Issue 9 2011
THE HELLENIC OBSERVATORY 2011 Newsletter
• The launch of a new blog on Greece Editorial ‘Greece@LSE’ [p.14]. • A series of public debates at the Whither Greece? Over the last year, LSE: with George Papaconstantinou, what started as a sovereign debt prob Anna Diamantopoulou, Heracles Polemarchakis; Costas Meghir; INSIDE THIS ISSUE lem has developed into a political and social, as well as economic, crisis of a Nicos Christodoulakis; Yannos Pa pantoniou and others [p.2 5]. Editorial 1 deep, systemic character. Greece is thus the case that combines several • A series of HO publications on the Annual Lecture by agendas: the future governance and crisis: for example, GreeSE Special 2 G. Papaconstantinou inclusivity of the euro zone; the feasi Issue ‘The Greek crisis in focus: Public Lecture by bility of a state to handle such debt Austerity, Recession and paths to 3 A. Diamantopoulou levels and to return to growth; the so Recovery, edited by Vassilis Mo cial costs and the challenge to legitima The 5th Biennial nastiriotis [p.11]. 4 PhD Symposium cy of coping with far reaching austerity • HO staff has frequently contributed measures; the effectiveness of leader Academic Debate to the international media on the 5 ship by the political class, etc. These on the Greek bail-out Greek crisis and its implications, are issues wider than the Greek case Joint Conference from Australia to Russia; France to 6 alone. with the BSA the USA [p.14]. The dramatic events in Athens during Public Lecture 6 the summer have been well publicised by Costas Simitis across the world’s media. Indeed, the Joint Conference 7 foreign media has reported on Greece with Fondafip & NBG more than other EU states in crisis. Public Lecture by 7 Many may dispute the picture commu Lord Layard nicated: have the protestors in the Research Seminars streets been used to give a distorted 8 2010-11 public voice, for example? The events have also led to much introspection ACGTA Seminars At the same time, the Observatory has 8 2010-11 within Greece if not despondency is sustained its longer term mission. We this a wake up call or an over reaction? Research Seminars have, for example: 9 How are we to understand and put into 2011-12 • proper perspective these different di Welcomed academic visitors from LSEE - Research on Greece, contributing their research 9 mensions of the crisis? Southeastern Europe and expertise, and prepared to wel Against such a background, the raison come others in the coming year Research at the d'être of the HO can never have been 10 [p.12 & 13]. Hellenic Observatory stronger. The LSE’s own motto rerum • GreeSE Papers cognoscere causas (to know the causes Appointed the new Andreas 11 2010-11 of things) applies so well to the mission Hadjiyiannis Fellowship on Cyprus Research Fellows of the Observatory. [p.15]. 12 2010-11 • Held our 5 th Hellenic Observatory Research & PhD Symposium on Greece and Cy 13 Visiting Fellowships prus [p.4].
News, • 14 Co organised public lectures in Ath Research Grants etc. ens with Costas Simitis [p.6] and Donors & Lord Layard [p.7]. 15 Advisory Board The Observatory is fulfilling its mission Forthcoming 16 and meeting the challenges of these Events difficult times. We are determined to Who’s Who 16 This year’s newsletter reports our re continue to do so and we invite you to sponses to the crisis in Greece. It also join us in our activities. records how the Observatory has sus tained its longer term mission. Kevin Featherstone A few highlights are: Director Spyros Economides Deputy Director Page 2 THE HELLENIC OBSERVATORY
ANNUAL LECTURE Greece is Changing Dr George Papaconstantinou, Former Minister of Finance, Greece
Very early in the 2010 11 Minister academic year, we had the George Papaconstantinou
pleasure of hosting Dr George Papaconstantinou, then Minister of Finance of the Hellenic Republic, for our annual HO lecture. The presence of this particular guest could not have been more timely. Greece was
the epicentre of momentous
events in Europe: the Greek economy was the focus of the world’s attention. As a result, there was immense interest from the students the way forward. He accept to Dr Papaconstantinou and staff of the LSE, as well ed that delays in accepting were tough and the debate as among an extensive as and dealing with fiscal tur robust. sembly of print and broad moil simply exacerbated the The main topics which the cast journalists, present at problem and that adaptation audience wished to the Sheikh Zayed Lecture was a key part of the sur discuss were not unex Theatre, on the 8th Novem vival strategy. Dr Papacon pected. Some related to the ber, to listen to and ques stantinou, wishing to share build up to the Greek crisis: tion the Minister on the pro the burden of the crisis with had governments, for exam spects of the Greek econo other actors, suggested to ple, manipulated fiscal data? my. the audience that the Euro The question of revenue generation and tax evasion, always near the top of the agenda when discussing the Greek plans to deal with the crisis, was also raised and debated. Dr Papaconstan tinou’s reforms were also questioned in a different A page dedicated to this way: didn’t the harshness of event is available at the austerity measures im http://www2.lse.ac.uk/ posed by his government europeanInstitute/ threaten a deeper recession research/ hellenicObservatory/ in the Greek economy ra Events/pubLectures/ ther than provide the basis papaconst2010.aspx for recovery and growth? From left to right: Prof. Kevin Featherstone; Not surprisingly, an audi H.E. Ambassador Aristides Sandis; Deputy Director Stuart Corbridge; Minister George Papaconstantinou; Dr Spyros Economides & ence which included many Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis Greek students and mem bers of the broader Greek The evening proceeded in pean Union too had lessons London community was the form of a dialogue to learn from the situation keen to hear the Minister’s chaired by the Observatory that Greece now found itself views on whether the Greek Director, Professor Kevin and that solutions could only economic crisis would lead Featherstone. Dr Papacon be found in tandem and to a brain drain of talent stantinou opened the dia with the support of Greece’s from Greece thus worsening logue with a short set of Eurozone partners. the conditions for a success introductory comments in ful recovery. The Minister’s Professor Featherstone be which he laid out his gov replies were robust and di gan the discussion session ernment’s strategy for tack rect, and he did not shy by posing a set of questions ling the immense debt and away from tackling the most to the Minister, which had deficit problems facing difficult questions. This was been earlier submitted by an evening rippling with Greece. He stressed that LSE students. Then followed expectation (and some ten short term measures would a broader dialogue between sion), and it proved that be insufficient in tackling the Minister and the audi serious and informed dia Greece’s problems and that ence. The questioning was logue was possible even in long term deep reform was direct, the comments made times of extreme crisis. Issue 9 2011 Newsletter Page 3
PUBLIC LECTURE The Role of Education in Greece's Recovery Mrs Anna Diamantopoulou, Minister for Education, Lifelong Learning & Religious Affairs, Greece
