Ioannis E. Kotoulas

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens | uoa · Faculty of Turkish and Modern Asian Studies

CV in English with list of publications

Greece has been a frontline state, especially after it became a NATO member in 1952 along with Turkey. The two states formed the south-eastern flank of NATO and along with Iran constituted the Greece, Turkey, Iran (GTI) Corridor, part of Rimland. Greece’s strategic value stemmed from its frontline position in relation to the Eastern Bloc. After the...

Η μελέτη Γεωπολιτική του πολέμου κατά της Ουκρανίας του Ιωάννη Ε. Κωτούλα (Δρ Ιστορίας, Δρ Γεωπολιτικής) είναι η πρώτη αυτοτελής ακαδημαϊκή μονογραφία στην ελληνόγλωσση βιβλιογραφία για τον πόλεμο στην Ουκρανία, τη σημαντικότερη γεωπολιτική εξέλιξη της εποχής μας. Η μελέτη αναλύει σε βάθος βάσει της Ιστορίας, των Διεθνών Σχέσεων και της Κλασικής Γε...

CV in Greek with list of publications

Geopolitics of the war against Ukraine, presentation of my new book

იოანის კოტულასი, თსუ-ს მოწვეული ლექტორი და საქართველოს დიდი გულშემატკივარი, უკრაინაში მიმდინარე რუსულ აგრესიას პირდაპირ უკავშირებს 2008 წელს საქართველოზე რუსეთის თავდასხმას

希腊的对外交往不仅限于欧洲大陆，也延伸到周边地区。希腊位于欧洲南端，扼守通往北非和西亚一众地中海邻国的海上要道。在此背景下，我们将从地中海地缘政治角度来探讨希埃关系。希腊和埃及是东地中海地区的两个重要国家，连接着南欧、西亚和北非。地中海是两国共同的地缘政治舞台，希埃面临着相似挑战。近年来，希腊和埃及通过一系列外交举措加强双边合作，两国的外交、军事、金融和文化关系稳步发展。

Greek-Egyptian relations and Mediterranean geopolitics.Greece and Egypt are two pivotal countries in the Eastern Mediterranean, in the greater geopolitical space uniting Southern Europe, Western Asia and North Africa. Greece and Egypt have come closer over the last period, with a series of diplomatic initiatives that forward the bilateral cooperati...

Bookpress Με αφορμή το βιβλίο του «Γεωπολιτική του Πολέμου κατά της Ουκρανίας», το οποίο κυκλοφορεί από τις εκδόσεις Παπαζήση, ο ιστορικός (Δρ Ιστορίας, Δρ Γεωπολιτικής) και Διδάσκων Γεωπολιτικής στο Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών, Ιωάννης Ε. Κωτούλας απάντησε με σαφήνεια στις ερωτήσεις μας για τον πόλεμο στην Ουκρανία, τις νέες γεωπολιτικές ισορροπίες που αν...

Review of my new book 'Geopolitics of the War against Ukraine' in Policy Journal [in Greek]

Υψηλή στρατηγική και γεωπολιτικός ανταγωνισμός ΗΠΑ-Κίνας. Βιβλιοκριτική στην μελέτη των Αθανασίου Πλατιά και Βασίλη Τρίγκα «Αποδομώντας την παγίδα του Θουκυδίδη» (Δίαυλος, 2023)

An examination of the principle of water security with reference to historical cases, such as the downfall of Maya civilization, Khmer, modern inter-state conflicts and an analysis of the concept of the New North comprising states in control of drinkable water deposits.

Analyses for think tanks and international media

Egypt and the EU have adopted a strategic partnership that can prove to be the cornerstone of mutual benefits and security for the years to come in the greater region. The new 2024 deal is based on a holistic approach and on six fundamental pillars of mutual interest: political relations, economic stability, investment and trade, migration and mobi...

