Synopsis

Dimitris K. Xenakis is Lecturer in International Politics at the Department of Political Science, University of Crete. He has also lectured at the National School of Public Administration (2003-4), at the post-graduate program of the Department of International and European Studies at Athens Panteion University (2005-6) and at the Department of Mediterranean Studies of the Aegean University (2006-7). He has served as Scientific Advisor at the Hellenic Parliament (2004-7), as Strategic Analyst at the Defense Analyses Institute (2002-3) and as International Relations Advisor at the General Secretariat for Economic Planning and Defence Investments of the Hellenic Ministry of Defence (2003-4). He has participated as an expert in summits of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership and the EU’s Defence Ministerial Meetings, the Mediterranean Forum and the Union for the Mediterranean. His research output has been presented in a plethora of international conferences and committees and it is widely acknowledged in the relevant bibliography. He has authored, among others, The Politics of Order-Building in Europe and the Mediterranean (Athens: DAI, 2004), The emerging Euro-Mediterranean system (New York: MUP, 2001 with D. N. Chryssochou), Global Europe? The International Dimensions of the EU (Athens: HUAES -. Sideris 2006, co-edited with M. J. Tsinisizelis), chapters in edited volumes and articles in international academic journals, such as, The Review of International Affairs, Mediterranean Quarterly, Cambridge Review of International Affairs, The Cyprus Review, Perceptions and Hellenic Studies.

University Education - Scientific Award

2000 PhD in Politics, Department of Political Science, School of Historical, Political and Sociological Studies, University of Exeter, UK.

His doctoral thesis on Transforming Regional Orders: The Helsinki and Barcelona Processes Compared was examined by Dr. Geoffrey Edwards (Director, Center for International Studies, University of Cambridge) and Dr. Mick Dumper (Director, Department of Middle East Politics, University of Exeter) and was awarded by the Hellenic University Association of European Studies with the European Studies Award (11 May 2002).

1996 Master of Arts in European Studies, European Studies Centre, University of Exeter, UK.

1994 Bachelor of Arts in European Studies, University of Hertfordshire, UK.

Academic, Research and Administrative Posts

2007- Head of Mediterranean and Middle-East Studies Department, Institute of International Economic Relations, Athens.

2007 - Lecturer in International Politics: Mediterranean, Department of Political Science, School of Social Sciences, University of Crete, Rethymno, (unanimous election 24/10/2006).

2006-2008 Secretary General, Centre for Progressive Policy Research, Athens.

2006-2007 Adjunct Lecturer in ‘International Relations in the Mediterranean, South-East Europe and the Black Sea’, Department of Mediterranean Studies, Aegean University, Rhodes.

2005-2006 Scientific Partner, Postgraduate Program ‘European Law and Policy’ (Jean Monnet), Department of International and European Studies, Athens Panteion University.

2005-2006 Member of the Board of Directors, Greek Council for Refugees with special advisory status at the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, Athens.

2005-2006 Research Fellow, Institute of International Economic Relations, Athens.

2004-2007 Scientific Advisor, Hellenic Parliament (attached to Mr Yannos Papantoniou, former Minister of National Economy and Defence).

2004-2006 Researcher, Euro-Mediterranean Observatory, International Research Group on ‘Sustainable Development and Adjustment in the MEDA Countries Following the EU Enlargement’, Coordinating Institution: Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence, University of Genoa (Commission Agreement: 2004-3236 / 001 – 001).

2003-2007 Adjunct Lecturer in ‘International Relations’, Department of Political Science, University of Crete, Rethymno.

2003-2004 Lecturer-Tutor, National School of Public Administration, Athens.

2003-2004 Scientific Advisor of International Relations and International Organizations, General Secretariat of Economic Planning and Defence Investments, Hellenic Ministry of Defence.

2003-2006 External Scientific Partner, European Integration and Policy Laboratory, University of Athens. (Europe and the World Project).

2002-2003 Strategic Analyst, Defense Analyses Institute and Special Scientific Advisor for the Hellenic Presidency, Hellenic Ministry of Defense.

2002-2006 Lecturer-Tutor, Training Institute and Institute of Urban Planning and Regional Development, National Centre for Public Administration, Athens.

2001-2003 Research Fellow, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP), Athens.

2000-2003 Honorary Research Fellow, Department of Political Science, School of Historical, Political and Sociological Studies, University of Exeter

1999-2000 External Scientific Partner, Euro-Mediterranean Research Program Center of International Studies, Pembroke College, University of Cambridge.

1999-2000 Co-editor (with Nieves Perez-Solorzano Borragan) of RUSEL Working Papers, Research Unit for the Study of Economic Liberalisation and member of the organizing committee of the annual international conference, School of Historical, Political and Sociological Studies, University of  Exeter.

Monographs and Edited Volumes

International Organization and International Relations: New Directions (in greek), I Sideris publishers, Athens, forthcoming 2009 (co-edited with K. A. Lavdas and D. N. Chryssochoou).

Organizing the Mediterranean: Security, Co-operation and Regional Dynamics (in greek), I. Sideris publishers, Athens, forthcoming 2009 (with St. C. Calleya).

Union for the Mediterranean: How Far it can Go?, co-edited special issue of the Hellenic Studies, 19:2, forthcoming 2009 (with  P. J. Tsakonas).

Theory and Reform in the European Union (in greek), Savalas publishers, Athens, forthcoming 2009 (with D. Ν. Chryssochoou, Μ. J. Tsinisizelis, S. Stavridis και Κ. Ifantis).

Strategic Development: National and International Imperatives (in greek), edited, Centre for Progressive Policy Research, Papazisis publishers, Athens, forthcoming 2008.

Global Europe? International Dimensions of the European Union (in greek), Hellenic University Association of European Studies, Ι. Sideris publishers, Αthens, 2006, pp. 615 (co-edited with Μ. Ι. Τsinisizelis) - ISBN: 9600803781.

European Union’s External Relations (in greek), special issue of Agora without Frontiers, Institute of International Economic Relations, Papazisis publishers, Athens, 2005, p. 91-238 (co-edited with Μ. Ι. Tsinisizelis) – ISSN 11065990.

The Politics of Order-Building in Europe and the Mediterranean, Policy and Defense Papers Series, Defense Analyses Institute, Athens, 2004, pp. 147 - ISBN: 9608124328

The emerging Euro-Mediterranean system, Europe in Change Series, Manchester University Press, Manchester and New York, 2001, pp. 167 (with D. N. Chryssochoou) - ISBN: 0719060133.

Articles

‘Building a Euro-Mediterranean Community: Challenges and Prospects’, Hellenic Studies, 19:2, forthcoming 2009.

‘Greek Foreign Policy towards the Mediterranean: Old Problems and New Challenges’, Hellenic Studies, 19:2, forthcoming 2009 (with P. J. Tsakonas).

‘Extra-Regional Intervention in the Mediterranean: The Role of United States and NATO’ (in greek), Geostratigiki, No. 13, 2008, p. 7-30 (with St. C. Calleya).

‘Evaluation of the 10 Years of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership and the Future Prospects’ (in greek), Agora without Frontiers, 11:4, 2006, p. 347-379, (co-edited with Ch.. Tsardanides, research group: M. Mantalas, M. Pikla and E. Patelis).

‘Euro-Mediterranean Relations: 1995-2005’ (in greek), Agora without Frontiers, 11:2, 2005, p. 214-238.

‘Parliaments and Civil Society Cooperation in the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership’, Mediterranean Quarterly, 15:1, 2004, p. 75-92 (with R. Pace και S. Stavrides).

‘Greece’s Mediterranean Vocation: Strategic Choices for a New Era’, Defensor Pacis, Νο.15, 2004, p. 26-34 (with D. N. Chryssochoou).

‘Organising the Mediterranean: The State of the Barcelona Process’, Agora without Frontiers, 9:4, 2004, p. 267-287 (with D. N. Chryssochoou).

‘The contribution of Greece to strengthening Euro-Mediterranean relations’, Perceptions, Euro-Med Special Issue, 5:2, 2003, p. 173-208.

‘Promoting Security Dialogue in the Mediterranean: The Hellenic Presidency and Beyond’, Hellenic Studies, 11:2, 2003, p. 119-136 (with Μ. J. Tsinisizelis και D. N. Chryssochoou).

‘Prospects for Euro-Mediterranean Governance’, The Review of International Affairs, 2:4, 2003, p. 47-70 (with D. N. Chryssochoou).

