est. 1995
Athens Institute
A World Association of Academics and Researchers: Promoting Global Education & Research
1995-2025: 30 Years of Bringing Academics and Scholars together in Athens
A Symposium on “The World at a Crossroads: Power, Order, and Uncertainty”
was held on Monday 15 June 2026
On Monday 15 June 2026, as part of the Annual International conference organized by the Athens Institute, a symposium titled “The World at a Crossroads: Power, Order, and Uncertainty” was held in Athens. The discussion took place at the 5th Floor, 9 Chalkokondili Street, Athens, from 13:30-14:30. The program of the symposium is available at: www.atiner.gr/events/15June2026.pdf
The symposium was moderated by Gregory T. Papanikos, President of the Athens Institute & Professor (Adjunct), University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA.
The session featured presentations by Philip G. Cerny (Professor Emeritus, University of Manchester, UK and Rutgers University, USA); Domenico Maddaloni (Professor, University of Salerno, Italy); Mehmet Cevat Yildirim (Associate Professor, Gaziantep University, Türkiye); Ludovica Marchi (Visiting Fellow, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK); and George Zahariadis (Associate Professor, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada).
Interventions were delivered by Hemmat Safwat (Director, Energy Development Services, Greece), Eliza Gardiner (Professor, Vancouver Island University, Canada), and Aykush Avanesyan (Senior Lecturer, Kuban State University, Russia).
The discussion highlighted the evolving global landscape of power, governance, and uncertainty, focusing on shifting geopolitical structures, democratic challenges, legal responses to instability, ideological tensions in Europe, and the impact of artificial intelligence on public systems such as healthcare, with participants from different countries contributing to the exchange and enriching the debate through diverse international perspectives.
