{"id":56274,"date":"2026-05-19T20:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T17:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/?post_type=activity&#038;p=56274"},"modified":"2026-05-19T20:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T17:00:09","slug":"o-loukas-tsoukalis-sto-yerevan-dialogue-2026","status":"publish","type":"activity","link":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/activity\/loukas-tsoukalis-at-yerevan-dialogue-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Loukas Tsoukalis at the Yerevan Dialogue 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"the-content\"><p>The President of ELIAMEP, Professor <strong>Loukas Tsoukalis<\/strong>, participated in the <a href=\"https:\/\/yerevandialogue.com\/overview\/\">Yerevan Dialogue 2026<\/a>, held on 5\u20136 May 2026 in Yerevan. The forum coincided with the annual meeting of the European Political Community and the first EU\u2013Armenia summit, bringing together numerous heads of state and government. The Yerevan Dialogue 2026 opened with speeches by President Macron and Mr Pashinyan, Prime Minister of Armenia.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Tsoukalis moderated the discussion on \u2018<strong>Reinforcing Democracy in the Face of Contemporary Challenges<\/strong>\u2019, which was held to mark the 25th anniversary of Armenia\u2019s accession to the Council of Europe. The discussion focused on the challenges currently confronting democracies, which include geopolitical instability, hybrid threats, disinformation, and the weakening of multilateral cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Tsoukalis also participated as a panellist in a session exploring Armenia\u2019s relationship with Europe and the prospects for further EU enlargement. The panel examined issues such as the European Union\u2019s strategic approach to enlargement, forms of differentiated integration, and the political and geopolitical challenges affecting the enlargement process and Armenia\u2019s position within the European architecture.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/yerevan-2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-56275 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/yerevan-2-1024x692.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/yerevan-2-1024x692.jpeg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/yerevan-2-300x203.jpeg.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/yerevan-2-768x519.jpeg.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/yerevan-2-426x288.jpeg.webp 426w, https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/yerevan-2-661x447.jpeg.webp 661w, https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/yerevan-2-500x338.jpeg.webp 500w, https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/yerevan-2-800x541.jpeg.webp 800w, https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/yerevan-2.jpeg 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":56276,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"program":[17],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/activity\/56274"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/activity"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/activity"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"program","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program?post=56274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}