An analysis of Russian infilitration in Africa regarding ecclesiastical policy and undermining of the jurisdiction of the Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa

Ο τόμος Ο κόσμος και η απειλή της τρομοκρατίας μετά την 11η Σεπτεμβρίου (Πεδίο, 2023), υπό την επιμέλεια του Ανδρέα Γκόφα, αποτελεί μία πρωτότυπη και άκρως επίκαιρη συνεισφορά στην μελέτη του φαινομένου της τρομοκρατίας, με την αξιοποίηση της αρχής της διεπιστημονικότητας και διαθεματικότητας. Ο τόμος προσφέρει στον αναγνώστη μία πλήρη επισκόπηση τ...

The recent turmoil in the Red Sea affects essential Egyptian and Greek interests. The Suez Canal, linking the Red Sea to the Mediterranean and Europe to Asia, is a focal point for world shipping, as 12 percent of world shipping traffic transits the canal. Egypt as the owner of the Suez Canal is a natural strategic ally of Greece, a maritime nation...

There are no more excuses for denying repatriation of stolen antiquities and retribution of historical justice. The Parthenon Marbles should be returned to Greece, their rightful owner. The Greek civilization has an international dimension, but is also distinctly a national civilization of the Greek nation and an integral part of modern Greek ident...

Greece is situated at a strategic crosspoint and has multiple geopolitical identities: Euro-Atlantic, Eurasian and Mediterranean.

The 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine is a clear and violent manifestation of Russian revisionism in its purest form and a crime of aggression according to international criminal law, as it violates the fundamental principles of the Charter of the United Nations.Russian revisionism against Ukraine has unfolded not only on the realities of warfare, b...

Το νέο βιβλίο των Αθανασίου Πλατιά και Κωνσταντίνου Κολιόπουλου «50 κανόνες στρατηγικής στις ελληνοτουρκικές σχέσεις και απαντήσεις σε 20 κρίσιμες ερωτήσεις» (εκδόσεις Δίαυλος, Αθήνα 2023, σελίδες 185), αποτελεί ένα άκρως ενημερωτικό και επίκαιρο εγχειρίδιο για την κατανόηση της σύνθετης πραγματικότητας των ελληνοτουρκικών σχέσεων. Γραμμένο με απλό...

The most fearful prospect that could result from the Gaza crisis is the collapse of the regional order and the diplomatic networks that have been so meticulously developed over recent years. With this worrying prospect in mind, we must all work towards a decisive de-escalation of the current tragic situation between the Palestinians and the Israeli...

Geography as a distinct science was developed in 19th-century and early 20th century Greece under the influence of the French and the German geographical tradition. Greek-language bibliography of Geography included both studies of Physical and Historical Geography and mainly focused during this period on regions of historical Greek space that were...

Greece is a focal state on the Eurasian landmass, located on a strategic point acting as a gateway to the EU. Greece has multiple geopolitical identities, Euro-Atlantic, Eurasian and regional (Mediterranean and Balkan) acting as a 'bridge state'.

Egypt celebrated the tenth anniversary of the 30 June Revolution recently,. Especially for Greece and Cyprus, the continuing cooperation with Egypt is a top strategic priority.

An analysis of the image of the war against Ukraine in Greek media and presentation of perceptions and disinformation tactics.

TV interview at Egypt's Youm7 about the distortion of Greek and Egyptian history by Netflix's ''Queen Cleopatra'' [in Arabic]. "علماء العالم ينسفون أكاذيب نتفليكس".. الدكتور إيونيس كوتولاس أستاذ التاريخ والجغرافيا بجامعة أثينا:مسلسل كليوباترا سرقة للتاريخ المصرى واليونانى والمؤسف رؤيته

The Netflix docudrama on the ancient Egyptian queen Cleopatra is a clear case of ideologically motivated cultural appropriation. While identity awareness is an admirable goal, this should not be done at the expense of the real history of other nations and cultures, in our case at the expense of Egyptian and Greek history and culture. If we encourag...

An analysis forwarding the argument that the international system remains unipolar, although multilateral and multifactorial.

In 2022 Greece celebrated 70 years as a member of NATO since its inclusion in the Alliance on February 18, 1952. The 70th anniversary of the accession of Greece to NATO marks a critical point in the history of the Alliance and of Greek self-perception in the international milieu. In the light of renewed Russian aggression and revisionism NATO is...