‘The Mediterranean Dimension of European Security and Defence Policy: A New Regional Strategic Variable’, Defensor Pacis, Hellenic Presidency Special Issue, Νo. 13, 2003, p. 17-30.

‘The Contribution of the Hellenic Presidency in the Mediterranean Dimension of the European Security and Defense Policy’ (in greek), Geostratigiki, No.1, 2003, p. 101-107.

‘The Euro-Mediterranean Space: Complexity, Co-operation and Prospects’ (in greek), Agora without Frontiers, 6:4, 2001, p. 331-344.

‘Order and Change in the Euro-Mediterranean System’, Mediterranean Quarterly, 11:1, 2000, p. 75-90.

‘From Policy to Regime: Trends in Euro-Mediterranean Governance’, Cambridge Review of International Affairs, 13:1, 1999, p. 254-270.

‘Euro-Mediterranean Formations and the Emerging European System: The Role of Cyprus’, The Cyprus Review, 11:1, 1999, p. 59-82.

Contributions in Edited Volumes

‘International Regimes and Good Governance: Systemic Inter-linkages and State Transformation’ (in greek) in K .A. Lavdas, D. K. Xenakis and D. N. Chryssochoou (eds.), International Organization and International Relations: New Directions (in greek), I Sideris publishers, Athens, forthcoming 2009.

‘Introduction’ (in greek), in K .A. Lavdas, D. K. Xenakis and D. N. Chryssochoou (eds.), in International Organization and International Relations: New Directions (in greek), I Sideris publishers, Athens, forthcoming 2009 (with K .A. Lavdas and D. N. Chryssochoou).

‘Greece, Southern Europe and the Mediterranean’ (in greek) in D. K. Xenakis (ed.), Strategic Development: National and International Imperatives (in greek), Centre for Progressive Policy Research, Papazisis publishers, Athens, forthcoming 2008.

‘Introduction: Requirements for the 21^st Century’ (in greek) in D. K. Xenakis (ed.), Strategic Development: National and International Imperatives (in greek), Centre for Progressive Policy Research, Papazisis publishers, Athens, forthcoming 2008.

‘The Barcelona Process and the European Security and Defense Policy: Limits and Possibilities of Strategic Cooperation in the Mediterranean’, in El-Sayed A. Shalaby (ed.), Greek-Egyptian Regional and Bilateral Issues, Council for Foreign Affairs, Cairo, (forthcoming 2009).

‘Euro-Mediterranean Co-operation and the European Neighborhood Policy’ (in greek), in N. Maravejas and M. I. Tsinisizelis (eds.), The New European Union: Theory, Institutions and Policies, Themelio publishers, Athens, 2007, p. 402-421 (with Κ. Α. Lavdas).

 ‘The European Challenge’ (in greek), in Ch. Tsoukas (ed.), For a Progressive Policy (in greek), Centre for Progressive Policy Research, Kastaniotis, Athens, 2007, p. 119-137 (with Μ. J. Tsinisizelis).

‘Greece and the Mediterranean: A Challenging Regional Setting’, in A - J. D. Metaxas (ed.), About Greece, Hellenic Ministry of Communications and Mass Media, Athens, 2007, p. 165-170 (with D. N. Chryssochoou).

‘The European Union’s Enlargement and Euro-Mediterranean Relations’, in F. Praussello (ed.), Sustainable Development and Adjustment in the MEDA Countries Following the EU Enlargement, Franco Angeli, Milan, 2006, p. 117-133 (with C. Stephanou).

‘Unity in Heterarchy: Security Complexity and Systemic Change in the Mediterranean’, in F. Praussello (ed.), Sustainable Development and Adjustment in the MEDA Countries Following the EU Enlargement, Franco Angeli, Milan, 2006, p. 73-101 (with Μ. J. Tsinisizelis).

‘Introduction: The Challenge of Global Europe’ (in greek), in D. K. Xenakis and M. I. Tsinisizelis (eds.), Global Europe? International Dimensions of the European Union (in greek), Hellenic University Association of European Studies, Ι. Sideris publishers, Αthens, 2006, p. 11-46 (with Μ. J. Τsinisizelis).

‘European Union and the Mediterranean: The Barcelona Process and the New Neighborhood Policy’ (in greek), in D. K. Xenakis and M. J. Tsinisizelis (eds.), Global Europe? International Dimensions of the European Union (in greek), Hellenic University Association of European Studies, Ι. Sideris publishers, Αthens, 2006, p. 461-494.

‘The European Union’s Enlargement and Euro-Mediterranean Relations’, in C. Stephanou (ed.), Adjusting to the European Union’s Enlargement, Edward Edgar, London, 2006 p. 180-194.

‘The Role of the European Union in Mediterranean Security’ (in greek), in Mediterranean Security: The Role of Greece-NATO-EU (in greek), Higher War College, Ministry of Defence, Thessaloniki, 2006, p. 67-78.

‘Greece and the Arab World: Prospects for Strategic Co-operation in the Mediterranean’ (in greek), in G. Kondogeorgis, K. Lavdas, M. Mendrinou and D. N. Chryssochoou (eds.), Thirty Years of Democracy: The Political System of the Third Hellenic Republic 1974-2004 (in greek), Vol. II, Kritiki publishers, Athens 2004, p. 321-332.

 ‘Euro-Mediterranean Formations: Socio-Cultural Imperatives of System Change’, in I. de Soysa and P. Zervakis (eds.), Does Culture Matter? The Relevance of Culture in Politics and Governance in the Euro-Mediterranean Zone, C 111, Zentrum für Europäische Integrationsforschung, University of Bonn, 2002, p. 111-148 (with D. N. Chryssochoou).

‘Greece and the Mediterranean’, in P. C. Ioakimidis (ed.), The European Union and Greece: The New Role and the New Agenda, Hellenic Ministry of Press and Mass Media, Athens, 2002, p. 241-251 (with D. N. Chryssochoou).

‘Euro-Mediterranean Co-operation after the Crisis of September 11’ (in greek), in Th. Kouloumbis, Th. Dokos and A. Kintis (eds.), Greece and the World 2001-2002: Foreign and Defense Policy Review (in greek), Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy, I. Sideris publishers, Athens, 2002, p. 103-123.

‘Mediterranean 2001: Institutions and Processes’ (in greek), in Th. Kouloumbis, Th. Dokos and A. Kintis (eds.), Greece and the World 2000-2001: Foreign and Defense Policy Review (in greek), Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy, Paratiritis publishers, Athens, 2001, p. 295-310.

 ‘The Common Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union: Old Problems and New Challenges’ (in greek), in A. Moschonas (ed.), The European Union: Contemporary Challenges (in greek), Exandas publishers, Athens, 2000, p. 249-269 (with S. Stavrides).

Working Papers

‘France’s New Mediterranean Initiative: Lessons from Post-Cold War Regional Cooperation’, Karamanlis Working Papers in Hellenic and European Studies, No. 4, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, 2008, pp. 43 (with St. C. Calleya).

‘The European Union’s Enlargement and Euro-Mediterranean Relations’, Working Papers, No. 5, Euro-Mediterranean Observatory, International Research Group on Sustainable Development and Adjustment in the MEDA Countries Following the EU Enlargement, 2006, pp. 17 (with C. Stephanou).

‘Unity in Heterarchy: Security Complexity and Systemic Change in the Mediterranean’, Working Papers, No. 17, Euro-Mediterranean Observatory, International Research Group on Sustainable Development and Adjustment in the MEDA Countries Following the EU Enlargement, 2006, pp. 30 (with Μ. J. Tsinisizelis).

‘The 2003 Hellenic Presidency of the European Union: Mediterranean Perspectives on the European Security and Defence Policy’, Discussion Papers, C 128, Zentrum für Europäische Integrationsforschung, University of Bonn, 2003, pp. 31 (with D. N. Chryssochoou).

‘The Mediterranean Dimension of European Security and Defence Policy: Security Dialogue and Joint Strategic Activities’ Παρεμβολές, Νο. 40, Defense Analyses Institute, Athens, 9 May 2003, pp. 10 9.

‘Conceptualising Euro-Mediterranean Governance: Normative and Empirical Investigations’, Occasional Papers, Νο. 20, Center for Mediterranean Studies, University of Bristol, 2002, pp. 30 (with D. N. Chryssochoou).