The Greek Minister for Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs, Mrs Anna Dia mantopoulou, spoke on ‘The role of education in Greece’s economic re The Greek Deputy covery’ at the LSE on Minister of Education , Wednesday, 2 February Ms Evi Christofilopoulou , 2011. returned to her alma mater Her theme was very when she visited the LSE on 13 January 2011, for a topical: with continued private meeting with debate on Greece’s debt members of the academic crisis, a student occupa staff. Taking the tion of part of the Uni Minister Anna Diamantopoulou opportunity of a bilateral versity of Athens, and visit to her UK counterparts, repeated street protests. she stopped off at the There was also a small agement, a global image change Education, we School to discuss patterns tarnished by lack of change Greece’. Indeed, of education reform in both protest outside the thea countries. tre at the LSE. There credibility and transpar ‘What education can do was much speculation as ency, no credit faith, for Greece, the Memo to what proposals for decreasing competitive randum of Understand university reform the ness and growing skepti ing with the ECB, the Minister might bring cism on and off the rec European Commission forward, after her priori ord from our EU part and the IMF cannot do’, tisation of changes to ners. All of the above she argued. The aim is the state school sector in were linked with failed to bring Greek higher 2009. policies, a deeply rooted education into the 21st Quoting Charles Dickens, clientelistic system century. ‘We have the she noted that her sub which hindered reform, will and we have a plan’, ject combined two of his while protecting special she declared. She elab best known titles: ‘Hard interests linked to the orated five basic objec election cycle. tives: Times’ and ‘Great Expec tations’. She began by As we may all agree, • To bring Greek higher setting the context of that was obviously not a education into the the economic crisis: good starting point. international main stream (with student
A packed Sheikh Zayed Theatre and staff exchanges, joint programmes, etc.). • To turn universities towards societal and market needs. • To allocate public funding in relation to evaluation and ap praisal systems. • To modernize the ad ministrative structure of the universities.
• To facilitate effective A page dedicated to this When speaking about Great challenges were study by students of event is available at the Greek economy, it is soon enough knocking all ages so that they http://lse.ac.uk/ integral to recall the on our door. We needed hellenicObservatory/ can make a difference. situation the present to address them in a Events/pubLectures/ government inherited a fast, efficient and pro The realization of her Diamantopoulou_2011.as little more than a year ductive way. plan would establish a px ago: an overwhelming The Minister then devel competitive education national debt resulting oped her theme: her system for a country from chronic misman motto, she said, was ‘We ‘ready to move on’. Page 4 THE HELLENIC OBSERVATORY
5th BIENNIAL HELLENIC OBSERVATORY PhD SYMPOSIUM on Contemporary Greece and Cyprus
On 2 & 3 June 2011, the HO in the particular field. This rope. While Professor Hera held its 5 th PhD Symposium allow for a guided discussion clides, an international rela on Contemporary Greece to offer the presenters feed tions specialist from Pan and Cyprus. This biennial back both from an informed teion University in Athens, presented his most recent research on Greek Turkish relations. Finally, Professor Kevin Featherstone, Director of the Hellenic Observatory, also held a plenary session on how to prepare a PhD a session which is much ap preciated by PhD students. The PhD Symposium has become a central event in the Hellenic Observatory’s calendar and continues to attract large numbers of highly enthusiastic students Symposium Group Photo to participate in its panels and plenary sessions; we feel it has become one of event continues to be one of audience and from an ex the most important interna the most significant and pert in their narrower sub tional meeting for PhD stu popular among PhD stu ject area. dents working on contempo dents working on contempo Traditionally, the HO PhD rary Greece in the social rary Greece and Cyprus, Symposium is also punctu sciences. As with all such enabling them not only to ated by plenary sessions in major events we are grate present their doctoral re which we invite notable aca ful to all the participants but search to an informed audi demics to speak about topi also those sponsors and ence, but also to network cal issues in contemporary collaborators who enable us with other students working social science research to hold this symposium. A in their field from other in (related to Greece and Cy major vote of thanks must stitutions, and to discuss prus). This year we had the go to the Greek Ministry of their work with established great pleasure of hosting Education, and especially it’s academics in their discipline. two eminent scholars in National Youth Foundation, Over a day and half, 57 their particular fields, Pro for sponsoring the event, as doctoral research students fessors Herakles Pole well as to those colleagues from around the UK, Europe marchakis and Alexis Hera from around the UK who and beyond, had the oppor tunity to present and dis cuss their work in dedicated panels. These panels cov ered a wide range of subject areas and interests, ranging from applied economics to international relations; from migration and minorities to information technologies. It The presentations, podcasts & papers is an essential ingredient of of the Symposium the Symposium that we can be found at cover the broadest possible http:// range of disciplines in the hellenicObservatory/ social sciences. The format Events/ has also remained constant phd_Symposia/5thSympo Keynote Speaker Keynote Speaker Prof. Alexis Heraclides sium/5th_symposium_m over time – and has proved Prof. Herakles Polemarchakis ain.aspx worthwhile for students and clides. Professor Pole devoted their precious time faculty alike: panel presen marchakis, an economist to chair panels and ex tations are followed by a from the University of War change views with the par discussion session which is wick, spoke on the current ticipating students. chaired by an established Greek sovereign debt crisis academic with an expertise and its implications for Eu Issue 9 2011 Newsletter Page 5
ACADEMIC DEBATE The Greek bail-out one year on: how can Greece return to growth?
A year on from the initial Prof. Kevin Featherstone and Panel Discussants in the LSE’s Old Theatre bail out agreement between Greece and the EU/IMF, the HO marked the occasion by holding a public debate on the subject. The event was entitled, ‘The Greek bail out one year on: how can Greece return to growth?’, and was held in the LSE’s Old Theatre on 3 May 2011. The evening was chaired by Professor Nicos Christodou lakis, a recent Senior Re search Fellow at the Hellenic Observatory with a vast academic and policy making bate. Professor Meghir laid wide range of policy sectors, experience. The two guests out, in an extremely cogent not only in the narrow fis participating in the debate and detailed fashion, the set cal/economic framework. were Professor Costas Me of reforms that he thought Professor Polemarchakis ghir, Professor of Economics should be undertaken if took a different line, con at University College Lon Greece had any chance of centrating more narrowly on don; and now Yale Universi growing its way out of the the Memorandum itself and its implementation. He
pointed out the essential flaws, as he saw them, in the Memorandum and also
the government’s problems in attempting to implement the reforms and austerity
measures.
