi\u0107 was accompanied by his Special Adviser for Culture, Zdravko Zima.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Damir Grubi\u0161a has also taught at universities in Rijeka, Bologna, Bradford, Sorbonne, Notre Dame, and in Tallahassee, Florida. He founded and edited the journal Argumenti in Rijeka and served as Editor-in-Chief of the journal Politi\u010dka misao (Political Thought). In the non-governmental sector, he served as Vice-President of the Supek Society for Democracy and Social Justice, Director of the Croatian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights, President of the Croatian Political Science Association, and a member of the Croatian Radiotelevision Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During his diplomatic career, he served as Croatia\u2019s Ambassador to Italy, San Marino and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) from 2012 to 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n<!--GALLERY BLOCK-->\n<div class=\"c-lightbox-gallery js-lightbox\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--end GALLERY BLOCK-->\n\n\n<!--GALLERY BLOCK-->\n<div class=\"c-lightbox-gallery js-lightbox\">\n                <!--single-->\n            <a data-no-swup class=\"c-lightbox-gallery__single js-lightbox-single\"\n               href=\"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSC_1809-1024x576.jpg\"\n               style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSC_1809-768x432.jpg')\"><\/a>\n            <!--end single-->\n                    <!--single-->\n            <a data-no-swup class=\"c-lightbox-gallery__single js-lightbox-single\"\n               href=\"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSC_2100-3-1024x576.jpg\"\n               style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSC_2100-3-768x432.jpg')\"><\/a>\n            <!--end single-->\n                    <!--single-->\n            <a data-no-swup class=\"c-lightbox-gallery__single js-lightbox-single\"\n               href=\"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSC_2117-1024x576.jpg\"\n               style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSC_2117-768x432.jpg')\"><\/a>\n            <!--end single-->\n                    <!--single-->\n            <a data-no-swup class=\"c-lightbox-gallery__single js-lightbox-single\"\n               href=\"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSC_2229-1-1024x683.jpg\"\n               style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSC_2229-1-768x512.jpg')\"><\/a>\n            <!--end single-->\n        <\/div>\n<!--end GALLERY BLOCK-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PHOTO: Office of the President of the Republic of Croatia \/ Dario Andri\u0161ek<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The President of the Republic Zoran Milanovi\u0107 attended the launch of the book \u201cDiplomacija iza kulisa \u2013 Komparativna analiza jedne profesije\u201d [\u201cDiplomacy Behind the Scenes: A Comparative Analysis of a Profession\u201d] by the doyen of Croatian foreign policy, Professor Damir Grubi\u0161a, Ph. D. The event was held this evening at Novinarski dom. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":43843,"template":"","news-cat":[12],"class_list":["post-43844","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-cat-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>President Milanovi\u0107 Attends Promotion of Damir Grubi\u0161a\u2019s Book \u201cDiplomacija iza kulisa\u201d - President of the Republic of Croatia - Zoran Milanovi\u0107<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-attends-promotion-of-damir-grubisas-book-diplomacija-iza-kulisa\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"President Milanovi\u0107 Attends Promotion of Damir Grubi\u0161a\u2019s Book \u201cDiplomacija iza kulisa\u201d - President of the Republic of Croatia - Zoran Milanovi\u0107\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The President of the Republic Zoran Milanovi\u0107 attended the launch of the book \u201cDiplomacija iza kulisa \u2013 Komparativna analiza jedne profesije\u201d [\u201cDiplomacy Behind the Scenes: A Comparative Analysis of a Profession\u201d] by the doyen of Croatian foreign policy, Professor Damir Grubi\u0161a, Ph. D. The event was held this evening at Novinarski dom.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-attends-promotion-of-damir-grubisas-book-diplomacija-iza-kulisa\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"President of the Republic of Croatia - Zoran Milanovi\u0107\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-07-01T08:03:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSC_2229-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"3240\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2160\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.predsjednik.hr\\\/en\\\/news\\\/president-milanovic-attends-promotion-of-damir-grubisas-book-diplomacija-iza-kulisa\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.predsjednik.hr\\\/en\\\/news\\\/president-milanovic-attends-promotion-of-damir-grubisas-book-diplomacija-iza-kulisa\\\/\",\"name\":\"President Milanovi\u0107 Attends Promotion of Damir Grubi\u0161a\u2019s Book \u201cDiplomacija iza kulisa\u201d - President of the Republic of Croatia - Zoran