2nd Maritime Security Conference
The 2nd International Maritime Security Conference, held on April 2, 2025, at the Eugenides Foundation Conference Center in Athens, concluded with significant insights into the vulnerabilities of maritime trade and related infrastructure. Focusing on the central theme, “Threats to Maritime Trade and Maritime Infrastructure”, the event was a critical platform for discussing the emerging challenges […]
2nd Maritime Security Conference
The Foreign Affairs Institute (FAINST, www.fainst.eu), and the Council for International Relations–Greece (CfIR-GR, www.cfir.gr )—founded in 2018 by 60 academics from all International Relations Departments in the countr in callaboration with School of Maritime and Industrial Studies and the Mackinder Forum will convene the international 2nd Maritime Security Conference titled: “Threats to Maritime Trade and Maritime Infrastructure.” The event will take place on Wednesday, […]
REPORT #8: TURKEY’S ASPIRATIONS AND CHINA
Report by Dr. Thrassy Marketos on Turkey’s strategic choices as a middle power and China’s aspirations for the Eurasian region. The text is written in English. The report in pdf format can be found HERE.
2nd Kavala International Summer School
The 2nd International Summer School – Kavala International Summer School started on September 4, 2023 for the second consecutive year in Kavala, on the political and cultural importance of waters, domestic and international. The summer school, which is hosted this year at the Kavala Great Club and will last until September 10, is conducted in […]
FAINST to the president of the Republic of Cyprus
His Excellency the President of the Republic of Cyprus, Mr. Nikolaos Christodoulides, received in the Presidential Palace on Tusday 4th July 2023 Mr. Loukas G. Katsonis, Chairman and Dr. Theodoros J. Theodorou, Ambassador a.H, Senior Advisor of the Foreign Affairs Institute. During our long-lasting meeting (aprox. 45 min ) HE the President was informed about […]
REPORT #7: GREECE’S TRANS-MEDITERANEAN GEOSTRATEGY
Report by Dr. Thrassy Marketos on Greece’s geostrategic reconfiguration into EU trans-Mediterranean energy, trade and security gatekeeper. The text is written in English. The report in pdf format can be found here: Report 7 – Greece’s trans Mediteranean geostrategy 12.2022
REPORT #6: GREECE, 70 YEARS IN NATO
Report by Dr. Ioannis E. Kotoulas on Greece’s participation in NATO at a time of renewed Russian revisionism and aggression that is changing the power balance in Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean. The text is written in English. The report in pdf format can be found HERE: Report no 6
The New Mediterranean: Geopolitics in a Volatile Region
Foreign Affairs Institute organized the webinar The new Mediterranean: Geopolitics in a volatile region. The webinar featured as guest speakers Hany Farouk Ghoraba (Cairo, Egypt), a writer, political and counter-terrorism analyst at Al Ahram Weekly, author of Egypt’s Arab Spring: The Long and Winding Road to Democracy, Senior Fellow at the Investigative Project on Terrorism […]
Turkey’s Denial of Pontic-Greek & Other Genocides
Foreign Affairs Institute hosted an online discussion on Turkey’s denial of Pontic-Greek and other genocides, focusing on domestic and international repercussions. The discussion was conducted in English between Ms. Uzay Bulut, journalist and political analyst, and Professor Nikos Michailidis, University of Missouri-Saint Louis. The discussion can be watched by anyone, HERE: https://youtu.be/-C5GLq3bUXw Some minutes of […]
1st International Summer School for Reconciliation and Social Cohesion in Kavala
The 1st Kavala International Summer School was successfully held from September 5 to 10, 2022, following a relevant initiative from the Institute of International Affairs (FAINST) and the collaboration of ACT- American College of Thessaloniki, the department of undergraduate and graduate studies of Anatolia College, and the Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies (JCRS) of the […]