‘Between Good Governance and Democratisation: Assessing the Euro-Mediterranean Condition’, Jean Monnet Working Papers in Comparative and International Politics, No. 38, Department of Political Science, Πανεπιστήμιο Catania, 2001, pp. 24 (with D. N. Chryssochoou).

‘The New Framework For Euro-Mediterranean Cooperation’, Adriatico, Vol. 2 No 3, University of Ancona, 2000. (with D. N. Chryssochoou).

‘Mediterranean Complexities, Cyprus and the EU’s Enlargement’, Euro-Mediterranean Occasional Papers, No. 99/2, Center for Euro-Mediterranean Studies, University of Reading, 1999, pp. 15.

‘The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership versus Regional Complexity: The Anticipation of a Lean International Regime’, RUSEL Papers, No.37, Research Unit for the Study of Economic Liberalisation, Department of Politics, University of Exeter, 1999, pp. 36.

‘The Barcelona Process: Some Lessons from Helsinki’, Jean Monnet Working Papers in Comparative and International Politics, Special EuroMed Edition - No. 17, Department of Political Science, University of Catania, 1998, pp. 17.

Other Publications (selection)

‘Transforming the Mediterranean’ (in greek), To Vima ton Ideon, Special Digest, October 2008, (with D. N. Chryssochoou).

‘Mediterranean Dynamics’ (in greek), The Economist, Greek edition, No. 54, August 2008, p. 30.

‘A Plan for the Mediterranean’ (in greek), Kosmos tou Ependyti, 9 August 2008, p. 20 (with D. N. Chryssochoou).

‘Mediterranean Union or Barcelona Plus?’, Gnomes, Hellenic Centre for European Studies, Athens, May 2008, p. 2 (with St. C. Calleya).

‘Immigration and Co-operation in the Mediterranean’ (in greek), The Economist, Greek edition, No. 49, March 2008, p. 34-35.

‘Mediterranean Security and Greece’, The Bridge, No 6, Q3, 2007, p. 5.

‘The Framework for Strategic Co-operation in the Mediterranean after the Hellenic Presidency’ (in greek), Stratiotiki Epitheorisi, No. 2, April- March 2004, p. 126-129.

‘What Governance for Europe?’ (in greek), Evropaiki Ekfrasi, No. 50, 2003, p. 40-45 (with Μ. J. Τsinisizelis and D. N. Chryssochoou).

‘Euro-Mediterranean Relations after the Hellenic Presidency: Prospects for Strategic Co-operation’ (in greek), Evropaiki Ekfrasi, No. 49, 2003, p. 31-37.

‘The Mediterranean and the Hellenic Presidency’ (in greek), Eleftherotypia, Special Digest, Sunday 29/6/2003, σ. 52.

‘The Mediterranean Dimension of the Hellenic Presidency: An Overall Evaluation’ (in greek), Themata Epikairotitas, Νο. 722, Defense Analyses Institute, Athens,11 June 2003, pp. 7.

Social Europe: Deficits and Prospects (in greek), of I. Nikolakopoulou-Stefanou, Ι.Sideris publishers, Athens 2002, Political Science Texts, Book reviews, 1:2, June 2003.

‘The Mediterranean Dimension of European Security and Defence Policy’ (in greek), Deltio, Νο. 658, Defense Analyses Institute, Athens, 19 February 2003, pp. 3.

‘Transforming Regional Orders: The Helsinki and Barcelona Process Compared’ (in greek), Greek Political Science Review, Doctoral Dissertations, No. 18, 2001, p. 170-1.

‘The Foreign Policy of the Union and the New European Order’ (in greek), Evropaiki Ekfrasi, Scientific Publications, No. 35, 1999, p. 37-43 (with S. Stavrides).

‘The Mediterranean and the New International Order’, Journal of South European Society and Politics, Research Forum, 3:2, 1998, p. 177-178.

‘European Union and the New Challenges: Agenda 2000’, Journal of South European Society and Politics, Research Forum, 3:2, 1998, p. 172-174.

‘European Union and the Mediterranean: Utilising an Emerging Partnership’, Politics 2000, No. 1, Department of Politics, University of Exeter, 1998, p. 11-15.

‘The Contribution of a Changing Greece to the EU: The Dynamics of a Complex Relationship’, Journal of South European Society and Politics, Research Forum, 3:1, 1998 (with P. Liargovas).

‘Enlargement and Euro-Mediterranean Co-operation: The Role of Cyprus’ (in greek), Evropaiki Ekfrasi, No. 31, 1998, p. 11-17.

Policy Papers, Reports and Mimeos

‘Security and Strategic Co-operation in the Mediterranean: Confidence Building and Conflict Prevention’ (in greek), Policy Papers, No. 11, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy, Athens, forthcoming Oct. 2008, ( with St. C. Calleya).

‘An Evaluation of the 10 Years of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership and the Future Prospects’ (in greek), Report of the International Economic Relations Institute, Athens, Dec. 2005, pp. 31, (with Ch. Tsardanides, research group: M. Mantalas, M. Pikla and E. Patelis).

‘Reform and Democratization in the fields of Security and Defence’, commissioned report for the General Secretariat of Economic Planning and Defense Investments, Hellenic Ministry of Defense, Feb. 2004, pp. 28.

‘Euro-Mediterranean Partnership Update after the Italian Presidency’, mimeo, Hellenic Ministry of Defense, Jan. 2004, pp. 5.

‘Greece and the Euro-Mediterranean Setting: Issues of Security and Defence Co-operation’, commissioned report for the General Secretariat of Economic Planning and Defense Investments, Hellenic Ministry of Defense, Nov. 2003, pp. 15.

‘The Annan Plan and European Prospects for Cyprus: New Challenges’, Defense Analyses Institute – Hellenic Ministry of Defence, Athens, March 2003, pp. 58.

‘The Mediterranean Dimension of European Security and Defence Policy’, mimeo, Hellenic Ministry of Defense, Nov. 2002, pp. 14.

‘Euro-Mediterranean Security Co-operation: Prospects for the Hellenic Presidency’, mimeo, Hellenic Ministry of Defense, Οct. 2002, pp. 7.

‘Measures for Conflict Prevention in the Mediterranean Forum Framework’, mimeo, Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs, July 2002, pp. 6.

‘Guidelines for the Euro-Mediterranean Co-operation and the Hellenic Presidency’, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy - Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Athens, June 2002, pp. 10.

Conferences and International Seminars

The French Initiative, Greece and the Challenge of Building a Regional Security Community. Paper presented at the international conference on ‘The Mediterranean and the new Euro-Mediterranean perspectives’, Daedalos Institute of Geopolitics, Nicosia (9-10-2008).

Greece and the Mediterranean: Shifting Foreign Policy Priorities. Paper presented at the international conference on ‘The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership: Perspectives from the Mediterranean EU Countries’, Institute of International Economic Relations and  Jean Monnet  European Centre of Excellence – Department of Sociology, University of Crete, Rethymno (with P. J. Tsakonas and D. N. Chryssochoou, 26-10-2007).

Regional Security, NATO and Transatlantic Relations. Paper presented at the international conference on ‘Security Concerns in the Wider Mediterranean and Black Sea Regions’, International Centre for Black Sea Studies, Department of Mediterranean Studies, Aegean University, Rhodes (with K. Ifantis, 15-6-2007).

Euro-Mediterranean Relations after the European Union’s Enlargement. Paper presented at the Final Workshop of the International Research Group on ‘Sustainable Development and Adjustment in the MEDA Countries Following the EU Enlargement’, Hellenic University Association of European Studies, Spetses, (with K. Stephanou, 3-7-2006).

Security Complexity and Prospects for Systemic Change in the Mediterranean. Paper presented at the Final Workshop of the International Research Group on ‘Sustainable Development and Adjustment in the MEDA Countries Following the EU Enlargement’, Hellenic University Association of European Studies, Spetses, (with Μ. J. Tsinisizelis, 3-7-2006).

The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership: An Overall Assessment and Prospects. Concluding Remarks at the international conference on ‘Peace, Security and Prosperity in the Mediterranean – 10 years of Euro-Mediterranean Partnership: Assessment and Prospects’, Department of Mediterranean Studies, Aegean University, Rhodes, (3-6-2006).

Dynamics of Change in the Euro-Mediterranean Process. Paper presented at the international conference on ‘Peace, Security and Prosperity in the Mediterranean – 10 years of Euro-Mediterranean Partnership: Assessment and Prospects’, Department of Mediterranean Studies, Aegean University, Rhodes, (with D. N. Chryssochoou, 3-6-2006).