The discussion which ensued was, at times, heated but constructive and enlighten
ing. It was obvious from the question and answer session that there existed a gap
between what could be achieved in the shorter term to meet the immediate crisis
and what ought to be current crisis and into a ty, and Professor Herakles achieved in the longer term phase of sustained recovery. Polemarchakis, Professor of to ensure sustainable The emphasis was very Economics at the University growth. much on the need for sus of Warwick. tained and deep reform of a The aim of the debate was to take stock of the year since the Memorandum of Understanding was signed and the €110 billion facility A page dedicated to this was agreed. Our guests event is available at were tasked with not only http://www2.lse.ac.uk/ considering what, if any europeanInstitute/ thing, had been achieved in research/ that year, but also propos hellenicObservatory/ Events/otherEvents/ ing what in their mind could Academic_Debate_Greek_ be the magic formula to bail_out_May_2011.aspx promote a Greek economic recovery.
Indeed, it was the medium From left to right: Prof. Costas Meghir, and long term that dominat Prof. Herakles Polemarchakis & Prof. Nicos Christodoulakis ed the early part of the de Page 6 THE HELLENIC OBSERVATORY
JOINT CONFERENCE on Changing Conceptions of "Europe" in Modern Greece: Identities, Meanings & Legitimation
The British School at Athens The following papers were goulatos , Athens Univer has a long and distinguished delivered: sity of Economics & Busi history of supporting schol ness. • Imagining Europe by arship on Greece. • Professor Kevin Feath- Contesting Greek Excep erstone , LSE. tionalism: the political economy of the current • Greece and Europe – crisis by Professor Eu- Progress and Civilisation, clid Tsakalotos , Athens 1890s 1920s by Sir Mi- University of Economics & chael Llewellyn-Smith . Business.
The School’s current Direc tor, Professor Cathy Morgan, hosted a workshop on 28 29 January 2011 organized in conjunction with the Hellenic Observatory. The purpose was to examine through the lenses of different aca demic disciplines how the conception of ‘Europe’ in modern Greece has changed over time and the extent to
which it has shown variation From left to right: H.E. Ambassador David Landsman; between different parts of Sir Michael Llewellyn Smith; Prof. Kevin Featherstone; society. The workshop ex Former Prime Minister Costas Simitis & Dr Yannos Papantoniou plored the meanings of • Versions of Europe in the • Time and Modernity: ‘Europe’ in different contexts Greek literary imagina Changing Greek Percep and the extent to which it tion (1929 1961) by Pro- tions of Personal Identity served as a modernizing fessor Roderick Bea- in the Context of Europe point of reference; how it ton , King’s College Lon by Professor Renee had impacted upon identi don. ties; and, how it had offered Hirschon , St. Peter’s • 'Europe', 'Turkey' and legitimation to various social College, Oxford. Greek self identity: The agendas. • The vicissitudes of identi
ty in a divided society: The case of the Muslim
minority in Western Thrace by Professor Thalia Dragonas , Secre A page dedicated to this tary, Ministry of Educa event is available at tion, Lifelong Learning http://www2.lse.ac.uk/ europeanInstitute/ and Religious Affairs. research/ On the evening of the first hellenicObservatory/ day, the British Ambassador Events/Conferences/ BSA_conference_2011/ to Athens, Dr. David Lands BSA_Conference_2011.as man, himself a noted Hel
px lenist, hosted a lecture at his historic residence given by former Greek Prime Former Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis Minister, Costas Simitis . Dr. Simitis addressed the Participation in the Work antinomies of ‘mutual theme of ‘European Chal shop was by invitation only. perceptions' by Profes- lenges in a time of crisis’. A Speakers at the conference sor Stefanos Pesma- reception and dinner fol were noted specialists from zoglou , Panteion Univer lowed. both Greece and the UK and sity Athens. Following the Workshop, the they ranged across the hu • The European Union and papers are to appear in a manities and the social sci the Political Economy of new edited volume to be ences. the Greek State by Pro- published in 2012. fessor Georgios Pa- Issue 9 2011 Newsletter Page 7
JOINT CONFERENCE Public financial management in times of crisis: fiscal realities and management challenges in Greece
In October 2010 the Hellenic ropean Court of Auditors; of Greece and to the rele Observatory, in collabora and others. The conference vance of the European ex tion with the Paris based focused on the link between perience to this case. Con Association for the Interna fiscal governance and budg tributions in the conference tional Foundation of Public etary outcomes. In this, it highlighted the role of audit examined both the financial and accountability systems and fiscal restraints result for improving fiscal perfor ing from the current crisis mance, as well as the im
(with their strong impact on portance of a robust legal long term sustainability of framework that will provide public finances) and on the transparency, independence ca and Finance (FONDAFIP), organ ised an international confer ence on ‘Public Financial Management in Times of Crisis: Fiscal Realities and More details about the Management Challenges in conference and copies Greece and the EU’. of the presentations The conference, which was can be found at http:// co sponsored by the Nation hellenicObservatory/ al Bank of Greece, attracted Events/Conferences/ a large and diverse audience PFM_Conference_2010.as for a day of lively discussion px and debate, following the presentations of a series of experts and policy figures, including Prof. V. Rapanos, Chairman of the Board at ‘Welcome Speech’ by Prof. Kevin Featherstone, LSE Shaw Library the National Bank of Greece pacity of different systems and Professor at the Univer credible constraints to fiscal of fiscal governance to sup sity of Athens; Prof. N. policy. port the attainment of Christodoulakis, former Fi The conference was organ sound budgetary positions nance Minister and Professor ised at the initiative of for in the EU Member States. at the Economics University mer HO Fellow (under the A. of Athens; Prof. M. Esclas Although the presentations C. Laskaridis Post doctoral san, Professor at the Univer covered the experience of a Fellowship) Dr Efi Vraniali. sity of Paris 1 Panthéon range of European