ΕΛΙΑΜΕΠ | Defence

Experts

Alekos Kritikos Senior Policy Advisor; Former senior official, European Commission; former Secretary General, Ministry of the Interior

Alexandros Diakopoulos Vice Admiral (Retd); Executive Chairman, Hellenic Aerospace Industry (HAI); former National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister

Ana Krstinovska Research Fellow, Wider Europe Programme, foreign policy, international relations, contemporary China and EU-China-Western Balkans relations

Antonis Kamaras Research Associate, Defence

Constantine Capsaskis Research Fellow, Mediterranean Programme

Elena Lazarou Director General

Eleni Ekmetsioglou Non-Resident Fellow; Senior Fellow, British American Security Information Council (BASIC)

George Pagoulatos Ambassador to the OECD; Professor of European Politics and Economy at the Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB)

George Tzogopoulos Senior Research Fellow, Media; International relations; Chinese affairs

Georgios Manalis Research Fellow, Greek and European Economy Programme (2021-2022); Researcher, University of Edinburgh

Georgios Matsoukas Junior Research Fellow, EU Security and Defence

Ino Afentouli Senior Policy Advisor; Head of the Observatory of Geopolitics and Diplomacy

Konstantinos MAZARAKIS-AINIAN

Lydia Avrami former Research Fellow, Environmental governance

Manos Iliadis

Manos Matsaganis Head of the European Economy Programme; A. G. Leventis Foundation Senior Research Fellow; Professor, Polytechnic University of Milan

Maria Gavouneli Professor, Faculty of Law, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens

Panagiota Manoli Senior Research Fellow; Associate Professor and member of the coordinating team of the University of the Peloponnese for the Geo-Power-EU project (funded by Horizon Europe), Comparative regionalism; European Neighborhood Policy

Panagiotis Kakis Research Assistant, EU Security and Defence

Panayiotis Ioakimidis Professor Emeritus, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Athens

Panayotis Tsakonas Senior Research Fellow, Head, Foreign Policy & Security Programme; Professor, University of Athens

Panos Politis Lamprou Research Fellow, EU Security and Defence

Rosa Vasilaki Research Fellow (2017-2022), Radicalization; Role of security forces in modern states

Sophia Clément Mavroudis Senior Research Fellow on Defence

Spyros Blavoukos Head, EU Institutions & Policies Programme; Head of the 'Ariane Condellis' European Programme; Senior Research Fellow; Professor, Athens University of Economics & Business

Thanos Dokos National Security Advisor

Triantafyllos Karatrantos Research Associate, Radicalisation, Terrorism, Policing Models, Security and Foreign Policy

Events

Closed roundtable discussion with Mr Camille Grand, ASD Europe, and Ms Paraskevi Papantoniou, DG DEFIS

Elena Lazarou, Panos Politis Lamprou 05.05.26

Closed roundtable discussion with Mr Andrius Kubilius, EU Commissioner for Defence and Space

Elena Lazarou, Panos Politis Lamprou 05.05.26

Building the EU’s defence industrial edge: Perspectives on EU defence industrial initiatives and lessons learned for the proposed European Competitiveness Fund

Elena Lazarou, Panos Politis Lamprou 01.04.26

Strengthening Europe’s defence industrial ecosystem: security challenges and opportunities for Greek – Swedish cooperation

Elena Lazarou, Spyros Blavoukos 18.03.26

50 years of Democracy and the Armed Forces: What Lies Ahead?

Maria Gavouneli, Antonis Kamaras 16.01.25

Presentation of Operation EUNAVFOR ASPIDES

Antonis Kamaras 17.06.24

Public event: EU Defence and Security in a volatile geopolitical environment

30.05.24

Online discussion: “Common Foreign Policy, Defence and Security of the European Union: After Ukraine, time for the big leap?”