The European Neighborhood Policy and the Mediterranean Area. Paper presented at the 2^nd Panhellenic Conference of International Political Economy on ‘Global Political Economy and the New Challenges for Development’, Institute of International Economic Relations, Athens (18-9-2005).

The Impact of the European Union’s Enlargement on Euro-Mediterranean Relations. Paper presented at the Spetsae International Research Workshop ‘The Impact of the European Union’s Enlargement’, Hellenic University Association of European Studies, Spetses, (13-7-2004).

Greece and the Arab World: Prospects for Strategic Co-operation (in greek). Paper presented at the conference on ‘Thirty Years of Democracy: The Political System of the Third Hellenic Republic. 1974-2004’, Department of Political Science, University of Crete, Rethymno (22-5-2004).

The European Democracy-Promotion Project in the Mediterranean: Problems and Prospects after the Enlargement. Paper presented at the working group ΙΙΙ in the international workshop on ‘From Barcelona to Wider Europe – and closer relations?, Department for the Near and Middle East and North Africa, Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Valetta, (10-5-2004).

Promoting Security Governance: A New Concept for Greek Foreign Policy in the Balkans and the Wider Mediterranean. Paper presented at the workshop on ‘Greece’s Strategic Role in the Balkans’, Hellenic Observatory, The European Institute, LSE and Political Science, London (27-2-2004).

The Democratization of Security and the Role of International Organizations: The Case of the Mediterranean. Paper presented at the international conference on ‘Democracy and Democratization: A Comparative Assessment’, InterCollege, Nicosia, (21-2-2004).

Organizing the Mediterranean: The State of the Barcelona Process. Paper presented at the 1^st Panhellenic Conference of International Political Economy on ‘From International to Global Political Economy’, Institute of International Economic Relations, Athens (with D. N. Chryssochoou, 21-9-2003).

Strategic Co-operation in the Mediterranean: Problems and Prospects. Paper presented at the international seminar of the Hellenic Presidency of the EU on ‘The Mediterranean and the EU: The Role of Mass Media’, Hellenic Ministry of Press and Mass Media, Athens (30-6-2003).

Indifada in the Middle East and the Barcelona Process. Paper presented at the closed workshop on ‘Greece-Egypt: Regional and Bilateral Issues’, Institute for Democracy K. Karamanlis - Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs, Athens (30-6-2003).

Euro-Mediterranean Security Co-operation after the Greek Presidency. Paper presented at the international seminar on ‘Security and Defense in the Mediterranean’, Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs - CIDOB Foundation, Palau La Lonja, Barcelona (7-6-2003).

Islamophobia and the Arab Journey to Modernity: Socio-Cultural Imperatives of the Euro-Mediterranean Project. Paper presented at the international seminar on ‘The Enlargement of the EU and the Mediterranean’, Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs - IEMed, Palau de Pedralbes, Barcelona (16-5-2003).

The Mediterranean Dimension of European Security and Defense Policy: Security Dialogue and Joint Strategic Activities. Background paper at the international seminar of the Hellenic Presidency of the EU on ‘Building Security for the Mediterranean Peoples’, Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Corfu (10-5-2003).

Asymmetrical Threats: Religious Fundamentalism and International Terrorism. Paper presented at the international conference on ‘International Security after 11^th September: Contemporary Threats and Regional Challenges’, Postgraduate Program on Southeastern Europe, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Athens (15-11-2002).

The Future of Euro-Mediterranean Defense Co-operation: The Way Ahead. Paper presented at the Experts Round Table at the international seminar of the Hellenic Presidency of the EU on ‘The Mediterranean Dimension of the EU’s Security and Defense Policy and the Hellenic Presidency’, Defence Analyses Institute - Hellenic Ministry of Defence, Rhodes (2-11-2002).

A Projected Euro-Mediterranean Charter for Good Governance and the Construction of a Common Euro-Mediterranean Space. Paper presented at the 5^th European Workshop and 3^rd Rotating Summer School του ECPR - Standing Group on the EU, ‘EU’s Enlargement and Euro-Mediterranean Relations’, Jean Monnet European Centre of Excellence, Department of Sociology, University of Crete, Rethymno (20-9-2002).

Asymmetries between the Northern and the Southern Shores of the Mediterranean and the Role of Civil Society and Parliamentarian Institutions. Paper presented at the closed workshop of the Euro-Mediterranean Study Committee Working Group III on ‘ESDP: Impact on the Euro-Mediterranean Policy’, EuroMeSCo - Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy, Halki (9-9- 2002).

Good Governance and the Euro-Mediterranean System. Paper presented at the 4^th Pan-European International Relations Conference, Panel S6: ‘Peace and Stability in the Mediterranean: Redefining Security in the 3^rd Millennium’, ECPR - Standing Group on International Relations, University of Kent, Canterbury (10-9-2001).

Euro-Mediterranean Governance: Frameworks for Theory and Policy Analysis. Seminar paper delivered at the Center for International Studies, Pembroke College, University of Cambridge (with D. Ν. Chryssochoou, 25-10-1999).

Comparative Regional Institutionalization: The Cases of Europe and the Mediterranean, Paper presented at the 2^nd Annual Conference, School of Historical, Political and Sociological Studies, University of Exeter (5-3-1999).

The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership vs. Regional Security Complexities: The Anticipation of a “Lean” International Regime. Seminar paper delivered at the ‘European Studies Seminars Series’, Department of Politics, University of Exeter (25-1-1999).

Summer Schools

Constructing the Mediterranean: EU’s Conditionality vs. Southern Attitudes. Paper presented at the 16^th International Seminar of the European Summer Academy on ‘Normative Power Europe’, Hellenic University Association of European Studies, Spetses, (with D. N. Chryssochoou, 8-7-2008).

EU’s Immigration Policy: challenges and responses. Paper presented at the Research Workshop on ‘Governing a Multi-Cultural Europe’, 14^th International Seminar of the European Summer Academy, Hellenic University Association of European Studies, Spetses, (7-7-2006).

Transformation and Order Building in Comparative Perspective: The Helsinki and the Barcelona Processes. Paper presented at the 10^th International Seminar of the European Summer Academy, Hellenic University Association of European Studies, Spetses, (4-7-2002).

Enlargement and Mediterranean Dimension of the European Union: Prospects for Cyprus (in greek). Paper presented at the 1^st Summer School on ‘The EU and the New Challenges: Agenda 2000’ (in greek), Jean Monnet Chair, Department of Sociology, University of Crete, Rethymno (9-9-1998).

The Barcelona Process: Some Lessons from Helsinki. Paper presented at the 1^st Summer School on ‘The Mediterranean and the New International Order’, Euro-Med Jean Monnet Center, Department of Political Science, University of Catania (8-7-1998).

The New Mediterranean Policy-Approach of the European Union. Presentation of PhD Thesis, International Halki Seminar (96.2) on ‘The European Union and the Mediterranean Region’, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy, Halki (12-9-1996).

The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership: A Research Agenda. Presentation of PhD Thesis στο at the International Post-Graduate Week of the Pan-European Brussels’ Santander Group of Experts on European Studies, Department of European Economics-Centre for European Studies, University of Exeter (13-7-1996).

Seminars and Events (selection)

Environment and Policy (in greek). Paper presented at 2^nd Conference ‘Earinoi Stoxasmoi’ on ‘The Responsibility of Local Administration in Sustainable Development’ (in greek), Prefecture of Mallia, (10-5-2008).

The European Challenge: Greece, Turkey and the Mediterranean (in greek). Paper presented at the public discussion with the member of the Eurpean Parliament Mr St. Arnaoutakis on ‘Quo Vadis Europe?’ (in greek), Department of Political Science, University of Crete, Rethymno, (21-3-2008).

The European Policies towards the Mediterranean (in greek). Paper presented at the Euro-Mediterranean Seminar Series (in greek), Institute of International Economic Relations, Athens (12-3-2008).

The Mediterranean Challenge and the European Post-Treaty Situation. Paper presented at the conference on ‘Fifty Years from the Treaty of Rome: Mediterranean and Europe – Problems and Challenges’ (in greek), Ministry of Interior-Hellenic Centre for European Studies-Region of Crete, Heraklion (Panel: Members of the European Parliament Mr. K. Hatzidakis and Mr. St. Arnaoutakis, 20-4-2007).

