John Shattuck

John Shattuck is Professor of Practice in Diplomacy at the Tufts University Fletcher School, where he specializes in transatlantic affairs, and former Senior Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, where he directed the Project on Reimagining Rights and Responsibilities. He served as Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor from 1993-98, participating in the Dayton Peace Process and helping create the International Criminal Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. He was US Ambassador to the Czech Republic from 1998-2001, advising the Czech government in preparations for NATO and EU membership. From 2009 to 2016 he was President of Central European University in Budapest, Hungary, where he defended the university’s academic freedom against an authoritarian government. From 1984 to 1993 he was Vice President for Government Affairs at Harvard University, also teaching at Harvard Law School. Earlier he was National Staff Counsel and Washington Director of the American Civil Liberties Union, specializing in privacy and technology. His many publications include Holding Together (2022),Freedom on Fire (2004), and Rights of Privacy (1980), and articles on international education, human rights, privacy and technology, democratic governance and international security. He received his B.A. and J.D. from Yale University and M.A. from Cambridge University.