countries One of the papers presented Sorbonne and Secretary (France, Germany, Poland, at the conference was pub General of FONDAFIP; Dr I. UK and others), special at lished in June 2011 as Samras, Member of the Eu tention was paid to the case GreeSE Paper No 48. Lord Layard spreads the ‘economics of happiness’ LSE Economics Professor, policy would be more round part the utilitarians of old. Lord (Richard) Layard, was ed if it considered what One example he cited were the guest of honor at a Eu made the greatest number the lamentable levels of robank Forum event in spending on mental Athens on Monday, 13 health in many West December 2010, held ern countries. at ‘Pallas Athena’, The lecture was held in Headquarters of the conjunction with Euro John S. Latsis Public bank EFG Group, Eco Benefit Foundation. nomia Group and the The Forum has hosted Hellenic Observatory. a number of distin The Forum welcomed a guished international large number of guests speakers. His lecture and the lecture was was entitled, From left to right: Mr Nicholas Nanopoulos; followed by a Q&A, ‘Happiness and Public Ms Alexandra Vovolini; Lord Layard; Baroness Meacher; then by dinner hosted Policy’. Rather than the Mr Antonis Papayiannidis & Prof. Kevin Featherstone by Efthimios Christod relentless pursuit of olou and Nikos Nanopoulos growth and material well of individuals in society of Eurobank. being, he argued that public most ‘happy’, echoing in Page 8 THE HELLENIC OBSERVATORY
RESEARCH SEMINARS 2010-11
The Research Seminar se ries remains at the core of the HO’s public events. It is
the occasion on which visit ing researchers and guest speakers have the oppor tunity to present and dis cuss their on going research with HO/LSE students and
staff, as well as members of other London colleges and the broader London Greek community. Again this year we had presentations on a
wide range of topics includ Prof. Ghikas Hardouvelis & Prof. Kevin Featherstone ing economics, politics and international relations. Given the sovereign debt crisis from five different was reflected in the remain crisis that Greece found speakers from the HO and der of the programme which itself in, it was inevitable beyond, covering different included presentations on that the seminar series economic angles of the crisis the Greek Taxation Infor would reflect the gravity of as well as the political di mation System; Greek the situation. We had mension. But the diverse Turkish Relations; the Greek presentations on the debt nature of the HO’s interests Communist Party 1987 1991; the Eden Dill Mission to Greece (1941), and the
Greek Prime Ministers and the constraints on govern Details on these ing. Seminars & copies of the presentations This was an extremely rich can be found at programme drawing in a http://www2.lse.ac.uk/ diverse audience to match europeanInstitute/ the range of speakers and
research/ their expertise. Tuesday hellenicObservatory/ nights remain reserved for Events/seminars/
seminarsMain.aspx the HO seminars, which meet on a fortnightly basis, and we expect to welcome you there in the new aca
Prof. Kevin Featherstone’s Seminar ‘Hollow at the Core? demic session! Greek Prime Ministers and the Constraints on Governing’
LSEE
LSEE, the European Insti Over the last year, LSEE deputy Prime Minister tute’s dedicated research has also hosted a number and Finance Minister and unit on South Eastern Eu of public events, some as a workshop on environ rope is set to mark its se part of our regular re mental governance in the cond birthday, having been search seminar pro region. established in September gramme, the LSEE Visiting 2009. Speaker series. LSEE has This second year of activi also initiated a major event For more information on ties has built on the suc series focusing on Romania our research programme, cesses of the first, with in a regional context and publications, forthcoming busy research and events commemorating the name events, as well as schedules. of former LSE scholar, the podcasts and galleries of late Professor Ghita Iones past events, please visit On the research side, cu which was opened by our website: http:// members of LSEE are www2.lse.ac.uk/ working on a number of on His Excellency Mr Traian europeanInstitute/ going research projects Băsescu, the President of research/LSEE/ which are expected to re Romania . Other LSEE Home.aspx sult in journal articles, events have included a H.E. Traian Băsescu, books and other publica public lecture by Dr Sime President of Romania tions. on Djankov, Bulgarian Issue 9 2011 Newsletter Page 9
RESEARCH & POLICY SEMINARS 2011-12 For one more year the seminars will cover a wide range of themes and disciplinary approaches that will vary across politics, public policy, economics, history and international relations. The list of speakers includes presentations by our new Research Fellows, HO members of staff, as well as, external experts. Titles are provisional and will be finalised nearer the seminar date.
Michaelmas Term Lent Term
11 October 2011 The final programme of 17 January 2012 Yannis Valinakis , HO Senior Research Fel our 2010/11 seminars low & Professor of International Relations/ Dimitris Venieris , HO Visiting Senior Fellow, will be available Jean Monnet Professor of European Diploma Associate Professor of Social Policy, University in October on the HO website at cy, University of Athens. of Peloponnese. ‘Social Policy and Social Justice in Greece: the http://www.lse.ac.uk/ ‘Greece's European Policy Making’ collections/ unfair deficit’ hellenicObservatory/ 25 October 2011 Events/Seminars/ Dimitris Micharikopoulos , Senior Advisor, 31 January 2012 Seminars_main.htm Greek Social Insurance Institute (IKA ETAM). Rebecca Bryant , HO Senior Research Fellow, ‘The current reform of IKA and the reestab Associate Professor of Anthropology, George lishment of Social Insurance Mason University. credibility in Greece Reconciling social di ‘Suing for Peace? The Property Puzzle and the lemmas and funding challenges’ Cyprus Negotiations’