Героїчний опір України російському вторгненню вразив світ і посилив міжнародну підтримку зусиль України зі звільнення всіх її територій від Криму до Донецька. Зараз, коли війна повільно вступає в свій другий рік, об’єднаний західний фронт, який зупинив просування російського ревізіонізму, змушений суттєво посилити як свої санкції проти Росії, так і...

The time for hesitation and half measures has already gone. Acceleration of historical time shall shorten decisively the duration of the war and benefit even Russia in realizing the strategic deadlock and inevitable failure of its invasion and contain its own human losses. The point of no return has already been crossed for the Western states with...

In the context of Egypt’s role as an essential energy provider for the EU, Greece’s importance has also been rising. Greece is the closest-lying EU state to Egypt and a valuable diplomatic partner. Greece will be able to handle 8.5 billion cubic metres of gas annually by 2025, becoming a European gas hub that works in close cooperation with Egypt a...

Foreign Affairs Institute organized the webinar The new Mediterranean: Geopolitics in a volatile region. The event was hosted by Dr. Ioannis E. Kotoulas, Adjunct Lecturer in Geopolitics (University of Athens) and Invited Lecturer (National Intelligence University) and featured as guest speakers Hany Farouk Ghoraba (Cairo, Egypt), a writer, politica...

Greece and Egypt can increase their geopolitical footprint through further initiatives in 2023. First, they could continue contacts aiming at the full delimitation of their national EEZs. Second, the East Mediterranean Gas Forum (EMGF) could evolve into a diplomatic network safeguarding the energy interests of its members and regional stability. Th...

Η μελέτη εξετάζει την ρωσική προπαγάνδα για την Ουκρανία και σύγχρονους μύθους για την διεύρυνση του ΝΑΤΟ. Η ρωσική εισβολή στην Ουκρανία έχει βασισθεί σε ένα πλέγμα προπαγάνδας με επιχειρήματα, ιστορικά και εθνολογικά δεδομένα, ανιστορικές αντιλήψεις, και θεματικούς τόπους για σύγχρονα γεγονότα. Η Ουκρανία ως ιστορικός παράγοντας καταλαμβάνει πρωτ...

This chapter analyses the geopolitics of the Greek Revolution and provides an in-depth examination of the specific demographic and geographic factors that contributed to the Revolution’s outbreak and consequences. The chapter probes the geopolitical framework of interstate relations at the opening of the nineteenth century; the topography and chara...

In the face of critical climate challenges, Mediterranean states need to establish modes of effective transnational cooperation in the field of civil protection, natural-disaster management, and the protection of critical infrastructure. All the countries of the region face catastrophic weather events from time to time, including wildfires, floods...

Russia’s aggressive reach and infiltration across the globe in is not only military or diplomatic but entails the spiritual realm as well. Russia attempts to dominate the religious networks of Orthodox Christianity by undermining the established order of ecclesiastical structures and jurisdiction. For a long period, there has been a fierce undercov...

The recent discovery of a major natural gas deposit in the territorial waters of Cyprus creates a new energy and security landscape in the Eastern Mediterranean. It also raises the prospect of a major new project for cooperation between Egypt, Cyprus, and Greece, both in the context of the East Mediterranean Gas Forum and on a regional bilateral le...

Presentation of our monograph 'Geopolitics of the War in Ukraine' (Foreign Affairs Institute 2022) by the National Institute for Strategic Studies (Kyiv) think tank. У доповіді «Геополітика війни в Україні» повномасштабне російське вторгнення в Україну кваліфікують як порушення норм міжнародного права та принципів міжнародного порядку, що стало най...

Russian state revisionism in the context of international relations is a matter of scholarly debate that so far has been examined mostly in its legal dimension. Russia’s revisionism is not an isolated incident; instead, it is a part of a continuum of foreign policy objectives and forms a fundamental part of Russian statecraft and power projection i...