Elena Lazarou, George Pagoulatos 18.03.22

Projects

ELIAMEP Defence Hub

Elena Lazarou, Panos Politis Lamprou 05.05.26

Publications

Greek-French Summit: Initial takeaways – ELIAMEP experts’ views

Ino Afentouli, Sophia Clément Mavroudis 30.04.26

Implications of the Iran crisis for Greece’s defence policy

Constantine Capsaskis 09.04.26

The French Doctrine of Forward Defense: Continuity and changes in France’s Nuclear Doctrinal Thinking – ELIAMEP experts’ views

Eleni Ekmetsioglou 05.03.26

From an Archipelago of Alliances to a Brussels Nexus: the Role of Military Agreements between EU member-states to the Evolution of EU Defence

Spyros Blavoukos, Panos Politis Lamprou 30.10.25

ELIAMEP Explainer: European defence policy and European defence industrial policy

Panos Politis Lamprou, Spyros Blavoukos 25.09.25

The new EU defence policies and their impact on the development of the Greek defence industry

Antonis Kamaras 25.09.25

Can SAFE contribute to the emergence of a European strategic culture and to enhanced interoperability? – ELIAMEP experts’ views

Triantafyllos Karatrantos 23.09.25

Europe’s Overlooked Allies: Why the Western Balkans Matter for EU Defence Readiness

Ana Krstinovska 03.07.25

A European defence industrial ecosystem in the making: Evidence from the EDF

Spyros Blavoukos, Panos Politis Lamprou 13.06.25

ELIAMEP Explainer – SAFE: new financial instrument for the common procurement of defence equipment

Spyros Blavoukos, Panos Politis Lamprou 29.05.25

A Strategy for Greece’s Defence Technological Industrial Base

Antonis Kamaras 08.05.25

ProtectEU: Internal Security Strategy, what’s in a name?

Triantafyllos Karatrantos 30.04.25

A deep dive in the White Paper on the Future of European Defence

Spyros Blavoukos, Panos Politis Lamprou 10.04.25

Getting over the junta: Greek civil-military relations for the 21st Century

Antonis Kamaras 18.12.24

Erdogan’s Coup Proofing: why should Greece care?

Antonis Kamaras 31.07.24

Innovation and the Greek Armed Forces

Antonis Kamaras 30.05.24

Joint Operations in the Greek Armed Forces: Much to be desired, much to be achieved

Antonis Kamaras 11.01.24

Security, Industry and the Lost European Vision

10.11.23

“European Defence in a New Age” – Report by A. Kamaras, published by DGAP

Antonis Kamaras 03.07.23

Lessons learned from a year of war in Ukraine: a Greek reading

Antonis Kamaras 01.06.23

Mapping EU Defence Collaboration – One year on from the Versailles Declaration – Spyros Blavoukos, Panos Politis-Lamprou and Thanos Dellatolas

Spyros Blavoukos, Panos Politis Lamprou 20.04.23

Drafting Greece’s “Internal Security Strategy” – Challenges and Prospects

Panayotis Tsakonas, Triantafyllos Karatrantos 30.03.23

The Greek Defence Sector: Turning the Page?

Antonis Kamaras 09.02.23

Turkey’s quest for Strategic Autonomy – Alexandros Diakopoulos and Nikos Stournaras

Alexandros Diakopoulos 09.06.22

In focus – Defence spending in Europe

Georgios Manalis, Manos Matsaganis 24.03.22

Europe after Putin’s War: EU Foreign and Defence Policy in the new European security architecture – Spyros Blavoukos and George Pagoulatos

George Pagoulatos, Spyros Blavoukos 18.03.22

Achieving qualitative superiority: Greek conscription and the Turkish threat

Antonis Kamaras 04.03.22

Executive Summary – The ‘Magnificent Seven’ of European Defence Integration

Spyros Blavoukos, Panos Politis Lamprou 11.06.21

Turkish drones, Greek challenges

Antonis Kamaras 05.03.21

EU Strategic Priorities for a ‘New Multilateralism’: a follow-up to the European Commission-EEAS Communication

Spyros Blavoukos, George Pagoulatos 26.02.21

Greece’s call for an embargo on weapons sales to Turkey: a seminal step for the EU’s collective defence identity?

