5th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON POLITICS

JUNE 25-26, 2007, ATHENS, GREECE

PROGRAM

Organized by

THE POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS RESEARCH UNIT OF THE ATHENS INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH (AT.IN.E.R.)

Conference Venue: Athens Chamber of Small and Medium Sized Industries, 18 Akadimias Avenue, 1st Floor (Close to Syntagma or Panepistimou Metro Station)

Organizing and Scientific Committee

  1. Dr. Ioannis Stivachtis Head, Politics & International Affairs Research Unit, ATINER & Director, International Studies Program Virginia Tech - Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, USA.
  2. Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos, President and Director, ATINER.
  3. Dr. Nicholas Pappas, Vice-President, ATINER & Professor, Sam Houston University, USA.
  4. Dr. Marina Stefania Giannakaki, Deputy Head, Research Unit of Education, ATINER.
  5. Dr. Theofilos Theophanides, Academic Member, ATINER & Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece.
  6. Dr. Constantine P. Danopoulos, Professor, San Hose University, USA.
  7. Dr. Akis Kalaitzidis, Assistant Professor, Central Missouri State University, USA.
  8. George Kaloudis, Chair, Department of History, Law and Government, Rivier College, USA.
  9. Dr. Michael P. Malloy, Distinguished Professor & Scholar, University of the Pacific, USA.
  10. Dr. Scott Nelson, Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech, USA.
  11. Dr. Andrew Papadimos, Lecturer in International Business and Economics, Australian Catholic University, Australia.
  12. Dr. Ioannis D. Salavrakos, Visiting Lecturer, London Metropolitan University, U.K.
  13. Dr. Christopher Simon, Associate Professor, University of Nevada, USA.

 

 

Administration

Fani Balaska, Natasa Filiou, Eirini Lentzou, Thomas Papanikos, Sylia Sakka.

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

 (The time for each session includes a 10 minutes coffee break)

 Monday, June 25th, 2007

 07:30-08:15 Registration

08:15-08:30 Welcome and Opening Remarks

Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos, President and Director, ATINER, Greece

Dr. Ioannis Stivachtis Head, Politics & International Affairs Research Unit, ATINER & Director, International Studies Program Virginia Tech - Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, USA.

 

 08:30-10:00 Monday, June 25th 2007

Session I:  Democracy I

Chair: Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos, President and Director, ATINER, Greece. 

  1. Medina, L.F., Assistant Professor, University of Virginia, USA. Structural Turnout Bias and Economic Redistribution.
  2. de Beaufort, V., Professor, ESSEC, France. Lobbying- a Tool or a Threat for Democracy?
  3. Labuschagne, P., Professor, University of South Africa, South Africa. A Critique of the State of Democracy in South Africa.

  

10:00-11:30 Monday, June 25th 2007

Session II:  Democracy II

Chair:  Dr. Ioannis Stivachtis Head, Politics & International Affairs Research Unit, ATINER & Director, International Studies Program Virginia Tech - Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, USA. 

1.         Mishler, W., Associate Professor, University of Arizona, USA & Peiris, P., Director, Social Indicator Centre for Policy Alternatives, Sri Lanka. Democracy and Civil War: Exploring the Micro Foundations of the Democratic Peace in Sri Lanka and Kosovo.

2.         Crisp, B., Associate Professor, Washington University in St. Louis, USA. Reforming Democracy.

3.         Jones, B., Associate Professor, University of California, Davis, USA. Democratic Values? Tolerance and Intolerance toward Immigrants in an Established Democracy.

4.         Finkel, S., Professor, Hertie School of Governance, Germany. The Effects of US Foreign Assistance on Democracy Building, 1990-2003. 

  

11:30-13:00 Monday, June 25th 2007

Session III: Issues in International Security

Chair:  Rusk, J., Professor, Rice University, USA.

  1. Nadkarni, V., Associate Professor, University of San Diego, San Diego, USA. The Sino-Indian Strategic Partnership: Engaging or Hedging?
  2. Colucci, L., Associate Professor, Ripon College, USA. The Bush Doctrine- Changes in American Foreign Policy, International Relations and International Security.
  3. Turksen, U., Lecturer, University of the West of England, U.K. Migration and Security: Measuring Success.
  4. Liaropoulos, A., Analyst, Research Institute for European and American Studies, Greece. Information Operations: The Hard Reality of Information (Soft) Power.
  5.  Korobkov, A.V., Professor, Middle Tennessee State University, USA & Zhanna A. Zaionchkovskaia, Z.A., Head, Laboratory on Migration, Institute of Economic Forecasting, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia. The Intellectual Migration from Russia: Myths and Reality

 

 

13:00-14:30 Monday, June 25th 2007

Session IV:  International Organizations/ Global Governance

Chair: Miller, N., Assistant Professor, South Carolina State University, USA. 