International Relations and the European Union (in greek). Paper presented at the conference organized on the occasion of the publication of the book Global Europe? International Dimensions of the European Union (in greek), Centre for Progressive Policy Research, Athens (Panel: D. Bakoyanis, Th. Pagalos, Y. Papantoniou and M. Tsinisizelis, 30-1-2007).

The Role of the EU in Mediterranean Security (in greek). Paper presented at the conference on ‘Mediterranean Security: The Role of Greece-NATO-EU’(in greek), Higher War College, Ministry of Defence, Thessaloniki (29-11-2006).

The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership and  the New Neighborhood Policy of the EU (in greek). Paper presented at the conference on ‘Ten Years of Euro-Mediterranean Partnership’ (in greek), Institute of International Economic Relations, Athens (Panel: Member of the European Parliament Mrs. R. Kratsa and Ch. Chardanides, 21-12-2005).

The European Union and the Middle East Peace Process after Hamas: Prospects for Restoration. Discussion paper with Dr. Mazin B. Qumsiyeh (University of Yale) on ‘Searching for Peace in the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict’, Institute of Strategic and Development Studies, Cultural Center, University of Athens, (28-6-2006).

The EU’s External Relations and the Euro-mediterranean Partnership (in greek). Paper presented at the workshop on ‘The European Union and the World’ (in greek), Institute of International Economic Relations – European Integration and Policy Laboratory, University of Athens, (23-3-2005).

European Neighborhood Policy and the Mediterranean (in greek). Paper presented at the Middle East Seminars (in greek), Institute of International Economic Relations, Athens (17-3-2005).

Good Security Governance in the Mediterranean: Theory and Reality (in greek). Public lecture, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Athens (26-2-2004).

The EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy and Greece (in greek). Lecture delivered at the Higher War College, Hellenic Ministry of Defence, Thessaloniki (11-12-2003).

Fanatishm and Radicalism: Obstacles of International Peace (in greek). Speech delivered at the 8^th Panhellenic Youth Parliament, Working Group I, Athens (6-12-2003).

Prospects of Euro-Mediterranean Relations and the Hellenic Presidency (in greek). Paper delivered at the conference organized by the Hellenic Ministry of Interior on ‘The European Union’, National Centre for Public Administration, Athens (29-11-2002).

The Mediterranean Dimension (in greek). Paper presented at the conference on ‘The European Union in the International Setting: The External Relations of the EU’s Political System’ (in greek), Department of Political Science, University of Crete, Rethymno (25-10-2002).

Prospects for Euro-Mediterranean Co-operation: Structures, Process and Balances (in greek). Seminar series organized by the Representation of the European Commission in Greece in co-operation with National Center for Public Administration on ‘European Union Issues’, (Patras 22-4, Heraklion 20-5, Giannena  3-6 and Thessaloniki 2-7-2002).

The Euro-Mediterranean Space: Complexity, Co-operation and Prospects (in greek). Paper delivered at the conference organized on the occasion of the publication of the book The emerging Euro-Mediterranean system, Institute of International Economic Relations, Athens (18-5-2001).

Mediterranean Complexity: Problems of a Comprehensive Approach (in greek). Lecture delivered at the Department of Sociology, University of Crete, Rethymno (1-4-1999).

Special Meetings (selection)

2006 Workshop on European Studies, ‘Debating Europe: The New Research Agenda’, European Commission in Greece and Centre for Policy Planning and Analysis, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hellenic Centre for European Studies, Delphi, (8/10-6-2006).

‘NATO's current agenda: transatlantic relations, enlargement, NATO's military transformation and the NATO-EU relationship’, NATO Country Relations Section, Public Diplomacy Division, NATO’s Headquarters, Brussels (7-5-2004)

Project Steering Committee of the Master in Euro-Mediterranean Affairs, Interreg IΙΙ – MEDOC Programme, Caliari (15-9-2003) and Florence (9/10-3-2003).

Euro-Mediterranean Study Committee Workshop (Working Group IV) ‘Sub-regionalism in the Mediterranean’, ELIAMEP, Athens (30-8-2003).

Experts Meeting in the Mid-Term Conference of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, Hellenic Presidency of the EU’, Ministry of Foreign affairs, Heraklion (25/27-5-2003).

Rapporteur in the Brainstorming Session of the conference on ‘NATO's Mediterranean Dialogue: Prospects and Recommendations’, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy - NATO Office of Information and Press, Athens (17/18-1-2003).

Experts Meetings in the international seminars of  the Hellenic Presidency of the EU for the Mediterranean Dimension of European Security and Defence Policy, Hellenic Ministry  of Defence, Rhodes (2-11-2002) and Corfu (10-5-2003).

Euro-Mediterranean Study Committee’s Liaison and Link Officers Meeting, Lisboa (11/12-10-2002).

Expert in the Informal Meeting of the Mediterranean Forum on ‘Measures for Conflict Prevention in the MedForum Countries Framework’, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Instituto Affari Intemazionali, Roma (21/22-7-2002).

Rapporteur at the international Conference on ‘The Contribution of a Changing Greece to the European Union: The Dynamics of a Complex Relationship’, Hellenic Observatory, London School of Economics and Political Science, London (4/7-3-1998).

Roberto Aliboni, ‘Promoting Democracy in the EMP. Which Political Strategy?’, Third Year Report, Working Group I, Euro-Mediterranean Study Commission, Lisbon, 2004, p. 8.

Abla Amawi & Sheila Carapico, ‘Democracy Promotion in the Arab Mediterranean’, Directors Description on Workshop 8, 6^th Mediterranean Social and Political Research Meeting, Mediterranean Programme, European University Institute, Florence, May 2005, p. 2.

Fulvio Attiná, ‘Security cooperation at the regional level: from opposed military alliances to security partnerships. Is the Mediterranean region on the right track?’, Jean Monnet Working Papers in Comparative and International Politics, No. 45, Department of Political Science, University of Catania, October 2002, p. 3.

Fulvio Attiná, ‘Theory and the Process: Political Science Interpretations of the Barcelona Process’, paper presented at the EUSA 8^th Biennial International Conference, Nashville, March 2003, p. 18.

Fulvio Attiná, ‘The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership Assessed: The Realist and Liberal Views’, European Foreign Affairs Review, 8:3, 2003, p. 181.

Fulvio Attiná, ‘The Barcelona Process, the role of the European Union and the lesson of the Western Mediterranean’, The Journal of North African Studies, 9:2, 2004, p. 140-152.

Fulvio Attiná, ‘The Building of Regional Security Partnership and the Security. Culture Divide in the Mediterranean Region’, Paper 040508, Institute of European Studies, University of California, Berkeley, 2004, p. 5.

Fulvio Attiná, ‘The Barcelona Process, the Role of the European Union and the Lessons of the Western Mediterranean’, in Michael David Bonner, Megan Reif & Mark A. Tessler (eds.), Islam, Democracy and The State In Algeria: Lessons For The Western Mediterranean and Beyond, Routledge, New York, 2005, p. 142 p 148.

Ruth Margolies Beitler, ‘The EU and the Middle East Soft Power’ in Jannet Adamski, Mary Troy Johnson & Cristina M. Schweiss (eds.), Old Europe, New Security: Evolution for a Complex World, Ashgate, London, 2006, p. 119, 120 and 123.

Rosa Balfour, ‘Rethinking the EuroMed Political and Security Dialogue’, Occasional Papers,  No. 52, The European Union Institute for Security Studies, Paris, 2004, p. 28.

Esther Barbé, ‘The EU, the Mediterranean and the Barcelona Process: a case of capability expectations gap’ in Udo Diedrichs & Wolfgang Wessels (eds.), Europe's Global Reach: The European Union in World Politics, Lynne Rienner, Boulder, 2004, p. 11.

Esther Barbé & Eduard Soler i Lecha, ‘Relations in the EuroMediterranean Region: a Vital Challenge’, Evropa, 11:2, 2004, p. 22.

Sven Biscop, Euro-Mediterranean Security: A Search for Partnership, Ashgate, London, 2003 (reverences to six different works).

Astrid B. Boening, ‘Mediterranean Regional Security in the 21^st Century: Regional Integration through Development and its Security Impact on Euromed Partnership Members’, Jean Monnet/Robert Schuman Paper Series, 7:9, University of Miami, 2007, p. 30.