8 November 2011 14 February 2012 Vasilis Leontitsis , HO Research Fellow. Athanasia Chalari , A.C. Laskaridis Post ‘The "Callicrates" reform: Transforming Greek Doctoral Fellow; Lecturer in Sociology, Uni local government in the years of austerity’ versity of Manchester. This Seminar has been cancelled and will be ‘Social change in modern Greece: the contri re scheduled for a later date bution of young generation to a new social 22 November 2011 reality’ Theodoros Papadopoulos , Lecturer in So cial Policy, University of Bath. 28 February 2012 'Familistic welfare capitalism in Greece: from Spyros Kosmidis , HO Research Fellow the crisis of social reproduction to the emer ‘Democratic Accountability in Greece’ gence of a political economy of generalised insecurity' 13 March 2012 Theofanis Exadaktylos , HO Research Fellow 28 November 2011 & Lecturer in European Politics, University of Yannos Papantoniou , Former Minister of Surrey. National Economy, Greece, 1994 2003 ‘Pushing the EU borders to the East: The Eu ‘Greece's Economy: Crisis and Exit Strategies’ ropeanization of Greek Foreign Policy in the aftermath of the Eastern Enlargement’ 6 December 2011 Yanis Varoufakis , Professor of Economics, University of Athens. ‘Of Debts and Denial: The Greek Crisis in the All HO Seminars are open to the public context of the post 2008 world’
Venue: Cañada Blanch Room (COW1.11, 1st floor), Cowdray House, Portugal Street, European Institute, LSE, London WC2A 2AE Time: 18:15 19:45 For the LSE campus map go to http://www2.lse.ac.uk/mapsAndDirections/LSE_CampusMap2010.pdf
Association for Cypriot, Greek and Turkish Affairs (ACGTA) 2010 11 events 13 May 2011 ‘Greek Turkish Détente’ by Professor Alexis Heraclides
20 April 2011 ‘British American diplomacy surrounding the Turkish invasion of Cyprus of July 1974 and its af termath’ by Dr Andreas Constandinos
18 March 2011 ‘Peacebuilding in Cyprus and the struggles of women’ by Dr Maria Hadjipavlou
3 March 2011 ‘Recent developments in European Court decisions on property claims by Greek Cypriot owners’ by Mr Constantis Candounas
12 November 2010 ‘Cyprus: Missed Opportunities and a Bleak Future?’ by Professor Clement Dodd Page 10 THE HELLENIC OBSERVATORY
Research at the Hellenic Observatory
Amidst many other activi Crisis: a new dawn or back Dr Panagiotidis has pro ties, this year we have actu to business as usual?’, pub duced a number of papers ally managed to put in some lished by our sister institu (published or forthcoming) research too! Naturally, tion LSEE (co edited by W. in high quality international much of our focus shifted Bartlett and V. Monastiri journals, such as the Journal towards the developments otis). Two other papers by of International Trade and in Greece and in the Euro Dr Economides on “The Economic Development, the zone, although we also con ‘European Pull’ in the Bal International Review of Eco tinued our research on other kans” (in the book ‘The new nomics and Finance, Eco themes. protectorates: international nomic Modelling, and oth A keynote lecture by Prof. tutelage and the making of ers. HO Research Associate Featherstone at the ECPR liberal states’) and on EU Dr Papadimitriou has also a Standing Group Conference Foreign Policy in the case of number of recently pub in June 2010 (JCMS Annual Kosovo (with J. Ker Lindsay, lished or forthcoming book Lecture), on ‘The Greek published in the European chapters on Kosovo and on Sovereign Debt Crisis and Foreign Affairs Review) Greece, while our Laskaridis EMU: A Failing State in a where also published re Post doctoral Fellow Dr E. Skewed Regime’, was pub cently. Prof Featherstone’s Prasopoulou’s work on the lished in the Journal of book (with D. Papadimitriou, TAXIS system in Greece is Common Market Studies A. Mamarelis and G. Niar forthcoming in an edited (Vol.49 No2) in March 2011. chos) on ‘The Last Otto volume on ‘Public Sector A paper by Dr Monastiriotis, mans: The Muslim Minority Reform Using Information on the Geographical Dimen of Greece, 1940 49’ was Technologies’. sion of the Austerity also published this year in Research presentations, in Measures in Greece, is the Palgrave series New various disciplinary confer forthcoming in the Cam Perspectives on Southeast ences and policy fora, were bridge Journal of Regions, Europe. Other publications also on a high. During a Economy and Society; while include book chapters in very busy sabbatical year, another, co authored with three edited volumes on Dr Monastiriotis gave a former HO Fellow Dr Rebek Bulgarian Regional Policy, number of invited lectures ka Christopoulou, on the Regional Growth in Central and seminars, including at Size of the Public sector and Eastern Europe, and the Woodrow Wilson Center, Wage Premium in Greece is Greece’s Reform Technology the University of Yale; the currently under considera and Reform Capacity; while Hungarian Academy of Sci tion in a major international work on the issue of Decen ence; the Bank of Greece; journal. Also topical are two tralisation in SEE, undertak the Greek National Centre of other papers by Dr Mo en under LSEE’s SEE Pro Public Administration and nastiriotis, on FDI and Re gramme funded by the Self governance; and the gional Development in Latsis Foundation, has also Annual Meeting of the EU Greece (with J. Jordaan, resulted in a number of pa Transnational Cooperation published in the Eastern pers and conference presen Programme for SEE as well Journal of European Stud tations. Research continues as two keynote lectures at ies) and on the Productivity also on the topic of Labour the Annual Conference of Spillovers of Greek FDI in Market Flexibility (on Greece the Economics PhD Pro and the UK). For more info on our Bulgaria (with R. Alegria, gramme of the University of research activities and published in the Review of An important volume of Athens and the 9 th National outputs see Development Economics). research has also been con Conference of the Greek http://www2.lse.ac.uk/ Moving besides the focus on ducted by our affiliated Fel Section of the European europeanInstitute/ lows and Research Associ Regional Science Associa research/ the Greek crisis and econo hellenicObservatory/ my, Dr Economides’ article ates. Two new papers by tion. Prof. Featherstone also research/ on ‘Kosovo: four futures’ in Prof Christodoulakis ap spoke at a number of con researchHome.aspx the journal Survival (co peared recently in the ferences and public events, authored with LSEE Fellow GreeSE series (No 47 and including a public lecture at Dr James Ker Lindsey and the July 2011 Special Is the British Embassy in Ath HO Research Associate Dr sue), while his new book on ens in December 2010 and a Dimitris Papadimitriou) re the Greek crisis was pub presentation at the Herald ceived a lot of publicity in lished by POLIS Publishers Tribune / Kathimerini con the region, as did the edited in July. HO Visiting Fellow ference in Athens in June volume on ‘SEE After the and former Research Fellow 2011.
