Report no. 1: Turkey’s foreign policy in the Aegean Sea

A report from Niki Mousadakou on the historical and geopolitical context of Turkish foreign policy in the Aegean Sea, from 1923 until today. The emphasis is on the Greek communities of Imbros and Tenedos that have been uprooted, the demilitarization of Aegean islands that Tukrie seeks, the Imia crisis in 1996, and the Turkish revisionism.

Ioannis Basias

Ioannis Basias has been President and CEO of the Hellenic Hydrocarbons Management Company (EDEY) since November 2016. He has more than 30 years of international professional experience in mining evaluation, technical projects, the creation of the oil portfolio and human resources management in France , Texas, West Africa, the Mozambique Canal and the Central-South Atlantic […]

Eleni Chrysiis Paparrigopoulou

Eleni Chrysiis Paparrigopoulou holds an MSc in Philosophy, Religion & Sociology from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She has worked for many years at the Piraeus Bank Group Cultural Foundation. More recently she was special advisor for Religious and Cultural Diplomacy at the Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Arete Tsoukalas

Arete Trisevgene Tsoukalas is studying at then Divinity School of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She is the recipient of the Oxford-Cambridge University Model United Nations Delegate Award Scholarship 2018 and Best Delegate award at Cambridge’s 2018 MUN collegiate conference 2018 in the Sixth/Legal Committee. She is fluent in English and French.

Agis-Georgios Digas

Agis-Georgios Digas holds a PhD on Mathematical Modeling and Risk Analysis in International Relations from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (EKPA) as well as an MBA in Technical and Economic Systems from the National Technical University of Athens. He is also a research associate and assistant lecturer at EKPA. He has worked at […]

Dr. Ioannis L. Konstantopoulos

Ioannis L. Konstantopoulos is Assistant Professor of International Relations – Economic Diplomacy at the Department of International and European Studies of School of Economics, Business and International Studies of University of Piraeus. At Postgraduate level he teaches at the Department of International and European Studies of the University of Piraeus, at the Department of Political […]

REPORT #1: MIGRATION AS A WEAPON

A report of Dr. Ioannis E. Kotoulas and Wolfgang Pusztai on Turkey’s unprecedented orchestration of mass migratory movements to its border with Greece in Evros River. This weaponization of migration poses a threat not only to Greece but also to the European Union.

Nikolaos Balaskas

Nikolaos Balaskas is a Political Scientist & Internationalist, a PhD Candidate of Political Science & International Relations at the University of the Peloponnese. He holds a Master’s Degree in International Relations & Policies Directed by the Government and an MA on Economic and Business Strategy from the Piraeus University. He holds degrees in Theology from […]

Charalambos Papaioannou

Charalambos (Babis) Papaioannou is an international expert on youth policy making. He is one of the pioneers in the field of youth work in Greece, with postgraduate studies in “European Youth Policies” from the Department of International and European Studies of the University of Macedonia. He was the Coordinator of “Thessaloniki European Youth Capital 2014” […]

George Chatzitheofanous

George Chatzitheofanous is an economist, graduate of the Department of Economics of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, holder of the PMP/PMI certification from the USA and Organization-Management of Health Units certification from National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He is a Trainer at EKDDA (National Center of Public Administration and Local Government), where he teaches […]