The Mediterranean Sea, once an area fragmented between north and south with limited contacts between them, is today gradually becoming a united geopolitical space with effective synergies. Over recent years, all the states of the greater region have increasingly reoriented their strategic outlook towards the Mediterranean to varying degrees. Among...

In this 25,000-word monograph we present an analysis of the Russian invasion of Ukraine as part of Russian revisionism and its implications for regional and global international order. We examine Russian interests and strategic objectives; the geopolitical impact of the invasion and we analyze in detail the military and strategic lessons of the war...

У доповіді «Геополітика війни в Україні» повномасштабне російське вторгнення в Україну кваліфікують як порушення норм міжнародного права та принципів міжнародного порядку, що стало найсерйознішим викликом європейській стабільності та безпеці з 1945 р. Це прояв російського ревізіонізму та злочин агресії відповідно до міжнародного кримінального права...

The Patriarchate of Alexandria and all Africa is one of the most venerable institutions of Egypt that continues its dynamic activities in a new era. The Patriarchate has worked tirelessly to provide humanitarian work in Egypt and Africa assisting many segments of society regardless of religious beliefs and nationalities.

India and Greece are two pivotal states overseeing focal points of elevated geopolitical importance in Eurasia. Bilateral relations between India and Greece are multifaceted and have grown steadily over the last few years. Greece has consistently been supportive of India’s core foreign policy objectives and India concurs with Greece’s emphasis on p...

Greece has been a frontline state, especially after it became a NATO member in 1952 along with Turkey. The two states formed the south-eastern flank of NATO and along with Iran constituted the Greece, Turkey, Iran (GTI) Corridor, part of Rimland. Greece’s strategic value stemmed from its frontline position in relation to the Eastern Bloc. After the...

Based on Classical Geopolitics the article analyzes the main geostrategic orientations of modern Greece, distinguishing among proponents of land power and proponents of sea power. Θεμελιώδης θέση μας είναι η τυπολογική διάκριση των νεοελληνικών πολιτικών και ιδεολογικών αναφορών και των γεωστρατηγικών θέσεων βάσει των αναφορών της Κλασικής Γεωπολιτ...

Russia has deployed Chechen and Syrian extremists in Ukraine. By using experienced Islamic fighters, Russia can avoid the fact that many Russian soldiers are reluctant to fight effectively against the Ukrainian people and their morale is flagging due to fierce Ukrainian resistance. The Russians hope that the Chechen fighters will prove to be more r...

Η μελέτη Εισαγωγή στην Συστημική Γεωπολιτική Ανάλυση αποτελεί εισαγωγική εξέταση της Συστημικής Γεωπολιτικής Αναλύσεως. Πρόκειται περί θεματικής μονογραφίας εντεταγμένης στην ιστοριογραφική και μεταθεωρητική παράδοση της ιστορίας της ελληνικής Γεωπολιτικής.

Geography as a distinct science was developed in 19th-century and early 20th-century Greece under the influence of the French and the German geographical tradition. Greek-language bibliography of Geography included both studies of Physical and Historical Geography and mainly focused during this period on regions of historical Greek space that were...

Παρουσίαση της μελέτης μου Ιστορία της ελληνικής Γεωπολιτικής (Αθήνα: Λειμών, 2021) στο Foreign Affairs Hellenic Edition Presentation of my book History of Greek Geopolitics (Athens: Leimon, 2021) in Foreign Affairs Hellenic Edition.

History of Greek Geopolitics by the historian Ioannis E. Kotoulas (Ph.D. in Geopolitics, Ph.D. in History), is based on the second doctoral dissertation of the author. This is a thorough and highly detailed study of the history of Greek geopolitical thought with appropriately rich documentation for the first time in Greek bibliography. The total le...

Η Ιστορία της ελληνικής Γεωπολιτικής του ιστορικού Ιωάννη Ε. Κωτούλα (Δρ Ιστορίας, Δρ Γεωπολιτικής) εξετάζει την ιστορική ανάπτυξη του κλάδου της Γεωπολιτικής στην ελληνόγλωσση βιβλιογραφία, από τον 19ο αιώνα έως την σύγχρονη περίοδο. Με αναλυτική εξέταση πολυαρίθμων κειμένων και κατάδειξη του ιστορικού γεωπολιτικού υποβάθρου των ιδεολογικών αναφορ...

