A policy paper co-authored by Tena Prelec, Nikolaos Tzifakis, and Dimitar Bechev on the geopolitical dimension of the Western Balkans’ green energy transition was just published by the Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group. The paper may be downloaded from the following page: https://biepag.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Green-Power-Politics-External-Actors-and-Energy-Transition-in-the-Western-Balkans.pdf
Nikolaos Tzifakis wrote a review of the book titled ‘A New Eastern Question? Great Powers and the Post-Yugoslav States‘, edited by Soeren Keil & Bernhard Stahl (ibidem-Verlag, 2023), for Southeastern Europe. The book review is published here: https://brill.com/view/journals/seeu/47/2-3/article-p381_010.xml.
Nikolaos Tzifakis gave a guest lecture on 18 December 2023, in the Association of Foreign Affairs of Lund. Title: “How to Cut the Gordian Knot in the Western Balkans? Understanding the Democracy, Development, and Stability Nexus” Lecture description: The EU is currently discussing the reinvigoration of its enlargement policy and Read more…
Οι ερευνητές της Έδρας Jean Monnet παρουσίασαν εισηγήσεις αναφορικά με ζητήματα διεθνών σχέσεων και ελληνικής εξωτερικής πολιτικής στο 5ο Τακτικό Συνέδριο του Τμήματος Πολιτικής Επιστήμης και Διεθνών Σχέσεων που διεξάχθηκε στο Λουτράκι από τις 15 ως τις 17 Δεκεμβρίου 2023. Για περισότερες πληροφορίες, βλέπε τον ιστότοπο του συνεδρίου: https://econtent.pedis.uop.gr/conference/ . Read more…
Nikolaos Tzifakis talked in the BiEPAG Talks podcast about the green energy transition of the Western Balkans and he discussed the findings of BiEPAG’s regional survey. You can hear the podcast here: https://t.co/ZKkEI6FWpR.
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Κυκλοφόρησε στην ελληνική γλώσσα από τις εκδόσεις Πεδίο το εγχειρίδιο των Stephan Keuleleire και Tom Delreux για την εξωτερική πολιτική της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης. Την επιστημονική επιμέλεια της μετάφρασης έκαναν οι καθηγητές Σπύρος Μπλαβούκος (Οικονομικό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών) και Νικόλαος Τζιφάκης (Πανεπιστήμιο Πελοποννήσου). Για περισσότερες πληροφορίες: https://www.pediobooks.gr/el/products/i-exoteriki-politiki-tis-evropaikis-enosis
Nikolaos Tzifakis participated as speaker in a roundtable discussion about the future of EU’s enlargement policy that was organized via video-conference, on 12 October 2023 by the Groupe d’Études Géopolitiques in partnership with Sciences Po’s Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics. For more info see here.
On 21 September, 40 participants representing municipalities, civil society organizations, and academia from South-Eastern Europe convened in Sarajevo to discuss the impacts of climate change and air pollution on health, and to explore local solutions. The meeting was organized by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Read more…
EU Enlargement and Reform (III): Greece’s “Duty to Guide”? A View from Athens, by Nikolaos Tzifakis & Panagiota Manoli, Internationale Politik Quarterly, No. 4, Fall 2023. Upon Greece’s initiative, a high-level summit on EU enlargement was recently organized in Athens. READ MORE.