Participation of Panayotis Tsakonas in the Kathimerini event “Greek-Turkish relations and geopolitical realignments: Is there room for agreement?”

On November 24, Panayotis Tsakonas, Professor of International Relations and Security Studies at the University of Athens and Head of the Security and Foreign Policy Programme at ELIAMEP, spoke at an event organized by Kathimerini newspaper titled: “Greek–Turkish relations and geopolitical shifts: Is there room for an agreement?”. The panel also included: Tassos Chatzivasileiou, Member of Parliament for New Democracy, former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Assistant Professor of International Relations; Yannis Valinakis, Professor of International Relations and former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs; and Manos Karagiannis, Professor of International Security at the University of Macedonia and King’s College London. The discussion was moderated by Constantinos Filis, Professor of International Relations.

Prof. Tsakonas underscored that any agreement between Greece and Turkey can be sustainable only if it emerges from an institutionalized process and carries international legal legitimacy, such as a judgment issued by the International Court of Justice in The Hague. He further noted that it must also enjoy broad and substantive consensus within both the political system and Greek society, particularly with respect to the parameters that an “honourable compromise” with Turkey would entail.