The geopolitical thought of Nicholas Spykman [Chapter from my book 'History of Greek Geopolitics' (Athens: Leimon, 2021)]

The geopolitical thought of Halford Mackinder [Chapter from my book 'History of Greek Geopolitics' (Athens: Leimon, 2021)]

Call for Papers: "Greece Reborn: Aspects of Modern Greece, 1821-2021". More details at https://www.balkan-history.com/modern-greece/. Please circulate this call for papers among your colleagues and other potentially interested scholars.

Egypt, Libya, and Greece are three pivotal states in the Mediterranean. These are three countries with different historical trajectories but with shared common prospects for the future based on a consensus of mutual national interests.The time has come for a new perception of regional alliances and cooperation in the Mediterranean and this could be...

The British geographer Sir Halford John Mackinder (1861–1947) is a key figure in the formulation of Classical Geopolitics, a disciple developed out of Geography that emphasizes the relation of geographical data and power distribution in international relations. Mackinder’s work includes original contributions to the fields of Geography, especially...

India and Greece are two pivotal states in the great landmass of Eurasia controlling focal points of elevated geopolitical importance. In a new interconnecting geopolitical system extending over greater regions strategic cooperation between India and Greece is a vital strategic priority for both countries. India and Greece often face common externa...

France is facing a two-track war against Islamist networks that act in coordination with outside actors like Erdogan's Turkey, and against a naïve perception of the toll of political Islam in European societies. This is a battle that France, in its defense of secular values and internal peace, cannot afford to lose.

This paper examines the Beast of the Earth (Dabbat al-Arḍ) in the Qur’an in relation to the historical context that gave birth to this apocalyptic tradition. It is argued that the Islamic tradition of the Beast of the Earth is an influence from Christian apocalyptic texts but also reflects the events connected to the Justinian Plague of the middle...

ჩვენ დღეს ვიმყოფებით აქ 1821 წლის ბერძნული რევოლუციის 200 წლისთავის აღსანიშნავად. 1821 წლის რევოლუცია ჩვენი უახლესი ისტორიის მთავარი მოვლენა იყო, რადგან მან შექმნა საბერძნეთი, როგორც თავისუფალი და დამოუკიდებელი სახელმწიფო. ბერძნული რევოლუცია ქრისტიანი ხალხის პირველი წარმატებული აჯანყება იყო ოსმალეთის იმპერიის წინააღმდეგ, რასაც მნიშვნელოვანი შედეგებ...

In 2021 Greece celebrates 200 years since the Greek Revolution in 1821, an event that created the independent Greek state and secured freedom of the Greek people after centuries of Ottoman rule. The Greek Revolution was a pivotal historical event, the first successful uprising against the Ottoman Empire, with considerable repercussions in Europe an...

The Philia (‘Friendship’) Forum with the participation of Egypt, Greece, Cyprus, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and France and establishment of the Eastern Mediterranean Gas Forum (EMGF), clearly point to a new international order uniting three major seas (Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, Gulf) and three continents (Europe, Asia and Af...

Egypt and Greece are two pivotal countries in the Eastern Mediterranean. The Mediterranean is the joint focal geopolitical space of both countries that often face similar or even identical regional challenges. Egypt is the leader of the Arab world, a state in a strategic position controlling the Suez Canal and a historic hegemonic actor in the Isla...

2020 with all its negative connotations associated with the terrible pandemic has also been a fruitful year on a geopolitical level, especially for Egypt and Greece. This is the year that has decisively marked the return of the Mediterranean as a focal geopolitical space on a world level and has highlighted the strategic importance of Egypt and Gre...

Demographic engineering is state manipulation of populations usually in a multi-ethnic state in order to promote territorial control in specific geographic areas, economic advancement or alteration or preservation of ethnic or religious/cultural demographic balance. On a macro-historical level demographic engineering as a practice has been used fro...

