Nikolaos Tzifakis is a Senior Academic Expert at the College of Europe (Bruges).
Other professional affiliations:
- Jean Monnet Chair in “EU Foreign Policy and the Western Balkans” and Professor of International Relations at the Department of Political Science and International Relations of the University of the Peloponnese.
- Visiting Professor at the European Regional Master (ERMA) in “Democracy and Human Rights in South-East Europe” (University of Bologna/University of Sarajevo).
- Member of Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG).
Previous professional affiliations:
Visiting Professor at: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, University of Crete, Harokopion University of Athens, Hellenic Open University, Hellenic National Defence College, and National School for Public Administration and Local Government (Greece).
Education:
- PhD in International Relations Lancaster University (2002).
- MA in International Relations and Strategic Studies, Lancaster University (1997).
- BA in Political Science and International Studies, Panteion University in Athens (1996).
Other professional activities:
- Member of the Editorial Board of the peer-reviewed journals: Southeastern Europe [Brill], International Problems/ Međunarodni problem (IIPE, Serbia), and The Greek Review of Social Research (EKKE, Greece).
Research Interests:
EU external relations; EU Enlargement policy; Geopolitical Competition and Peacebuilding in the Western Balkans; Europeanization of Western Balkans; Greek foreign policy; and International Relations theory.
In 2008, he was awarded the Marcel Cadieux Distinguished Writing Award by the Canadian International Council for his co-authored article with Professor Asteris Huliaras in International Journal.
Publications (selection):
- Tzifakis, N. (2022). ‘Hostile Division and Territorial Jurisdiction: Kosovo's Independence’, in K. W. Gray, (ed.), Global Encyclopedia of Territorial Rights, Cham: Springer, pp. 1-14 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68846-6_271-1.
- Panagiotou, R. and Tzifakis, N. (2022). 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).
- Boura, S., Vathis, O., Huliaras, A. and Tzifakis, N. (2022). ‘Do in-kind donations promote cooperation among non-governmental organisations? Lessons from the Greek refugee crisis’, Journal of International Development, 34(1), pp. 130–144.
- Tzifakis, N. (2022). ‘EU Enlargement towards the Western Balkans and Greece: The European versus National Preferences Nexus’, in A. Klapsis (ed.), Greece and the EU: 40 years of membership, Utrecht: Eburon, pp. 123-138.
- Petrovic, M. and Tzifakis, N. (2021). ‘The Geopolitical Turn of EU Enlargement: An Introduction’, Journal of Contemporary European Studies, 29(2), pp. 157-168.
- Tzifakis, N. and Prelec, T. (2021). ‘From mask to vaccine diplomacy: Geopolitical competition in the Western Balkans’, in G. Fruscione, (ed.) Pandemic in the Balkans: Geopolitics and Democracy at Stake, Milan: Ledizioni LediPublishing, Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI), pp. 12-33.
- Panagiotou, R. and Tzifakis, N. (2021). ‘Do Small Powers Retrench? Greece in the Western Balkans during the Era of SYRIZA Governance’, Southeastern Europe, 45(1), pp. 64–92.
- Bieber, F. and Tzifakis, N. (eds) (2020). The Balkans in the World: Linkages and Relations with Non-Western Countries. London: Routledge.
- Tzifakis, N. (2020). ‘The Western Balkans during the Pandemic: Democracy and rule of law in quarantine?’, European View, 19 (2), pp. 197-205.
- Fakiolas, E. and Tzifakis, N. (2019). ‘Human security in EU strategy: reflecting on the experience of EUPM in Bosnia and Herzegovina and EULEX in Kosovo’, Journal of Contemporary European Studies, 27(3), pp. 303–316.
- Fakiolas, E. T. and Tzifakis, N. (2017). ‘Establishing the Rule of Law in Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina: The Contribution of the EU Civilian Missions’, in M. S. Fish, G. Gill and M. Petrovic, (eds) A Quarter Century of Postcommunism Assessed, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 187-216.
- Tzifakis, N., Petropoulos, S. and Huliaras, A. (2017). ‘The Impact of Economic Crises on NGOs: The Case of Greece’, VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 28(5), pp. 2176–2199.
- Tzifakis, N. and Huliaras, A. (2015). ‘The Perils of Outsourcing Post-Conflict Reconstruction: Donor Countries, International NGOs and Private Military and Security Companies’, Conflict, Security and Development, 15(1), pp. 51–73.
- Tzifakis, N. (2013). ‘The European Union in Kosovo: Reflecting on the Credibility and Efficiency Deficit’, Problems of Post-Communism, 60(1), pp. 43–54.
- Huliaras, A. and Tzifakis, N. (2012). ‘The Fallacy of the Autonomous Celebrity Activist in International Politics: George Clooney and Mia Farrow in Darfur’, Cambridge Review of International Affairs, 25(3), pp. 417–431.
- Tzifakis, N. (2012). ‘Bosnia’s slow Europeanisation’, Perspectives on European Politics and Society, 13(2), pp. 131–148.
- Tzifakis, N. (2011). ‘Problematizing Human Security: A General/Contextual Conceptual Approach’, Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, 11(4), pp. 353–368.
- Huliaras, A. and Tzifakis, N. (2010). ‘Celebrity Activism in International Relations: In Search of a Framework for Analysis’, Global Society, 24(2), pp. 255–274.
- Fakiolas, E. and Tzifakis, N. (2008). ‘Transformation or Accession? Reflecting on the EU’s Strategy Towards the Western Balkans’, European Foreign Affairs Review, 13(3), pp. 377–398.
- Huliaras, A. and Tzifakis, N. (2007). ‘Contextual Approaches to Human Security: Canada and Japan in the Balkans’, International Journal, LXII(3), pp. 559–575.
- Tzifakis, N. (2007). ‘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, 9(1), pp. 47-64.
- Tzifakis, N. and Tsardanidis, C. (2006). ‘Economic Reconstruction of Bosnia and Herzegovina: The Lost Decade’, Ethnopolitics, 5(1), pp. 67–84.