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GreeSE Papers 2010-11
Breaking somewhat with past tradition, in 2010 11, GreeSE Papers shifted their focus more clos er to home, with ten out of the 12 papers published this year having an exclusive focus on Greece – while in one Greece was one of the three case studies examined. The only deviation from this was the paper by G. Kazamias (No 42) on the role of Britain in the Cyprus crisis of 1974. The papers published in the last year have a wide thematic spread, covering various di mension of Greece’s economic problem and different aspects of the crisis. Coverage ranged from issues of public finance (Vraniali No 37; Kaplanoglou & Rapanos No 48) and privatisation (Dimas No 41; Pagoulatos & Zahariadis – No 46) to inflation dynamics (Apergis No 43) and interest rate adjustments (Vlamis et al No 39); and from the determinants of student perfor mance in the Greek universities (Katsikas & Panagiotidis No 40) to the politics, economics, and political economy of the crisis (Lyritzis No 45; Pelagidis No 38; Skouras & Christodoulakis No 47). Visibility of these works remains high, with data from the RePEc service alone suggesting that the papers in the series received collectively an average of 130 abstract views and 40 file downloads
A GreeSE Special
In July 2011 the series published a Special cohesion and economic development in the Issue with a small collection of papers on the country. The implementation of an EU Greek crisis, under the theme ‘Austerity, Re sponsored development programme, with cession and paths to Re specific attention to a covery’. more equitable distribution of resources across the This special issue reflects different parts of the coun and reaffirms the function try, is proposed as not of the series as an im only a viable but also a portant venue for topical necessary ingredient for a academic debates on strategy aiming at restor Greece and its wider re ing growth. gion. The papers pub lished in the special issue Finally, the paper by Chris examine with the appro todoulakis focuses on the priate analytical vigour conditions that led to spi key aspects of the crisis in ralling debt despite the Greece and identify rele relative success with stabi vant directions for a strat lisation and fiscal consoli egy of economic recovery. dation and highlights how The first paper, by Matsa policy indecision led to a ganis and Leventi, offers a set of tax and cuts based detailed analysis on the austerity measures that income and distributional were inevitably recession consequences of the aus ary. By examining alterna terity measures, altering tive policy scenaria based policy to the importance on official projections of targeted and socially about the debt and GDP sensitive design and im figures, the paper argues plementation of similar measures in the fu for the firm implementation of a market ture. The paper by Monastiriotis examines the enhancing privatisation programme and a geographical consequences of the measures more careful design for the post 2013 Euro and explores their implications for spatial pean Stability Mechanism.
EDITORIAL INFORMATION
Editor in chief: For all GreeSE Papers go to Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis http://www2.lse.ac.uk/
Editorial board: europeanInstitute/ research/ Prof Kevin Featherstone & Dr Spyros Economides hellenicObservatory/ Web site maintenance: pubs/GreeSE.aspx Ms Ioanna Antonopoulou Page 12 THE HELLENIC OBSERVATORY
RESEARCH FELLOWS 2010-11
PROFESSOR CHRISTOS LYRINTZIS (TAXIS) of the Greek Ministry of Economy and National Bank of Greece Finance served as a case study. For this purpose, Senior Research Fellow she closely collaborated with the General Secre ‘The HO offers a unique environ- tariat of Information Systems in a brief report on ment for research, exchange of the IT practices in the Ministry of Finance. A pa views and above all an excellent per entitled ‘Introducing global discourses to local milieu for rethinking and reas- politics: ICT innovation and tax reform in mid sessing Greece’s political and economic 1990s Greece’ will be published as GreeSE paper. problems. In my case it was a great pleas- Another two papers based on her work at the HO ure to be back, 25 years after my postgradu- are currently underway. Finally, Elpida presented ate studies at the LSE. I had the opportunity her work at academic conferences and workshops to exchange views and have interesting and (IPA 2011, EGPA PATI 2011). stimulating discussions with the other re- search fellows as well as with colleagues DR THEODORE PANAGIOTIDIS working on related fields. In this context I was Ministry of Economy, able to broaden and enrich my work on Greek Competitiveness & Shipping politics and to finish a paper on the Greek politi Research Fellow cal system in the period of economic crisis. My ‘I will always remember the stay at the HO provided also the opportunity to time I have spent at the Hellenic catch up with the literature on south and south Observatory. The combination of east European politics and to prepare the ground a stimulating research culture and a friendly for a paper assessing Greek democracy within the working environment makes it an ideal place context of the economic and social developments to pursue your ideas and research interests.’ in South Eastern Europe’. During his stay Theodore has presented his work in a HO research seminar and also in the 4 th PROFESSOR ALEXIS HERACLIDES CSDA International Conference on Computational National Bank of Greece and Financial Economics at Birkbeck College. He Senior Research Fellow has also submitted a research proposal to the ‘My HO sojourn gave me the op- European Commission. He has published one portunity to contact scholars from GreeSE paper and his work has also appeared at various universities and in partic- the following scientific journals: Economic Model ular to pursue research in the ing; Journal of Asian Economics; Studies in Edu most favourable of environments, a unique cational Evaluation; International Review of Eco luxury given Greece’s present predicament. nomics and Finance; Applied Economics Letters; I finalised my project on the Greek-Turkish Journal of International Trade and Economic De rivalry and gathered most of the material for velopment and Applied Economics. my new research project (and hopefully book), ‘Humanitarian intervention in the 19 th century’, starting with foreign intervention DR CHRISTOPHER TSOUKIS in the Greek War of Independence (the bat- Ministry of Economy, tle of Navarino).’ During his fellowship, Alexis Competitiveness & Shipping gave a lecture at the HO on the Greek Turkish Senior Research Fellow rivalry, a lecture to the Association for Cypriot, ‘To have been a Research Fellow Greek & Turkish Affairs on the Greek Turkish at the HO has been very produc- détente and was a key note speaker at the 5 th tive and very enjoyable. I great- Biennial HO PhD Symposium. He lectured at 4 ly enjoyed the interaction with colleagues Turkish universities on Greek Turkish relations from across disciplines, both in the context during his field trip to Turkey (April 2011). He has of the HO and the European Institute of the submitted a paper to the HO for publication in the LSE. The HO is a focus of a wealth of high- GreeSE Papers series entitled ‘The Greek Turkish calibre research on Greece; engaging with Rivalry: National Narratives and Identity’. that through my own research, and partici- pation at seminars and the PhD Symposium has been very rewarding. And not least, I DR ELPIDA PRASOPOULOU benefitted from the ample research time, A.C. Laskaridis Post Doctoral Fellow the excellent library facilities and the inspir- ‘My year as post-doctoral research ing surroundings of the LSE to promote my fellow at the HO has been ex- long-standing research interests and devel- tremely rewarding in terms of my op new ones.’ During his fellowship, Chris en intellectual and professional de- gaged in research on Greece’s macroeconomy, velopment. The inter-disciplinary trying to ascertain the root cause of the current environment allowed me to deepen my un- crisis. This research looks at Greece’s macroeco derstanding of Greek politics and inform my nomic fundamentals (growth, public finances, research with valuable insights. Further- competitiveness, etc.). It has formed the basis of more, the collegiate nature of the HO and seminar presentations both at the HO and Middle the support by its members helped me to set sex University, and is currently being prepared the foundations for an independent academ- for inclusion in the GreeSE Papers series and for ic career. My fellowship was a very intensive publication. In addition, the fellowship has ena but profoundly fulfilling year.’ During her bled Chris to promote his theoretical and empiri fellowship, Elpida studied the process of ICT inno cal research on the determinants of government vation against the specificities of Greek state size, which will also appear in the GreeSE Papers bureaucracy. The Taxation Information System series in due course. Issue 9 2011 Newsletter Page 13
RESEARCH & VISITING FELLOWSHIPS
A key part of the HO’s mission is to welcome visiting fellows and researchers, to extend our expertise and collaboration while enriching their professional experience. We have been delighted to host our fellows this year, an exceptional team of talented research- ers and we look forward to welcoming our new fellows from September 2011.