Greece entered NATO in 1952 together with Turkey. Greece and Turkey formed the SE Wing of NATO creating an effective bulwark directed against the Eastern Bloc. Greece was a frontline state sharing borders with three Socialist states, all of them having expressed hostility against Greek sovereignty in the recent past. Greece's position in NATO was c...

The article examines the typology of language change and its intricate relation to demographic vitality with the use of four historical examples as case studies: i) substitution of Sumerian by Akkadian in the 3rd millennium BC, ii) substitution of Latin by Greek as an official language in the Eastern Roman Empire in the 6th century, iii) substituti...

We examine the recurring presence of behaviour patterns in human societies in the historical longue durée as elements interwoven to the genetic substructure and the cultural superstructure. The paper also analyses interaction between cultural evolution and geophysical environment. In this context we use Evolutionary Theory as a general hermeneutic...

The recent U.S. government approval to sell arms to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) raised objections by politicians and NGOs, even when the sale forms part of a greater strategy to promote stability in the Middle East.

Bilateral relations between Egypt and Greece have steadily grown to become a power bloc in the Eastern Mediterranean that comprises diplomatic, military, financial and cultural ties. Greece and Egypt have been working closely over the last years on all levels. The two most characteristic events of this cooperation were the signing in August of the...

Turkey turns its attention to its eastern backyard in the Caucasus region where over the last week a new frozen conflict has resurfaced. This is the latest dramatic episode in the still unresolved historic Nagorno-Karabakh conflict that entails long-term cultural memories, historical enmities, regional geopolitics and energy concerns. The conflict...

Turkey’s expansionism in the Eastern Mediterranean and the greater region of the Middle East is coming to an end on all fronts. After a decade of interference in other countries and military operations in Syria, Iraq and Libya, a new regional balance is gradually shaping with Turkey slowly but steadily receding. http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/379...

Sex ratio according to Demography is the analogy of males to females in a population. The Greek city-states of ancient Athens and Sparta are used as case studies. Historical and philological data show that in Athens the numerical abundance of men led to restrictions for women. In Sparta, women’s position was better in comparison to that in Athens....

Zoroastrianism was widely adopted as official state religion by the authorities of the Persian Achaemenid Empire in the late 6th century BC. Zoroastrianism as a creed is based on a clear distinction between notions of Good and Evil. The paper examines possible influence of Zoroastrian beliefs on the manifestation of the Greco-Persian Wars in the ea...

In August 2020 Greece and Egypt signed an historic deal for the partial delimitation of their Exclusive Economic Zones, an important development for stability in the Eastern Mediterranean. The deal was a result of repeated diplomatic contacts between the diplomatic and technical personnel of both countries, thirteen rounds of bilateral negotiations...

The government e of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on July 10 turned Hagia Sophia, the most iconic church of the Orthodox Christian world, into a mosque. The decision of the Turkish regime carries specific historical and ideological connotations, is another manifestation of its evoving Islamist identity and is a direct assault on religious pluralism and hist...

Ο Σουηδός πολιτικός επιστήμων Johann Rudolf Kjellén (1864-1922) ανήκει στην Γερμανική Σχολή Γεωπολιτικής, στην διαμόρφωση της οποίας συνέβαλε καθοριστικώς. Ο Kjellén είναι ο δημιουργός και εισηγητής στην διεθνή επιστημονική βιβλιογραφία του όρου γεωπολιτική. Το άρθρο αναλύει την γεωπολιτική θεωρία του Kjellén, ενώ πιστοποιεί για πρώτη φορά στην βιβ...

Since February 29 and during March 2020 Greece, a strategically located country on the southern periphery of NATO and the European Union faced an unprecedented event of state-sponsored mass movement of illegal migrants, an organized massive violation of its national borders and state sovereignty. This weaponization of migrant fl ows was part of an...

