Nikolaos TZIFAKIS

  • Senior Academic Expert, Academic Administration Office, Tirana Branch

Nikolaos Tzifakis est Expert Académique Principal au Collège d'Europe (Bruges).

Autre affiliation professionnelle :

  • Titulaire de la Chaire Jean Monnet "Politique Etrangère de l'UE et Balkans Occidentaux" et Professeur en Relations Internationales au Département de Sciences Politiques et de Relations Internationales de l'Université du Péloponnèse.
  • Professeur invité au Master Régional Européen (ERMA) en "Démocratie et droits de l'homme en Europe du Sud-Est" (Université de Bologne/Université de Sarajevo).
  • Membre du “Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group” (BiEPAG). 

Affiliations professionnelles antérieures :

Professeur invité à : Université Nationale et Kapodistrienne d'Athènes, Université de Crète, Université Harokopion d'Athènes, Université Ouverte Hellénique, Collège de Défense Nationale Hellénique, et École Nationale d'Administration Publique et de Gouvernement Local (Grèce).

Education :

- Doctorat en Relations Internationales, Université de Lancaster (2002).

- Maîtrise en Relations Internationales et Etudes Stratégiques, Université de Lancaster (1997).

- Licence en Sciences Politiques et Etudes Internationales, Université Panteion d'Athènes (1996).

Autres activités professionnelles :

  • Membre du Comité éditorial du: Southeastern Europe [Brill], International Problems/ Međunarodni problem (IIPE, Serbie), et du The Greek Review of Social Research (EKKE, Grèce).

Thématiques de recherche :

Relations Extérieures de l'UE ; Politique d'Elargissement de l'UE ; Compétition Géopolitique et Consolidation de la paix dans les Balkans Occidentaux ; Européanisation des Balkans Occidentaux ; Politique Etrangère Grecque ; et Théorie des Relations Internationales.

En 2008, le Conseil International du Canada lui a décerné le prix d'excellence en rédaction Marcel Cadieux pour son article coécrit avec le professeur Asteris Huliaras dans International Journal.

Publications (sélection):

  • Tzifakis, N. «Hostile Division and Territorial Jurisdiction: Kosovo's Independence», K. W. Gray, (dir.), Global Encyclopedia of Territorial Rights, Springer, 2002, p. 1-14 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68846-6_271-1.
  • Panagiotou, R. et Tzifakis, N. Deciphering the Greek Economic Diplomacy towards the Western Balkans: actors, processes, challenges. London School of Economics and Political Science, European Institute, Hellenic Observatory (GreeSE Papers, 169), 2022.
  • Boura, S., Vathis, O., Huliaras, A. et Tzifakis, N. «Do in-kind donations promote cooperation among non-governmental organisations? Lessons from the Greek refugee crisis», Journal of International Development, vol. 34, no. 1, 2022, p. 130–144.
  • Tzifakis, N. «EU Enlargement towards the Western Balkans and Greece: The European versus National Preferences Nexus», A. Klapsis (dir.), Greece and the EU: 40 years of membership, Utrecht: Eburon, 2022, p. 123-138.
  • Petrovic, M. et Tzifakis, N. «The Geopolitical Turn of EU Enlargement: An Introduction», Journal of Contemporary European Studies, vol. 29, no. 2, 2021, p. 157-168.
  • Tzifakis, N. et Prelec, T. «From mask to vaccine diplomacy: Geopolitical competition in the Western Balkans», G. Fruscione, (dir.) Pandemic in the Balkans: Geopolitics and Democracy at Stake, Milan: Ledizioni LediPublishing, ISPI, 2021, p. 12-33.
  • Panagiotou, R. et Tzifakis, N. «Do Small Powers Retrench? Greece in the Western Balkans during the Era of SYRIZA Governance», Southeastern Europe, vol. 45, no. 1, 2021, p. 64–92.
  • Bieber, F. et Tzifakis, N. (dir.) The Balkans in the World: Linkages and Relations with Non-Western Countries. Londres: Routledge, 2020.
  • Tzifakis, N. «The Western Balkans during the Pandemic: Democracy and rule of law in quarantine?», European View, vol. 19, no. 2, 2020, p. 197-205.
  • Fakiolas, E. et Tzifakis, N. «Human security in EU strategy: reflecting on the experience of EUPM in Bosnia and Herzegovina and EULEX in Kosovo», Journal of Contemporary European Studies, vol. 27, no. 3, 2019, p. 303–316.
  • Fakiolas, E. T. et Tzifakis, N. «Establishing the Rule of Law in Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina: The Contribution of the EU Civilian Missions», M. S. Fish, G. Gill et M. Petrovic, (dir.) A Quarter Century of Postcommunism Assessed, Palgrave Macmillan, 2017, p. 187-216.
  • Tzifakis, N., Petropoulos, S. et Huliaras, A. «The Impact of Economic Crises on NGOs: The Case of Greece», VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, vol. 28, no. 5, 2017, p. 2176–2199.
  • Tzifakis, N. et Huliaras, A. «The Perils of Outsourcing Post-Conflict Reconstruction: Donor Countries, International NGOs and Private Military and Security Companies», Conflict, Security and Development, vol. 15, no. 1, 2015, p. 51–73.
  • Tzifakis, N. «The European Union in Kosovo: Reflecting on the Credibility and Efficiency Deficit», Problems of Post-Communism, vol. 60, no. 1, 2013, p. 43–54.
  • Huliaras, A. et Tzifakis, N. «The Fallacy of the Autonomous Celebrity Activist in International Politics: George Clooney and Mia Farrow in Darfur», Cambridge Review of International Affairs, vol. 25, no. 3, 2012, p. 417–431.
  • Tzifakis, N. «Bosnia’s slow Europeanisation», Perspectives on European Politics and Society, vol. 13, no. 2, 2012, p. 131–148.
  • Tzifakis, N. «Problematizing Human Security: A General/Contextual Conceptual Approach», Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, vol. 11, no. 4, 2011, p. 353–368.
  • Huliaras, A. et Tzifakis, N. «Celebrity Activism in International Relations: In Search of a Framework for Analysis», Global Society, vol. 24, no. 2, 2010, p. 255–274.
  • Fakiolas, E. et Tzifakis, N. «Transformation or Accession? Reflecting on the EU’s Strategy Towards the Western Balkans», European Foreign Affairs Review, vol. 13, no. 3, 2008, p. 377–398.
  • Huliaras, A. et Tzifakis, N. «Contextual Approaches to Human Security: Canada and Japan in the Balkans», International Journal, vol. LXII, no. 3, 2007, p. 559–575.
  • Tzifakis, N. «EU’s Region-Building and Boundary-Drawing Policies: The European Approach to the Southern Mediterranean and the Western Balkans», Journal of Southern Europe and the Balkans, vol. 9, no. 1, 2007, p. 47-64.
  • Tzifakis, N. et Tsardanidis, C. «Economic Reconstruction of Bosnia and Herzegovina: The Lost Decade», Ethnopolitics, vol. 5, no. 1, 2006, p. 67–84.

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