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Theodore A. Couloumbis is professor of international relations at the University of Athens. He is also Vice-President at the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP), after being Member of the Board of Directors and Director-General for several years. In 1995-96 he was a senior fellow with the United States Institute of Peace and in 2006-2007 a policy scholar with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. His work focuses on conflict resolution in the post-Cold War international setting and on aspects of Greek foreign policy. He is co-author (with James H. Wolfe) of a well-known text book, International Relations: Power and Justice, Prentice Hall, 4th ed. 1990, author of US, Greece and Turkey: The Troubled Triangle (Praeger,1983) and co-editor of the new Journal of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (Frank Cass and ELIAMEP). His more recent publications include the Greek Junta Phenomenon (Pella, 2004) and a co-edited volume, Greece in the 20th Century (Frank Cass, 2005). He served as president of Eliamep in Athens (l993-95), president of the Institute for Balkan Studies in Thessaloniki (1988-90) and president of the Hellenic Society for International Law an International Relations (1985-87). In the years 1965-83, Couloumbis was professor of international relations at the American University’s School of International Service in Washington DC where he received several awards for outstanding teaching. From 1983 to 1989 he was professor of international relations at the School of Law of the University of Thessaloniki, moving to the University of Athens early in 1990. In addition to his scholarly output, he is a regular columnist and frequent contributor to Kathimerini. He holds B.A./ (1956) and M.A./ (1958) degrees in political science from the University of Connecticut and a Ph.D./ (1963) in international relations from the American University.

Author's Articles..


Theodore Couloumbis – What’s Next for Egypt?

February 17, 2011 | | Read the article »

As the Egyptian military council asserts control and begins to sketch plans for transition to civilian democracy, what comparisons can we make with similar transitions from authoritarian regimes in Spain, Portugal, Indonesia, Chile, Brazil, Turkey and Greece? Regardless of the roots and specifics of an overthrown authoritarian regime, some characteristics are similar: severe repression or suspension of civil liberties; restriction or [...]

Theodore Couloumbis – Egypt Is Not Iran

February 7, 2011 | | Read the article »

“Suppressing ideas never succeeds in making them go away.” - President Barack Obama, Cairo University, 2009. “Things are seldom what they seem.” - Buttercup, HMS Pinafore, 1878. Both comments apply to the current situation in Egypt. The anti-Mubarak protesters are clearly motivated by democratic ideals, rejecting the decades of authoritarianism that has made a mockery of self-government and stagnated [...]

Theodore Couloumbis – Dawn of New Concert of Powers

January 14, 2011 | | Read the article »

Following the Napoleonic Wars, the European powers gathered at the Congress of Vienna (1814-15) and agreed on an informal but substantive collective consultation process that became known as the “Concert of Europe.” The victorious Britain, Austria, Russia, Prussia and post-Napoleonic Bourbon France recognized that unlimited wars among them would destroy the very system in which [...]

Theodore Couloumbis – The Real Losers of WikiLeaks

December 17, 2010 | | Read the article »

The WikiLeaks stakes are arguably great: On one side are the advocates of freedom of information in democratic societies; on the other are those focused on national security. Regardless of the merits and demerits of each side, those who will most regret this massive flood of classified cables are – historians and diplomats! Historians will [...]

Theodore – Couloumbis – Turkey at a Crossroads

November 7, 2010 | | Read the article »

Turkey is misunderstood by most people in Europe and the U.S. – not the least because Turks themselves comfortably call their country European, Eurasian, Balkan, Mediterranean and Near Eastern, and this very modern, actively commercial, long-time NATO member is also a leading voice in the Organization of the Islamic Conference. Its population is only 10 [...]

Theodore Couloumbis – Why ‘Multi-Kulti’ Is Failing in Europe

October 28, 2010 | | Read the article »

Multiculturalism just doesn’t work in Germany, according to Chancellor Angela Merkel. Speaking to the youth association of her Christian Democrat Union party (CDU), she said that the “multi-kulti” concept that “we are now living side-by-side and are happy about it … this approach has failed, utterly.” Merkel described this as living in “parallel societies” similar [...]

A World Without Nuclear Weapons?

May 4, 2010 | | Read the article »

The recent signing of the new Russian-U.S. strategic arms reduction treaty launches a month of intense activity focused on reducing the threats of nuclear conflict and nuclear terrorism and tightening control over nuclear materiel and technologies. Regardless of outcomes, this reflects the new dynamics driving the original nuclear club of the U.S., Russia, Britain, France, [...]

Theodore Couloumbis – A World Without Nuclear Weapons?

April 20, 2010 | | Read the article »

The recent signing of the new Russian-U.S. strategic arms reduction treaty launches a month of intense activity focused on reducing the threats of nuclear conflict and nuclear terrorism and tightening control over nuclear materiel and technologies. Regardless of outcomes, this reflects the new dynamics driving the original nuclear club of the U.S., Russia, Britain, France, [...]

Theodore Couloumbis – Iran: Radical, But Not Crazy

March 25, 2010 | | Read the article »

Last month Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton warned that Iran was turning into a “military dictatorship,” as the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was steadily assuming more and more power within the country. The image of Iran as a threatening and militarized nation, ruled by an irrational regime and intent on destroying Israel, would [...]

Theodore Couloumbis – Greece at a Crossroads

February 26, 2010 | | Read the article »

For small European countries such as Greece, being headline news is not a blessing. It usually means that they have suffered a major natural disaster or are wrestling with political, economic or social turmoil. Greece today is front and center in a storm of bad news. Greece’s problem is mainly economic and the statistics are [...]


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