Stefanos Vallianatos holds a Ph.D. from Lancaster University (U.K.) in the field of International Politics with special reference to the Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean (thesis title: Arab Foreign Policies and Greece’s Arab Policy: An Analysis of Patterns and Determinants, with Special Reference to Egypt, Syria and Saudi Arabia), an MA in Western European Politics (Essex University, UK), and a Diploma on Political Science & Public Administration (University of Athens, Greece).
He is the Director of the Department of International Relations of the Hellenic Foundation for Culture (renamed to Hellenic Foundation for Book and Culture), the coordinator of the Greek National Network of the Anna Lindh Foundation and, co-founder of Fotoessa, a centre for Education, research and action.
He has worked as a researcher at the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ΕΛΙΑΜΕΠ) and has taught Middle East Politics and History and Politics of the Balkans, at the International Centre for Hellenic and Mediterranean Studies (CYA).
He is a fellow of Saltzburg Global Seminar and of the Onasis Foundation, and
Frequently publishes, lectures, comments and participates in activities on issues related to Middle East politics, civil society, intercultural dialogue in the Mediterranean region, and, cultural diplomacy. His academic publications include the following titles and themes:
•Multilateral Cultural Diplomacy: Euro-Mediterranean Dialogue and European Cultural Institutes”;
•The role of Anna Lindh Foundation for fostering Intercultural Dialogue in civil society”;
•The Role of Civil Society in the Euro-Mediterranean Region”;
•Intercultural Dialogue and Civil Society: a Policy, a Practice, a Tool”;
•Arab Civil Society at the Crossroad of Democratization: The Arab Spring Impact”;
•Iran: From a Monarchy to an Islamic Republic: Nation building and Domestic Politics;
•The Middle East in Greece’s Foreign Policy: Traditional Bonds, Strategic Considerations, Ideological Concerns and Realistic Adaptation”;
•International Relations in the Middle East”;
•Palestinians & Israelis: Two Peoples, One Country, Two States?”;
•Turkey and the Middle East”,
•The Kurdish minority in Turkey”;
•Qaddafi, the Libyan riddle and the International Community”;
•A Lighthouse, a model, or just an exception? Egypt and the revolts in the Arab world”.