Lino Briguglio & Gordon Cordina, ‘The Economic Effects of EU Membership for Malta’, paper presented at the EADI General Conference on ‘Eastern Enlargement of the EU: Implications for Development Strategies and Development Cooperation in the 21^st Century’, University of Ljubljana, 19-21 Sept. 2003, p. 8.

Ana Bojinović, ‘Historical Perspectives of the Balkans as part of the Mediterranean Region’, EU-Consent Research Summer School, Ljubljana, 4-7 July 2006, p. 22.

Maurits S. Berger, ‘Religion and Development Aid: The Special Case of Islam’, Clingendael Diplomacy Papers, No. 8, Netherlands Institute of International Relations, Clingendael, 2006, p. 10.

Fraser Cameron, An Introduction to European Foreign Policy, Routledge, New York, 2007, p. 245.

Sheila Carapico, ‘Euro-Med: European Ambitions in the Mediterranean’, Middle East Report, No. 220, Autumn 2001, p. 26.

Sheila Carapico, ‘Foreign Aid for Promoting Democracy in the Arab World’, Middle East Journal, 56:3, 2002, p. 380.

Sheila Carapico, ‘International Elections Experts, Monitors and Representations in the Arab World’, EUI Working Papers, RSCAS 2008/24, Mediterranean Programme Series, Robert Schuman Centre For Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Florence, 2008, p. 11.

Paolo Dardaneli, ‘The Emerging Euro-Mediterranean System and the Mediterranean and the New Cultural Encounters in the Southern Europe’, Regional and Federal Studies, 12:3, 2002, p. 145-7.

Mick Dumper, ‘The return of Palestinian refugees and displaced persons: the evolution of a European Union policy on the Middle East Peace Process’, in Rex Brynen & Roula El-Rifai (eds.), Palestinian Refugees: Challenges of Repatriation and Development, International Development Research Center, I. B. Tauris, London, 2007, p. 53.

Laura Felieu, ‘Global Civil Society Across the Mediterranean: The Case of Human Rights’, Mediterranean Politics, 10:3, 2005, p. 365-383.

Richard Gillespie, ‘The Emerging Euro-Mediterranean System’, West European Politics, Book Reviews, 25:3, 2002, p. 219-20.

Richard Gillespie, ‘Regionalism and Globalism in the EMP: The Limits to Western Mediterranean Co-operation’, paper presented at the conference on ‘The Convergence of Civilizations? Constructing a Mediterranean Region’, Fundação Oriente, Lisboa, 6-9 June 2002, p. 13.

Richard Gillespie, ‘Spain and Western Mediterranean’, Working Papers, No. 37/1, European Social Research Council Program ‘One Europe or Several?’, Sussex European Institute, 2001, p. 21.

Richard Gillespie & Laurence Whitehead, ‘European Democracy Promotion in North Africa: Limits and Prospects’, Democratization, 9:1, 2002, p. 192-206.

Richard Gillespie & Richard Youngs, The European Union and Democracy Promotion: The Case of North Africa, Routledge, New York, 2002, p. 205.

Ricardo Gomez, Negotiating the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership. Strategic Action in EU Foreign Policy?, Ashgate, London, 2003, p. 66 and 89.

Charlotte Gilson, ‘Het Barcelona Proces: een studie van de aanpak van het terrorisme voor en na 11 september 2001’, Faculteit Politieke en Sociale Wetenschappen, Universiteit Gent, 2006, p. 10.

Francesco Gui, ‘I Nuovi Confini Dell'unione Europea ed I Rapporti Con I Paesi del Bacino Mediterraneo’, Programma di Ricerca, Università degli Studi di Roma, 2004, p. 1.

Kukovecz György, ‘Az új népvándorlás és a barcelonai folyamat’, in J. Nagy László (ed.): A barcelonai folyamat és Kelet-Európa, Szegedi Tudományegyetem, Európa-tanulmányok Központ, Szeged, 2001, p. 395.

William V. Harris, Rethinking the Mediterranean, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2005, p. 336.

Anne Hinz, ‘Israel and the European Union: Constructing security, interests, identity, and territory (2000-2006)’, paper presented at the 2^nd World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies, Amman, 12 June 2006, p. 13.

Carlos Echeverria Jesus, ‘La Politica Exterior y de Seguridad Comun y la Politica Europea de Seduridad y Defensa hacia Oriente Medio’, Cuadernos Constitucionales de la Catedra Fadrique Furio Ceriol, No. 49, Valencia, 2007, p. 161

Alun Jones, ‘Narrative-Based Production of State Spaces for International Region Building: Europeanization and the Mediterranean’, Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 96:2, 2006, p. 415-431.

Annette Jünemann, Euro-Mediterranean Relations after September 11: International, Regional and Domestic Dynamics, Routledge, New York, p. 221 and 232.

Olivier Kramsch,  Virginie Mamadouh & Martin Van Der Velde, ‘Introduction: Postnational Politics in the European Union’, Geopolitics, 9:3, 2004, p. 531-541.

Olivier Kramsch, Roos Pijpers, Roald Plug & Henk Van Houtum, Research on the Policy of Re-Bordering the European Union, EXLINEA Project Study Report, Working Paper Series 7/2004, University of Nijmegen, May 2004, p. 8.

Nick Lambert, ‘The European Neighbourhood Policy and the Broader Middle East: Institutional Options for a Coherent Policy and Reinforced Multilateral Partnership in the Light of the Review of the Barcelona Process’, European Parliament, D-G External Policies - European Institute for Research on the Middle East, Brussels, April 2005, Study EP/ExPol/B/2005/04, p. 21.

Erwan Lannon, ‘Structuring Remarks and Thematic Proposals for the 2005 Congress’, Mediterranean Committee, European Movement International, 27 – 28 November 2004, p. 43.

Barbara Lippert, ‘The Neighborhood Policy of the European Union’, Intereconomics, 42:4, 2007, p. 180-204.

Haim Malka & Jon B. Alterman, ‘Arab Reform and Foreign Aid: Lessons from Morocco’, Significant Issues Series, 28:4, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington D.C., 2006, p. 84.

Nestor Morgandi & Giovanni Zavaritt, ‘Ten years after Barcelona and more: a synthesis of the evaluations’, Istituto Study Mediterraneo, Universita della Svizzera Italiana, 2005, p. 43.

Ian Morris, ‘Mediterraneanization’, Mediterranean Historical Review, 18:2, 2003, p. 30-55.

Rob Nicholls, ‘Regulatory reform in broadcasting: cultural exception or race to the bottom’, Standing Group on Regulatory Governance, European Consortium for Political Research, 2^nd Biennial Conference, Sector IV: Comparative Studies of Regulatory Reform, 6 June 2008, p. 22.

Gerd Nonneman, ‘Introduction’, Review of International Affairs, Vol. 3 Νο. 2, 2003, p. 113-17.

Gerd Nonneman, ‘The Three Environments of Middle East Foreign Policy Making and Relations with Europe’, Review of International Affairs, 3:2, 2003, p. 131-151.

Gerd Nonneman, Analyzing Middle East Foreign Policies: The Relationship with Europe, Routledge, New York, 2005, p. 5 and 41.

Ye Bagdagul Ormanci, ‘Mediterranean Security Concerns and NATO’s Mediterranean Dialogue’, NATO Individual Fellowships Studies, 1998-2000, p. 9.

Michelle Pace, The Politics of Regional Identity. Meddling with the Mediterranean, Routledge, New York, 2005, and in Rethinking the Mediterranean. Reality and Re-Presentation in the Creation of a Region, PhD Thesis, University of Portsmouth, 2003, p. 211.

Michelle Pace, ‘The Emerging Euro-Mediterranean System’, Mediterranean Politics, Book Reviews, 7:1, 2002, p. 147-8.

Roderick Pace, ‘The Euro-Med Challenge Democratisation or Good  Governance?’, in Peter G Xuereb. (ed.), The European Union and the Mediterranean, Vol. V, EDRC, Media Centre Print, University of Malta, Msida, 2004, p. 253.

Roderick Pace, ‘EU Enlargement and Security in the Mediterranean Region’ in A. Sheperd & D. Brown (eds.), The Security Dimensions of EU Enlargement: Wider Europe, Weaker Europe?, Manchester University Press, London, 2006, p. 174-190.

Roderick Pace, ‘Clash of Civilisations or Intercultural Dialogue – Challenges for EU Mediterranean Policies’ in Jurgen Wiemann & Andy Mold (eds.), EU Development Policy in a Changing World: Challenges for the 21st Century, Amsterdam University Press, 2007, p. 216.

