Nicholas Kralev

Nicholas Kralev (born 1974) is an American author, journalist, analyst, speaker and entrepreneur specializing in international affairs and global travel. He has been particularly recognized for his work on American diplomacy and the U.S. Foreign Service.[1][2][3][4][5]

Nicholas Kralev during a speech in Tokyo in October 2012.

He is currently the executive director of the Washington International Diplomatic Academy, an independent executive education center for diplomats, other government officials and business leaders.[6]

Previously, he led Kralev International LLC, a consulting and training firm in the fields of international affairs, communications and global travel.[7][8] He also served as host and executive producer of the TV series on diplomacy "Conversations with Nicholas Kralev."[9] He often speaks at conferences and other events around the world.[10][11] His work has taken him to almost 100 countries.[12][13][14]

From 2001 until 2010, he was a diplomatic correspondent for the Washington Times[15][16] and accompanied the United States Secretary of State (Hillary Clinton, Condoleezza Rice and Colin Powell) on foreign travel.[17][18][19] He also wrote the weekly business travel column "On the Fly."[20][21][22]

Prior to that, he was a special correspondent for the weekend edition of the Financial Times.[23] Among his interviewees were Madeleine Albright,[24] Denzel Washington,[25] Sharon Stone,[26] John Malkovich,[27] Kevin Costner,[28] Larry King,[29] and Walter Cronkite.[30]

He is the author of America's Other Army: The U.S. Foreign Service and 21st-Century Diplomacy[31] and Decoding Air Travel: A Guide to Saving on Airfare and Flying in Luxury.[32] He is a contributor to The Atlantic,[33] Foreign Policy magazine[34] and The Huffington Post,[35] and has appeared on NPR,[36] CNN, BBC,[37] PBS,[38] Fox News, C-SPAN[39][40] and other U.S. and foreign stations.[41][42]

He holds a master's degree in public policy from Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government[43]