In March 2020 Greece, a strategically located country on the southern periphery of NATO and the European Union faced on its Evros land borders an unprecedented event of state-sponsored mass migration. The weaponization of migrant flows was part of an organized attempt of the Erdogan regime to undermine Greek state sovereignty in its border regions...

In March 2020 and until the outbreak of the coronavirus crisis, Greece, a strategically located country on the southern periphery of NATO and the European Union, faced the unprecedented state-sponsored mass movement of illegal migrants in organised violation of its national borders and state sovereignty. Facing internal problems and aiming to extra...

Παρουσίαση της μελέτης μου Ιστορία και γεωπολιτική της νεώτερης Ελλάδος (Λειμών 2019) στο Foreign Affairs Hellenic Edition Presentation of my book History and Geopolitics of Modern Greece (2019) in Foreign Affairs Hellenic Edition

Turkey under the Erdogan regime has intensified its traditional revisionist and destabilizing policy that it implemented in other forms in the recent historical past. Many states in the greater region realize by now the implication of Turkey in an ongoing and ever escalating revisionist and confrontational policy. Turkey’s destabilization projects...

The chapter examines the geopolitical importance of the Aegean Sea for Greece during the period 1830-1922, with special reference to the general strategic importance of the Aegean Sea and Greek strategy during the periods 1830-1912, the Balkan Wars, WWI and up to the Asia Minor Campaign (1919-1922)

The Turkish intervention in the ongoing intra-state conflict in Libya is a destabilizing factor and is based on a macrohistorical and symbolical background related to Ottoman history and current foreign policy ambitions of the Erdogan regime.

This is a thorough and highly detailed study of the history of Greek geopolitical thought with appropriately rich documentation for the first time in Greek bibliography. The total length of the study exceeds 410,000 words and 1,124 pages with 2,900 footnotes and over 100 pages of Bibliography. The Dissertation based on extensive research of primary...

History of Greek Geopolitics is a thorough and highly detailed study of the history of Greek geopolitical thought from the 19th century until today with appropriately rich documentation for the first time in Greek bibliography. The total length of the study exceeds 410,000 words and 1,124 pages with 2,900 footnotes and over 100 pages of Bibliograph...

Turkey’s decision to send military forces into Libya means that the Erodgan regime aspires to obtain a strategic presence in a part of North Africa that formed a dependent area of the Ottoman Empire until 1911. Over the last decade, Turkish Neo-Ottoman strategic thinking has attempted to create a ring of friendly states in regions that in the past...

Recent mass migration flows are not caused solely by the upheaval in the Middle East and the broader Northern Africa-Western Asia region in the aftermath of the Arab Spring or by ongoing conflicts in sub-Saharan Africa, but also and mainly by structural factors that would function in any case, irrelevant of the periodic military and political turbu...

The Greek Marxist scholar Georgios Skleros (1878-1919) introduces in Greek bibliography of the early 20th century a primary realist hermeneutical approach. Skleros examines in his works such issues, as power relations of ethnic groups in multi-ethnic states and the relevance of power (of a state or a non-state actor) with demographic dynamics. Our...

Αναλυτική εξέταση του γεωπολιτικού υπόβαθρου και των μακροϊστορικών δομών της Ελληνικής Επαναστάσεως του 1821. Η Επανάσταση δημιούργησε ένα προγεφύρωμα των δυτικών θαλασσίων δυνάμεων στην Ανατολική Μεσόγειο, ένα κράτος με υψηλό πολιτισμικό κεφάλαιο και ιστορικές διεκδικήσεις κατά της Οθωμανικής Αυτοκρατορίας. An analytical examination of the geopol...

Greece had a remarkable sea power as a combination of its geographical location, the geophysical formation of its territory, the existence of a significant merchant fleet and fi nally of a respectable war fl eet since the early decades of the 20th century. From a geopolitical point of view Greece, being a region with many ports, sea inlets and an e...

The size of Greek population in antiquity is determined on the account of archaeological data, historical sources and typological demographic analogies. The Helladic region featured high population density leading to emigration flows towards the coastal Mediterranean and Black Sea regions. The present study aims to offer a picture of the population...