Conferences and Workshops
‘Addressing Root Causes of
Conflict and Conflict Prevention Worldwide’, participation in a round table,
Jean Monnet/ECSA Conference 2016 on ‘EU Governance in Times of Global
Challenges’, 17-18 October 2016.
‘Inter-Organizational
Relations in a Nested Environment’, paper to be presented at the ETH Zurich
Conference on ‘Networked World” Multilateral Institutions in International
Security Governnace, Zurich, 6-7 November 2015.
‘The EU’s Role in Combating
Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons’, paper presented at the 9th
Pan-European Conference of International Relations, EISA, Sicily, 23-26
September 2015.
‘The Special Responsibility
of the Great Powers: Reflections on the Making of the UN Institutional
Structure’, Annual Conference of the British International History Group of
BISA, University of Kent, 10-12 September 2015.
International Workshop on
‘The EU Performance in the United Nations’, Athens, 13-14 February 2015
(co-organizer).
Workshop on ‘The EU
Performance at the UN General Assembly’, 27 May Athens (co-organizer).
‘The Interplay between
General and Special Responsibility: Reflections on the UN Security
Structures’, paper presented at the Annual Conference of the BISA
International History Group, London, LSE, 7-8 September 2014.
‘Capturing the EU
Performance in IOs: The Politics of UNGA Resolution 65/276”, International
Workshop on ‘The EU Performance at the United Nations’, Athens, 13-14
February 2015.
EISA Exploratory Symposia,
Excelsior Palace Hotel, Rapallo, Italy, 29 October – 1 November, 2014.
‘Evaluating EU Performance:
The Case of the 2010 NPT Review Conference’, paper presented at the 2nd
European Workshops in International Studies, EISA, Izmir, Turkey, 21-24 May
2014.
‘The Interplay between
General and Special Responsibility: Reflections on the UN Security
Structures’, paper presented at the Annual Conference of the BISA
International History Group, London, LSE, 7-8 September 2014.
Co-Chair of a conference
section (consisting of 5 panels) on ‘Revisiting the European Security
Strategy. Ten Years After’, ECPR/SGIR 8th Pan-European Conference on
International Relations, 18-21 September 2013 .
‘The Role of China in the
United Nations’ in the workshop ‘China and “the Others”. Continuity and
Discontinuity in China’s Relations with Europe and the World’, organized by
the Dept of Politics and International Relations, University of Peloponnese
and the Dept. of Political Science and Public Administration, University of
Athens, 7 December 2012.
‘Assessing the EU Strategy
on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons’, 1st SGIR/EISA Exploratory
Workshop, Rhodes, 25-27 October 2012.
‘Reciprocity as Bargaining
Strategy of EU in its Negotiations with Iran: A Case Study in Failure?’,
paper presented at the Annual CISS Conference on ‘Between the Global and the
Regional: Actors, Processes and Institutions’, Prague, 24-26 June 2012
(paper tabled not presented).
‘The Role of Greece in the
EU Institutions: The Case of the EU Presidency’, Hellenic University
Association of European Studies Conference, Athens, 31 May 2012.
‘Neutrality and European
Integration. What Liew Ahead?’ Paper presented at the conference on
‘Comparing and Contrasting Europeanization: Concepts and Experiences’,
organised by the Institute of International Economic Relations and the
Hellenic Observatory of LSE, Athens, 14-16 May 2012.
‘Synergistic Linkages
between Nested IO’s: The United Nations and the European Union Sanction
Policy’, Inter-Organisationalism in International Relations: Theories and
cases, International Expert Workshop, Vesalius College & Institute for
European Studies, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), 27-28 January 2012.
Seminar on ‘The EU
bargaining Strategy in its Negotiations with Iran’, EU PhD Summer School
‘The EU in Global Affairs’, University of Crete, Dept. of Political Science,
September 2011.
‘How the Soviets Called the
Western powers’ Bluff in the UN Disarmament Negotations: 1954-1955’, paper
presented at the Annual conference of the British International History
group, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, 8-10 September 2011.
‘Do the UN Sanctions
Strengthen the International Presence of the EU?’, paper presented at the
Third International Global Studies Conference, Porto, Portugal, 17-20 August
2011.
‘Do the UN Sanctions
Strengthen the International Presence of the EU?’, paper presented at the
18th International Conference of Europeanists, , Barcelona, Spain, 20-22
June 2011.
‘In Quest for a Stronger EU
Presence in the UN Security Council’, paper presented at the international
conference on ‘Effective Multilateralism: The EU and other International
Institutions’, Loughborough University, Center for the Study of
International Governance, 13-14 January 2011.
‘The EU and the UN Security
Council Reform: A Missed Opportunity or a Blessing in Disguise?’, paper
presented at the International Conference on ‘Europe in Global Governance:
Performance, Reform, Power’, Rapalo, Italy, 29 October-1 November 2010.
‘Accounting for Foreign
Policy Change: The Role of Policy Entrepreneurs’, paper presented at the
bi-annual conference of the Standing Group for International Relations of
the ECPR, Stockholm, September 2010.
'The EU Neutrals and
Security Integration: What Lies Ahead?', 10th International CISS Millennium
Conference, Venice, Italy, 4-6 July 2010.