Antonis Kamaras 20.11.20

Establishing Defence Studies in Greece? It’s high time…

Antonis Kamaras 13.10.20

Comments and Suggestions on the Policy Document “Military Service & Defense” by Manos Iliadis and Dr. Thanos Dokos

Manos Iliadis, Thanos Dokos 06.06.19

ELIAMEP’s policy paper on military service and defence

Thanos Dokos, Manos Iliadis 30.01.19

Debate on defence and security: The need for national security reforms

Konstantinos MAZARAKIS-AINIAN, Panayotis Tsakonas 23.11.18

Debate on defence and security: New security threats

Thanos Dokos, Lydia Avrami 13.11.18

EU-Turkey relations from a Greek perspective

Thanos Dokos, Panagiota Manoli 06.06.17

Contribution by ELIAMEP to a European study on defence budgets and cooperation

Thanos Dokos 15.05.16

ELIAMEP White Book on Greek Foreign Policy, Defence and Security

Thanos Dokos 15.05.16

ELIAMEP Thesis: ‘Greek defence spending in times of crisis: The urgent need for defence reforms’

Thanos Dokos 26.04.13

Greek National Security Policy in the 21st Century

Thanos Dokos 23.07.07

Media

TA NEA The future of NATO

Triantafyllos Karatrantos 02.04.26

Politico “Being unprepared makes us vulnerable” – Panos Politis Lamprou in Politico

Panos Politis Lamprou 27.11.25

KATHIMERINI From the threat of drones to deepening common defence

Elena Lazarou 15.09.25

iefimerida.gr NATO in the era of “total defence”

Spyros Blavoukos, Panos Politis Lamprou 08.09.25

TA NEA European Parliament against Commission over SAFE

Spyros Blavoukos, Panos Politis Lamprou 28.08.25

Euro2day.gr The Greek defense industry can balance the Turkish one

Antonis Kamaras 11.06.25

TA NEA European defence and Turkey

Spyros Blavoukos, Panos Politis Lamprou 27.05.25

iefimerida.gr United Kingdom returns to Europe

Spyros Blavoukos, Panos Politis Lamprou 22.05.25

TA NEA From the economic and monetary union to the defense union

Antonis Kamaras 09.05.25

Ta Nea European defence covers Greece

Antonis Kamaras 13.04.25

Social Europe Defence or Welfare? Europe Can Afford Both, and Must

Manos Matsaganis 07.04.25

Bloomberg Greece Offers Vital Lessons for Europe in Defense Spending

Spyros Blavoukos 27.03.25

Euronews.com EU: Spends 17 million euros to secure the Red Sea

George Tzogopoulos 26.03.25

TA NEA European defence does not cover the Greek security issue

Panayiotis Ioakimidis 24.03.25

K Report The future of European defense

Alekos Kritikos 21.03.25

tovima.gr White Paper on European Defence: what the next day looks like

Spyros Blavoukos, Panos Politis Lamprou 20.03.25

K Report Having to choose between “cohesion or defence” would be catastrophic for the EU

Alekos Kritikos 18.03.25

German Council on Foreign Relations – DGAP The current state and prospects of the Greek Defence Industry – Antonis Kamaras

Antonis Kamaras 03.11.23

warontherocks.com Beating the authoritarian legacy: upgrading conscription in Greece and Taiwan – Antonis Kamaras

Antonis Kamaras 07.09.22

Multimedia

ERTnews Radio 105.8 Dr Triantafyllos Karatrantos on the importance of drones in military operations

Triantafyllos Karatrantos 01.04.26

Athina 984 Dr Triantafyllos Karatrantos on the war in Iran: the Houthis, the US, and the EU position

Triantafyllos Karatrantos 31.03.26

ERT The NATO Summit and defense spending

Spyros Blavoukos 25.06.25

Explaining Greece - tovima.com The Future of Greek Armed Forces: Challenges, Innovation, Reform

Antonis Kamaras 28.03.25

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