Stefania Panebianco, ‘Introduction: The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership in Perspective: The Political and Institutional Context’, in Stefania Panebianco (ed.), A New Euro-Mediterranean Cultural Identity, Frank Cass, London, 2003, p. 7.

Stefania Panebianco, ‘The Institutionalisation of the Barcelona Process: Different Layers of Regional Co-operation’, paper presented at the 18^th General IRPA Conference, Conflict Resolution and Peace Building Commission, Tambere, 5 Aug. 2000, p. 20.

Stefania Panebianco & Fulvio Attiná, ‘Security Cooperation in the Mediterranean: EMP Instruments to Mitigate Divergent Security Perceptions’, EuroMeSCo Research Papers, Euro-Mediterranean Study Commission, Lisbon, 2006, p. 18.

George Pagoulatos, ‘Greece, the European Union and the 2003 Presidency’, Research and European Issues, No. 21, Notre Europe, December 2002, p. 37.

Sharon Pardo, ‘Europe of Many Circles: European Neighbourhood Policy’, Geopolitics, 9:3, 2004, p. 731-737.

Frank P. Pfetch, ‘Conflicts in and among Mediterranean Countries (1945-2001)’, in Hans Günter Brauch (ed.), Security and Environment in the Mediterranean: Conceptualizing Security and International Conflicts, Springer, New York, 2003, p, 145 and 147.

Arlo Poletti, ‘Common European Security and Defence Policy and the Mediterranean: implications and perspectives’, in Bruce George (ed.), Mediterranean Security and Beyond, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, 2004, (14 references).

Tomáš Profant, ‘­Barcelona Process: Political Background and Goals’, Global Politics, Faculty of Social Sciences and the Faculty of Law, Masaryk University, Feb. 2008, p. 2.

Paolo Prosperini, ‘The effects of enlargement in the Mediterranean: possible consequences for the Barcelona Process’, in Esther Barbé, Elisa Johansson-Nogués (eds.), Beyond Enlargement: the new members and new frontiers of the enlarged EU, IUEE, Barcelona, 2003, p. 184-207.

Zlatko abi & Ana Bojinovic, ‘State and Non-state Actors in Regional Institutional Webs: the Case of the Mediterranean’, paper presented at the 4th CEEISA Convention, University of Tartu, 25-27 June 2006, p. 8.

Zlatko abi & Ana Bojinovic, ‘Mapping a Regional Institutional Architecture: The Case of the Mediterranean’, Mediterranean Politics, Vol. 12 No. 3, 2007, p. 317-336.

Clara Mira Salama, ‘The Political and Economic Aspects of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership’, in Peter Herrmann & Arno Tausch (eds.) Dar al Islam. The Mediterranean, the world system and the “wider Europe”: The "Cultural Enlargement" of the EU and Europe's Identity, Nova Science Publishers, Hauppauge, New York, 2005, p. 72.

Rosario Sapienza, ‘Diritto e cooperazione nell’area del Mediterraneo’, στο Stefano Allievi & Gabriela Häbich (επιμ.), Politiche di confine nel Mediterraneo,  Rubbettino Editore, Soveria Manneli, 2004, p. 237.

Dorothée Schmid, European Community Aid Policy and Practice on Governance and Democracy: Research in Morocco, One World Action, Feb.2006, p. 69.

Dorothée Schmid, ‘Interlinkages within the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership. Linking Economic, Institutional and Political Reform: Conditionality within the EMP’, EuroMeSCo Papers, Νο. 27, Euro-Mediterranean Study Commission, Lisbon, 2006, p. 10, 20, 48 and 50.

Sara Silvestri, ‘EU Relations with Islam in the Context of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership’s Cultural Dialogue’, Mediterranean Politics, 10:3, 2005, p. 385-405.

Stelios Stavrides, ‘El futuro de la cooperación parlamentaria en el Mediterráneo: el proceso de Barcelona’, Cuadernos Constitucionales de la Catedra Fadrique Furio Ceriol, No. 38/39, Valencia, 2002, p. 9 and 11.

Stelios Stavrides, ‘Democratic Conditionality Clause, Use of Sanctions and the Role of the European Parliament in the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership: A Preliminary Assessment’, Agora Without Frontiers, 9:4, 2004, p. 306.

Stelios Stavrides, ‘Dialogue among neighbours: the parliamentary dimension, or, How to strengthen cooperation between parliaments, civil society and academic institutions with the setting up of a network on ´parliamentary diplomacy’, Forum Universitari de la Mediterranea, Tarragona, 2-3 June 2005, p. 2.

Stelios Stavrides, ‘The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership: Perspectives from the Mediterranean EU Countries’, Mediterranean Politics, 13:1, 2008, p. 103-107.

Stelios Stavrides & Justin Hutchene, ‘The Foreign policy of a Civilian Power? The European Union in the Mediterranean’, in Stefania Panebianco (ed.), A New Euro-Mediterranean Cultural Identity, Frank Cass, London, 2003, p. 63.

Stelios Stavrides & Panagiota Manoli, ‘Comparing Experiences in Regional Parliamentarization in the Mediterranean and Black Sea Regions’, Agora Without Frontiers, 13:4, 2008, p. 274.

Stefanie Steinbichler, ‘The Barcelona Process. An Analysis of the Motivation and Functionality of the EMP with a Special Consideration of Historical Aspects of Demography and Migration’, paper presented at the international conference on ‘The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership: Perspectives from the Mediterranean EU Countries’, Institute of International Economic Relations and   Jean Monnet  European Centre of Excellence – Department of Sociology, University of Crete, Rethymno, p. 3-5.

Francesco Strazzari, ‘The Decade Horribilis: Organized Violence and Organized Crime along the Balkan Peripheries, 1991-2001’, Mediterranean Politics, 12:2, 2007, p. 185-209.

Hungdah Su, ‘The Dynamics of Widening on the Deepening of the European Union - The Constitutionalization of Enhanced Cooperation’, EurAmerica, 35:3, 2005, p. 525.

François Taglioni, Recherches sur les petits espaces insulaires et sur leurs organisations régionales, Vol. II, UFR de Géographie, Universite Paris IV-Sorbonne, 2003, p. 201.

Alfed Tovias, The Political Economy of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership in Comparative Perspective, Hebrew University Press, 2005, p. 24.

Alfed Tovias, ‘Economic Liberalism between Theory and Practice’, Paper 040504, Institute of European Studies, University of California, Berkeley, 2004, p. 31.

Alfed Tovias, ‘Israeli Policy Perspectives on the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership in the Context of EU Enlargement’, Mediterranean Politics, 8:2-3, 2003, p. 214-232.

Alfed Tovias, ‘Mapping Israel’s Policy Options Regarding Its Future Institutionalised Relations with the EU’, Working Paper, No. 3, Center for European Policy Studies, Brussels, 2003, p. 2.

Alfed Tovias, ‘The Emerging Euro-Mediterranean System’, Journal of European Integration, Book Reviews, 24:2, 2002, p. 163-5.

Alfed Tovias & Mehmet Ugur, ‘Can the EU Anchor Policy Reform in Third Countries?: An Analysis of the EMP’, European Union Politics, Νο. 5, 2004, p. 395-418.

Stacy D. VanDeveer, ‘Environmental Security: Conceptual Contestation and Empirical Evidence in the Mediterranean’ in Hans Günter Brauch (ed.), Security and Environment in the Mediterranean: Conceptualizing Security and International Conflicts, Springer, New York, 2003, p. 456.

Mehmet Ugur, ‘The Emerging Euro-Mediterranean System’, Journal of Southern Europe and the Balkans, Book Reviews, 4:2, 2002, p. 215-7.

Ertuğrul Uzun, ‘Avrupa Birliği’nin Akdeniz Politikası ve Barselona Sόreci’, Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 2003-2004, p. 4.

Peter G. Xuereb, ‘Solidarity under the Draft Constitution in and beyond an Enlarged EU – Cohesion with Differentiation under two-way Solidarity in the Pan-Euro-Med Area. or, “Doing With Others as We Do Among Ourselves”, or, Dialogue on What Basis?’, European Commission – DG EAC/Jean Monnet Project, Intercultural Dialogue, Brussels, 2004, p. 26.

Sean L. Yom &  Mohammad H. Al- Momani, ‘The international dimensions of authoritarian regime stability: Jordan in the post-Cold War era’, Arab Studies Quarterly,  Winter, 2008, p. 3.