‘Assessing the EU
Performance in the United Nations: The Case of the UN Security Council
reform’, paper presented at the GARNET Conference on ‘The European Union in
International Affairs, Brussels, 22-24 April 2010 (with S. Blavoukos).
‘The EU-27 and the UNSC
Reform Debate: Testing the ‘Effective Multilateralism’ Rhetoric’, paper
presented at the Delphi International Workshop on ‘The EU Presence in
International Organisations’, Delphi, 12-13 June 2009 (with S. Blavoukos).
‘Neutrals and the
Development of CFSP-ESDP: Any Contribution at All?", paper presented at the
Conference on 'Neutrality and European Security Governance during and after
the Cold War’, Cyprus Center for European and International Affairs,
Nicosia, 6-7 April 2009 (with S. Blavoukos).
‘Identifying Parameters for
Foreign Policy Change: A Synthetic Approach’, paper presented at the Annual
Conference of the International Studies Association, New York, 14-18
February 2009 (with S. Blavoukos).
‘Autonomous Chairs in UN
Multilateral Negotiations’ paper presented at the World International
Studies Committee (WISC) Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 23-26 July 2008
(jointly with S. Blavoukos).
“Greek Conditionality
Policy in the EU: The case of Turkey’s Accession’, paper presented at the
18th International Millennium Conference, Paris, 14-16 June 2008.
‘Can expansion lead to a
more efficient UN Security Council? A Veto-Players Analysis’ in the ECPR/SGIR
6th Pan-European Conference on International Relations , Turin, Italy, 15-17
September 2007 (with A. Alexopoulos).
‘A New Presidency for the
EU’, paper presented in International Conference on Debating Europe: The New
Research Agenda, Hellenic Center for European Studies (EKEM), June 2006,
Delphi (with S. Blavoukos and G. Pagoulatos).
‘The Role of the Chair in
Multilateral Negotiations in the UN Context’, First Global International
Studies Conference, Istanbul, Bilgi University, 24 – 27 August 2005.
‘From Perverse to Effective
Institutionalism? NATO, EU and the Greek-Turkish Conflict’, International
Conference on ‘Assessing Multilateralism in the Security Domaim’, 3-5 June,
Delphi (with P. Tsakonas).
‘Continuity and Change in
the Post-Constitution EU Presidency: A New Actor in Town?’, EUSA- Ninth
Biennial International Conference, Austin, Texas, 31 March-2 April 2005.
‘Thucydidies as a source of
Diplomacy: Ambassadors, Consuls, Messengers and Diplomatic Practice in the
Greek city-states system’, International Conference on ‘Foreign Relations
and Diplomacy in the Ancient World’, University of Aegean, 3-5 December 2004
.
Discussant, panel ‘The
United Nations in the context of the New World Order’, Fifth Pan-European
International Relations Conference on ‘Constructing New World Orders’, 9-11
September 2004, The Hague, Netherlands.
‘EU Representation in the
UN: Debate and Outcomes’, Annual conference of the British International
Studies Association (BISA), 19-21 December 2001 (with S. Blavoukos), paper
tabled.
Guest speaker, ‘The role of
the UN in international security’, 2000 World Model United Nations, Athens,
26 March 2000.
‘Enhanced Cooperation
Between the UN and Regional Organizations in Security Issues’, 1998 IFAC
Conference on Supplementary Ways for Improving International Stability,
Bucharest, 14-16 May 1998.
‘The Relationship between
Disarmament and Development in the UN’, International Conference on ‘The
Role of the United Nations in the Post-Cold War Era’, Panteion University,
May 1996.
‘Creating Conditions for
Stability in the Balkans’, 1995 IFAC Conference on Supplementary Ways for
Improving International Stability, Vienna, 29 September –1 October 1995.
‘Peacekeeping and
Peacemaking: Some Lessons from the Field’, International Workshop on ‘New
Tasks for the United Nations’, International Institute for Peace, Vienna,
15-17 April 1994.
‘Purchasing Loyalty: Greece
and the European Union’, International Conference on ‘Economic Integration
and Public Policy: NAFTA, the European Union and Beyond”, York University,
Toronto, 27-29 May 1994.
‘The idea of Democracy:
Component part of Europe’s Cultural Entirety’, International Conference
‘From Democratic Deficit to an Europe for the Citizens’, Notre-Dame
University, Namur, Belgium, 7-9 July 1994.
Chairman, panel ‘Japan, the
UN Security Council and International Peacekeeping’, International Workshop
on ‘The Politics of European-Japanese Relations in the mid-1990s’,
University of Reading, 14-15 December 1994.
‘Nuclear Disarmament Policy
in the UN: Anglo-American Cooperation 1945-1946’, 5th Annual Conference of
the British International History Group, University of West of England,
Bristol, 16-18 September 1993.
‘The United Nations and
Disarmament Implications of Democratization’, Political Studies Association
(PSA) Conference, University of Lancaster, 15-17 March 1991.
‘The Role of the United Nations in the Disarmament Affairs: Change or Continuity?’, British International Studies Association (BISA), University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 17-19 December 1990.