Research Fellows 2011 12
We would like to welcome the following Fellows to the HO during the academic year 2011 12:
NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE Research Fellows in Contemporary Greek Studies: Dr VASILIS LEONTITSIS , on the project ‘From “Capodistrias” to “Callicrates”: Reforming Greek local government’ and Dr SPYROS KOSMIDIS , on the project ‘Economic Voting in Greece’.
MINISTRY OF FINANCE Senior Research Fellow in the Political Economy of Greece’s Relations with South East Europe: Professor YANNIS VALINAKIS (Professor of International Relations, University of Athens) on the project ‘Greece’s European Policy Making’; and Research Fellow Dr THEOFANIS EX- ADAKTYLOS (Research & Teaching Fellow, University of Exeter) on the project ‘Pushing the EU borders to the East: The Europeanization of Foreign Policy in the aftermath of the Eastern En largement’.
A. C. LASKARIDIS POST DOCTORAL FELLOW The 2012-13 Dr ATHANASIA CHALARI (Lecturer in Sociology, University of Manchester) on the project fellowships ‘Greek domestic reform and political institutions’. will be advertised in the Press and A.N. HADJIYIANNIS on the HO website in Autumn 2011 Senior Research Fellows on Contemporary Cyprus: Dr REBECCA BRYANT (Associate Professor of Anthropology, George Mason University) will con tinue/complete three on going projects using ethnographic research in unrecognized, breakaway states to investigate everyday construction of sovereignty in a global or transnational order; and Dr NIKOS SKOUTARIS joins 2012 13, (Assistant Professor, Maastricht University) on the pro ject ‘Comparing forms of territorial pluralism for the accommodation of ethno territorial conflict in
Visiting Fellows Academic year 2010 11: ∗ Dr Bernard H. Casey , Principal Research Fellow, Institute for Employment Research, University of Warwick; Part time Lecturer in quantitative economic methods, Birkbeck College, UCL. ∗ Dr Giorgos Charalambous , Associate Lecturer, Frederick University; Associate Lecturer, Universi ty of Cyprus. ∗ Dr Yiannos N. Katsourides , Research Fellow, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, UCL. ∗ Dr Theodore Panagiotidis , Assistant Professor in Econometrics, University of Macedonia. ∗ Ms Melina Skouroliakou , Media & News Analyst, Office of the Government Spokesman, Athens. ∗ Dr Susannah Verney , Assistant Professor of European Integration, University of Athens. ∗ Dr Prodromos Vlamis , Assistant Professor in Finance, Athens University of Economics and Busi ness; Associate, University of Cambridge.
For the academic year 2011 12, we are pleased to welcome: ∗ Dr Claire Economidou , Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Piraeus. ∗ Professor Dimitris Venieris , Associate Professor of Social Policy, University of Peloponnese.
The Hellenic Observatory welcomes applications for Visiting Fellows and Visiting Senior Fellows for a period of up to 3 months, for work that is relevant to the research of the Hellenic Observatory. For more information please go to http://www2.lse.ac.uk/europeanInstitute/research/ hellenicObservatory/1st_PAGE/Visiting_Opportunities.aspx Internships
The HO welcomes enquiries from current students interested in working for a short period as an intern, assisting with the activities of the Observatory. For further information please see the HO website: http://hellenicObservatory/research/internships.htm The Hellenic Observatory would also like to thank Foteini Emmanouilidou who has offered her assistance over the last year. Page 14 THE HELLENIC OBSERVATORY
NEWS
Greece@LSE - The Hellenic Observatory Blog
In June 2011 the HO But there are also other who’s counting!?), this must launched its very own blog! categories, covering the be the fastest growing blog The blog hosts contributions wider research and policy in Central London! by HO Staff, Fellows and interests of the Observatory, Visit us at http:// Associates and is open for including Foreign Relations, blogs.lse.ac.uk/greeceatlse/ comments to its wider read Economic, Politics and Soci or become a follower by ership. ety. With 10 posts and 75 entering your email address Prominent in its themes is – Facebook shares already in in the ‘email subscription’ what else the Greek crisis. its first three weeks (well, box.
Research Grants
Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis Spatial Sciences at the Uni Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis has recently won a grant by versity of Groningen. (together with Dr Will Bart Professor Kevin Featherstone the British Academy for a The HO is also participating lett of LSEE) is part of the is the only non-Greek project titled ‘ Economic in a major 7th Framework LSE team that will study to have been Connectedness and Spatial Programme funded by how EU’s Neighbourhood appointed as a Dependence ’, which will run the European Commis- Policy (ENP) influences pat member of ESET until August 2012, in collab terns of trade and foreign (Greek National sion , entitled ‘ Sharing direct investment, as well as Council for Research oration with colleagues at Knowledge Assets: Inter- and Technology) LSE’s Department of Geog regionally Cohesive Neigh- institutional development raphy and the Faculty of bourhoods ’. and social cohesion, in the ENP countries.
Staff in the Press This last academic year, Hellenic Observatory staff members appeared in the media mostly dis cussing the Greek fiscal crisis:
• Prof. Kevin Feather- • Dr Spyros Economides • Dr Vassilis Monastiri- stone writing in his reg gave interviews to the otis did interviews for ular column in one of the New York Times; the the BBC World Service; For all HO Staff leading Greek Sunday BBC World Service Pro BBC News; Bloomberg in the Press, go to newspapers Kathimerini . gramme; the BBC web TV; NBC Nightly News; http://www2.lse.ac.uk/ But also giving inter site, the Deutsche Welle Sky News and also wrote europeanInstitute/ views to CNN, BBC World World Programme; the articles for Kathimerini research/ hellenicObservatory/ TV and Radio, Interna Voice of Russia radio and Athens News. staff_pressarticles.aspx tional Herald Tribune, and to the Greek news • Dr Theodore Panagio- BBC Radio Australia and papers Naftemporiki and tidis writing in his regu many more. Athens News. lar column in the Greek Newspaper To Vima .