Justyna  Zając, ‘Gospodarcze aspekty Procesu Barcelońskiego’, Studia Europejskie, Νο 4, 2001, p. 89.

Lior Zemer, ‘The Politics of Euro-Justice: Wider Europe Policy, The ECJ and the Rationale of Locus Standi’, Working Papers, The Centre for the Study of European Politics and Society, Ben Gurion University, 2005, p. 5.

Vladimνr Zuberec, ‘Rozvoj Democracie V Stredomoris EU Alebo Bez Nej’, Zahranicna Politica, No. 2, 2006, p. 23.

University of Crete (2003-2008)

As Adjunct Lecturer (2003-2007) and as a Lecturer since September 2007 at the Department of Political Science he was responsible of the courses: ‘Introduction to Political Science II- International Dimensions’, ‘Special Issues of International Relations’, ‘Euro-Mediterranean Relations’ and ‘Mediterranean Security’. Moreover, in the framework of the post-graduate program ‘Public and European Policies’ and in collaboration with D. N. Chryssochoou he has taught the course ‘The European Union in the International System’.

More analytically:

1. Introduction to Political Science II- International Dimensions

The scope of this very basic course lies in the creation of the necessary theoretical background for the classification and understanding of international political phenomena. The aim is to familiarize students with International Relations theory, methodology, and typology. More specifically it examines:

·        The theoretical nature of the International Relations (Realism - Neo-Realism - Idealism - Pluralism – Behavioralism- Post-Behavioralism - Neo-synthesis – Constructivism - Rationalism).

·        Theory Formation - Units and Levels of Analysis.

·        National Actors - Characteristics, Interests and Policies

·        International Organisation - Processes, Institutions, Organisations and Regimes.

·        Change, Order and Continuity in the International System

2. Special Issues of International Relations 

This course constitutes the sequel of the above mentioned introductory course, complementing it with more advanced study of International Relations. Particular emphasis is attributed to:

·        Contemporary theoretical debates in IR study.

·        Critical Geo-Politics.

·        Post Cold-War European Transition.

·        The US, International Governance and Global Hegemony.

·        Sovereignty, Supranational and Non-Governmental Organisations.

·        The New International Multilateralism.

·        Democracy and Human Rights.

·        The changing concept of security.

3. Euro-Mediterranean Relations

The aim of this course is the formation of a framework for the understanding of contemporary Euro-Mediterranean politico-economic and socio-cultural relations. The constituent elements of regional security complexity, the actors involved in the organisation of post-Cold War Euro-Mediterranean politics are examined explicitly. Thematic units:

• Complexity, Identity and Strategy in the Mediterranean.
• Regional Conflicts, Hard and Soft Security.
• Religious Fundamentalism and Modernity (Islam and the West).
• Regional Co-operation Frameworks and the role of the European powers.
• The European Union’s Mediterranean Policies (1961-1994).
• The Barcelona Process (1995-2004).
• The Mediterranean Dimension of European Security and Defence Policy.
• NATO’s Mediterranean Dialogue and the Greater Middle East Initiative.
• Change and Continuity in the Euro-Mediterranean System.

4. Mediterranean Security (2003-2007)

This course is complementary to the previous one, concentrating on the issue of regional security. Thematic units:

·               Mediterranean as a Conflict Theatre.

·               Military Dimensions of Regional Security.

·               The Arab-Israeli dispute and the Palestinian Issue.

·               Turkey – Egypt – Lebanon – Syria – Jordan.

·               Algeria – Morocco – Tunisia – Libya.

·               Democratisation and Good Governance.

·               Socio-economic Diamensions of Regional Security.

·               Demographic tendencies and immigration.

·               Religious, Cultural and Race Disputes.

·               Energy and Environmental Challenges.

5. Europe and the World

This course is focusing on Europe’s global role. The learning value lies, on the one hand, in understanding the European Union’s Common Foreign and Security Policy and External Relations, and on the other, in classifying its external priorities. Both internal and external frameworks of European strategies, as well as, the dynamics of different geographical frameworks, are examined explicitly. The comparative evaluation provides for a better understanding of European foreign and security policies. It examines:

• The EU as an International Actor.
• The Challenges of the Enlarged Europe.
• The New Europe in the Global Economy.

·        The Future of European Security and Defense.

·        EU relations with the US, Russia, Japan and China, Turkey, Balkans, the Mediterranean, Southeast Asia, ACP countries, and Latin America.

6. The European Union in the International System’ (post-graduate program ‘Public and European Policies’ in collaboration with D. N. Chryssochoou)

This course examines the impact of EU on the international political scene. It examines the impact of EU as an international actor and the importance of CFSP. This course focuses on the problems of this political sector of EU along with both the European development perspectives and their significance for European integration and international politics. Thematic units:

• The question of Global Europe.
• Civil Power and Global Competition.
• Europe and the Global Economy.

·        Commercial Policy and the WTO.

·        The European Security and Defense Policy and NATO.

·        European military advances.

·        EU’s aid for development and NGOs.

·        EU’s external relations.

Aegean University (2006-2007)

As adjunct lecturer at the Department of Mediterranean Studies he was responsible for the courses:

1. Introduction to International Relations

This introductory course aimed to create the necessary background for the study of international relations, i.e one of the three main majors of the Department. Students familiarized with the science of International Relations, through examining the most important theoretical approaches (Realism- Idealism- Behavioralism- Constructivism), the basic levels of analysis and the general characteristics of International Organization.

2. Regional Cooperation in the Black Sea and Caucasus

This course aimed at studying and comprehending the regional dynamics in the areas of the Black Sea and Caucasus, their interrelation with the Mediterranean area and with the regional developments, emerging after the end of the Cold War.

3. Euro-Mediterranean Relations

The aim of this course was to comprehend the contemporary state of international relations in the Mediterranean, emphasizing on the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership. Thematic units:

• The Role of the European Powers and the USA in the Mediterranean.
• Institutions and Regional Co operations in the Mediterranean
• The EU’s  Mediterranean Policies (1961-1994) and the Barcelona Process (1995-2005).
• The new European Neighborhood Policy.

4. Regional Security

The aim of this course was to comprehend the regional dynamics in the Mediterranean area in the light of security and geo-politics. Thematic units:

• Issues of Complexity, Identity and Strategy in the Mediterranean.
• Special Security Threats (underdevelopment, immigration, democratisation).
• Religious fundamentalism and και modernity in the Arab world.
• Military dimensions of regional security.
• The Arab-Israeli dispute and the Palestinian Issue.
• Democratization and Good Governance.
• Energy and environmental challenges.

Athens Panteio University (2005-2006)

As a scientific partner in the Post- Graduate Program Jean Monnet ‘European Law and Policy’ at the Department of International and European Studies and in cooperation with Prof. C. Stefanou, taught the course ‘Institutional and Political System of European Union: Theoretical Approaches’. The course focused on the European integration and its theoretical reflections. More specifically:

·        The economic, societal, political and cultural prerequisites of integration.

·        The dynamics of ‘standardized integration’ (historical and institutional), the neo-functional interconnection and the spill-over effect.

·        Lindbergh’s models of system transformation και incremental growth.

·        The impact of external indicators (international monetary instability, globalization), the interaction of integration and enlargement and the differentiated integration.

·        Decision- making patterns (liberal inter-governmentalism and the neo-institutional pattern).

·        Decision-making mechanisms (community legislation, external relations, CFSP, intergovernmental) and theoretical patterns.

·        Policy formation and the role of pressure groups and civil society.

·        The new flexible methods of co-operation (open method of co-ordination).

·        The ‘Law Community’ and the role of the Court of Justice in the ‘integration though law’.

·        Theories of support/rescue, Europeanization of the national state though EU membership.

·        The issue of legitimacy of political power (input / output legitimacy).

·        The federal model and the Draft Treaty establishing the European Constitution, the alternative institutional patterns and the debate on the political deficit.

National School of Public Administration (2003-2004)

As a Lecturer-Tutor at the 16^th Series of the School he taught the course ‘European Political System’ (ΚΦ-Μ07). The aim was to examine the major dimensions and policies of the European political system. More specifically:

·           The historic framework of European integration project.

·           EU Institutions - National and European frameworks.

·           Decision making and policy formation.

·           European policies and national public authorities.

·           Common Market and competition policy.

·           Regional and Structural Policies. Social Europe.

·           Environmental policy and the new agricultural perspective.