Democracy in Times of Crises

In 2005, the President of the French Republic honored him with France's highest decoration, the Knight of the Legion of Honor (Chevalier de la Legion d' Honneur) for his contribution to European integration and the preparation of the EMU as a member of the Delors-Moreau committee. Previous positions he held include, among others: Directorate-General for Research of the European Parliament, advisor to the government of the National Bank of Greece, and advisor to the Minister of Finance, Greece. He is currently a Vice-Chairman of the Greek Quality Assessment Committee of the Legislative Drafting Process.

Athanasios Platias is a Professor of Strategy and the Chairman of the Department of International and European Studies at the University of Piraeus (Greece). Previously, from 2008 to 2020, he served as the Director of the Graduate Program in International and European Studies at the University of Piraeus. Platias holds a Ph.D. in international relations from the Department of Government at Cornell University (USA). He has been a Ford Foundation Fellow at the Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University, a Research Fellow at the Peace Studies Program, Cornell University; MacArthur Fellow in International Peace and Security at the Program for Science, Technology and International Security, MIT and the Center for International Affairs, Harvard University. Prior to his tenure at the University of Piraeus, Platias taught for 18 years (1989-2007) at the Department of International and European Studies at Panteion University of Political and Social Sciences, Athens (Greece). Additionally, he held several senior policy advisory positions in various Greek Ministries during the last 30 years. His research focuses on grand strategy, geopolitics and geoeconomics, international security, theory of international relations, and international relations and strategy.