Milanovi\u0107\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.predsjednik.hr\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.predsjednik.hr\\\/en\\\/news\\\/president-milanovic-attends-promotion-of-damir-grubisas-book-diplomacija-iza-kulisa\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.predsjednik.hr\\\/en\\\/news\\\/president-milanovic-attends-promotion-of-damir-grubisas-book-diplomacija-iza-kulisa\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.predsjednik.hr\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/DSC_2229-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-30T19:02:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-01T08:03:50+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.predsjednik.hr\\\/en\\\/news\\\/president-milanovic-attends-promotion-of-damir-grubisas-book-diplomacija-iza-kulisa\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.predsjednik.hr\\\/en\\\/news\\\/president-milanovic-attends-promotion-of-damir-grubisas-book-diplomacija-iza-kulisa\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.predsjednik.hr\\\/en\\\/news\\\/president-milanovic-attends-promotion-of-damir-grubisas-book-diplomacija-iza-kulisa\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.predsjednik.hr\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/DSC_2229-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.predsjednik.hr\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/DSC_2229-1.jpg\",\"width\":3240,\"height\":2160},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.predsjednik.hr\\\/en\\\/news\\\/president-milanovic-attends-promotion-of-damir-grubisas-book-diplomacija-iza-kulisa\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.predsjednik.hr\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Vijesti\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.predsjednik.hr\\\/en\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"President Milanovi\u0107 Attends Promotion of Damir Grubi\u0161a\u2019s Book \u201cDiplomacija iza kulisa\u201d\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.predsjednik.hr\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.predsjednik.hr\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"President of the Republic of Croatia - Zoran Milanovi\u0107\",\"description\":\"Just another WordPress site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.predsjednik.hr\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"President Milanovi\u0107 Attends Promotion of Damir Grubi\u0161a\u2019s Book \u201cDiplomacija iza kulisa\u201d - President of the Republic of Croatia - Zoran Milanovi\u0107","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-attends-promotion-of-damir-grubisas-book-diplomacija-iza-kulisa\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"President Milanovi\u0107 Attends Promotion of Damir Grubi\u0161a\u2019s Book \u201cDiplomacija iza kulisa\u201d - President of the Republic of Croatia - Zoran Milanovi\u0107","og_description":"The President of the Republic Zoran Milanovi\u0107 attended the launch of the book \u201cDiplomacija iza kulisa \u2013 Komparativna analiza jedne profesije\u201d [\u201cDiplomacy Behind the Scenes: A Comparative Analysis of a Profession\u201d] by the doyen of Croatian foreign policy, Professor Damir Grubi\u0161a, Ph. D. The event was held this evening at Novinarski dom.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-attends-promotion-of-damir-grubisas-book-diplomacija-iza-kulisa\/","og_site_name":"President of the Republic of Croatia - Zoran Milanovi\u0107","article_modified_time":"2026-07-01T08:03:50+00:00","og_image":[{"width":3240,"height":2160,"url":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSC_2229-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-attends-promotion-of-damir-grubisas-book-diplomacija-iza-kulisa\/","url":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-attends-promotion-of-damir-grubisas-book-diplomacija-iza-kulisa\/","name":"President Milanovi\u0107 Attends Promotion of Damir Grubi\u0161a\u2019s Book \u201cDiplomacija iza kulisa\u201d - President of the Republic of Croatia - Zoran Milanovi\u0107","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-attends-promotion-of-damir-grubisas-book-diplomacija-iza-kulisa\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-attends-promotion-of-damir-grubisas-book-diplomacija-iza-kulisa\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSC_2229-1.jpg","datePublished":"2026-06-30T19:02:00+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-01T08:03:50+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-attends-promotion-of-damir-grubisas-book-diplomacija-iza-kulisa\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-attends-promotion-of-damir-grubisas-book-diplomacija-iza-kulisa\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-attends-promotion-of-damir-grubisas-book-diplomacija-iza-kulisa\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSC_2229-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSC_2229-1.jpg","width":3240,"height":2160},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-attends-promotion-of-damir-grubisas-book-diplomacija-iza-kulisa\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Vijesti","item":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"President Milanovi\u0107 Attends Promotion of Damir Grubi\u0161a\u2019s Book \u201cDiplomacija iza kulisa\u201d"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/","name":"President of the Republic of Croatia - Zoran Milanovi\u0107","description":"Just another WordPress site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/43844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-cat?post=43844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}