Nobel Prize for Economics awarded to Professor Christopher Pissarides, HO Board Member
The Hellenic Observatory He shares the prize with warmly congratulates our Peter Diamond and Dale Advisory Board member, Mortensen. Professor Christopher Professor Pissarides is pro Pissarides , for receiving fessor of economics at LSE this year’s Nobel Prize for and holder of the Norman Economics. Sosnow Chair in Economics. Professor Pissarides won the He is also a Fellow of the 2010 prize for his work on Centre for Economic Perfor the economics of unemploy mance at LSE and of the ment, especially job flows Centre for Economic Policy and the effects of being out Research. He has been on of work. the LSE for 38 years. Issue 9 2011 Newsletter Page 15
DONORS
The programme of activities sustained by the Hellenic Observatory depends crucially on the financial support it receives from outside bodies. For this reason, we wish to record our very sincere gratitude once again to the following donors for their generosity and for the confidence they place in us:
A.C. Laskaridis John S. Latsis Public Benefit Foundation Andreas N. Hadjiyiannis Ministry of Finance, Greece Bodossaki Foundation National Bank of Greece Eurobank EFG OPAP S.A. Hellenic Petroleum S.A. Viohalco S.A.
A.N. Hadjiyiannis Research Fellowship on Contemporary Cyprus
The Hellenic Observatory is very grateful to Mr Andreas Hadjiyiannis for his generous donation for the establishment of a new Research Fellowship at the Hellenic Observatory on Contemporary Cyprus. This Fellowship will run for a period of 5 years starting September 2011.
A large number of applications were received, many of which were of high calibre making the selection process very tough, and we are happy to announce that a Senior Research Fellowship has now been offered to 2 candidates on a shared programme. The 2 Senior Research Fellows are Dr Rebecca Bryant and Dr Nicos Skoutaris.
• Dr Rebecca Bryant Rebecca is currently Associate Professor of Anthropology at George Mason University, Virgin ia, USA and Research Director at the Cyprus Critical History Archive, Nicosia, Cyprus. Over the five years Rebecca will continue with three on going projects and the initiation of two new projects using ethnographic research in unrecognized, breakaway states to investigate everyday construction of sovereignty in a global or transnational order. • Dr Nicos Skoutaris Nicos is currently Assistant Professor in International and European Law at Maastricht Uni versity, Netherlands. Over the five years Nicos will develop a research agenda entitled ‘Accommodating ethno territorial conflicts in Europe: A comparative approach to the Cyprus issue’.
This is the first time that the Hellenic Observatory has been able to offer a fellowship for research on contemporary Cyprus and this achievement both complements and expands the HO’s mission in the area.
We look forward to welcoming our new fellows and to the research activity that will be stimulated during their time with us.
ADVISORY BOARD Dr Georgios Provopoulos , Governor Bank of Greece (Chairman) Professor Kevin Featherstone , Director Hellenic Observatory Dr Spyros Economides , Deputy Director Hellenic Observatory Dr Spiro J Latsis , Member LSE Board of Governors Mr Spyros Filaretos , General Manager Alpha Bank Ms Athina Markomichelaki , President Hellenic LSE Alumni Association Professor Achilleas Mitsos , Former General Secretary Ministry of Development Professor Elias Mossialos , Director LSE Health Professor Nicos Mouzelis , Emeritus Professor of Sociology LSE Professor Lucas Papademos , Former Vice President European Central Bank Professor Christopher Pissarides , Professor of Economics LSE Professor Vasileios Rapanos , Chairman National Bank of Greece Page 16 THE HELLENIC OBSERVATORY
Forthcoming Events We are looking forward to hosting many various eminent speakers in the next academic year. Among these will be:
Wednesday, 5 October 2011 (Time: 18:30 20:00, Venue: TBA) ‘Hellenism, Universal Rights and Apartheid’ by Mr GEORGE BIZOS George Bizos will speak about the defense of human rights under apartheid, drawing on his own career as a human rights’ lawyer. He famously defended Nelson Mandela, Govan Mbeki and Wal ter Sisulu in 1963 4 in the ‘Rivonia Trial’. Later, he acted on behalf of Steve Biko, joined the ANC, and was instrumental in drafting the Truth and Reconciliation Act. He also acted for Mor gan Tsvangirai against Robert Mugabe’s Government. George Bizos will cover his own work and experiences under apartheid and what led him and his father to come to South Africa. He will speak about the Spirit of Hellenism and its influence on the Universal Human Rights more particularly during the 20th Century.
Thursday, 24 November 2011 (Time: 18:30 20:00, Venue: TBA) ‘Politics, Culture and the State: the Greek crisis in historical perspective’ by Professor NIKIFOROS DIAMANDOUROS Nikiforos Diamandouros is Professor of Political Science at the University of Athens and currently the European Ombudsman. He has written extensively on the processes of nation building in southern Europe and, in particular, has argued that in Greece this has been contested between ‘modernisers’ and those identifying with an ‘underdog culture’. In this lecture, Professor Diamandouros will reflect on how the domestic response to the two Euro zone bail outs for Greece fit with the historical pattern he has identified.
The 12th Hellenic Observatory Annual Lecture will also take place in Autumn 2011
For further details on these and all other HO events and activities, please follow this link http://www2.lse.ac.uk/europeanInstitute/research/hellenicObservatory/Events/events.aspx
Who’s Who
PROFESSOR KEVIN FEATHERSTONE Eleftherios Venizelos Professor of Contemporary Greek Studies & Professor of European Politics; Hellenic Observatory Director
DR SPYROS ECONOMIDES Senior Lecturer, International Relations and European Politics; Hellenic Observatory Deputy Director
DR VASSILIS MONASTIRIOTIS Senior Lecturer in the Political Economy of South East Europe
MRS ISMINI DEMADES Hellenic Observatory Manager
MS IOANNA ANTONOPOULOU Hellenic Observatory Administrator
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