1.  Lamont, C., Ph.D. Student, Glasgow University, U.K. Bargaining for Justice: Explaining Croatian Compliance with International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia Article 29 Obligations.

2. Kartas, M., Ph.D. Student, Graduate Institute for International Studies, Switzerland. Post-conflict Peace-building - Is the Hegemony of the 'Good Governance' Discourse Depoliticising the Local?

3. McPhail, A.M., Lecturer. Griffith University, Australia. National Leaders at the Nexus of Domestic and Foreign Affairs: The Case for Constant Scanning and Multilateral Diplomacy.

  1. Federova, E., Ph.D. Student, School of International Relations, Russia. Anti-Globalization Movement and the Response of the Political Elite: Searching for a Dialogue?



 

 

14:30-15:30 LUNCH

 

15:30-17:00 Monday, June 25th 2007

Session V:  Foreign Policy

Chair: Constantinou, C., Professor, Keele University, U.K. 

1.     Pahlavi, P.C., Assistant Professor, Canadian Forces College, Canada. Bridging the Psychological Gap: The Canadian Public Diplomacy towards Americans.

2.     Ragsdale, L., Dean, Rice University, USA. Presidents’ Tough Choices:  A Competitive Anticipation Model of Decision Making in American Foreign Policy.

3.     Touri, M., Researcher, University of Leicester, U.K. Domestic Institutions and Decision-Making in Foreign Policy and Conflict Situations: The Role of the News Media and the Greek-Turkish Paradigm

   

17:00-18:30 Monday, June 25th 2007

Session VI: Theoretical Considerations

Chair: Ragsdale, L., Dean, Rice University, USA.

  1. Camia, V., Researcher, Reading University, U.K. Waltz’s Theory: an Assessment of its Hegelian Grounds. (Monday, 25th June 2007)
  2. de la Rasilla del Moral, I., Ph.D. Student, Seville University, Spain. Kant as the Post-Cold War Prophet in the Aftermath of the Iraq War? The Pan-National Democratic Paradigm in International Legal Scholarship at a Time of Declining USA’s Neo-Conservative Foreign Policy.
  3. Draxler, J., Researcher, Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), Belgium. Democratic Peace Thesis: The False Non-Dilemma of International Relations.

 20:30 - 22:30 GREEK NIGHT AND DINNER

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007

 08:30-10:00 Tuesday, June 26th 2007

Session VII: US: Domestic Political, Economic and Social Issues

Chair: Leen, A., Assistant Professor, Leiden University, the Netherlands. 

  1. Hinchman, L., Associate Professor, Clarkson University, USA & Hinchman, S., Associate Professor, St. Lawrence University, USA. The Uncertain Fate of Social Rights in America: The Case of the Clintons’ Failed Health Care Initiative of 1993/1994.
  2. Kaloudis, G., Professor, Rivier College, USA. Greek Diaspora in the United States, 1830-1939.

 

10:00-11:30 Tuesday, June 26th 2007

Session VIII: Issues in European Integration

Chair: Kalaitzidis, A., Assistant Professor, University of Central Missouri, USA. 

  1. Leen, A., Assistant Professor, Leiden University, the Netherlands. The Core of a Fiscal Constitution for the European Union.
  2. Zahariadis, N., Associate Professor & Director of International Studies, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA. Parties and State Aids in the European Union.
  3. Kaloudis, S., Ph.D. Student, The Catholic University of America, USA. An Emergent CME or LME? A Comparative Study with Germany for Poland’s New Place in the European Economic Landscape. (Tuesday, 26th June 2007, morning)
  4. Constantinou, C., Professor, Keele University, U.K. Cyprus, Bicommunalism, Exceptionalism.

  

11:30-13:00 Tuesday, June 26th 2007

Session IX: Middle East

Chair: Korobkov, A.V., Professor, Middle Tennessee State University, USA. 

  1. Bozorgmehri, M., Assistant Professor, Imam Khomeini International University, Iran. Analysis on the Iran’s Reform Movement.
  2. Navazeni, B., Assistant Professor, Imam Khomeini International University, Iran. Tat Ethnic Group Struggle for Identity.
  3. Alhelsi, R., Researcher, Ulster University, U.K. The Manifestations of Incomplete Transition from Revolution to National State: Policy Making in State-Less Palestine.
  4. Holt, M., Researcher, University of Westminster, U.K. Women and Islamic Resistance in Lebanon and the Palestinian Territories.
  5. Dural, B., Assistant Professor, TC Trakya University, Turkey. The Development of Pan-Turkism in the Late Ottoman Era.

  

 

13:00-14:40 Tuesday, June 26th 2007

Session X: Political and Economic Issues in East and Southeast Asia

Chair: Navazeni, B., Assistant Professor, Imam Khomeini International University, Iran.  

  1. Sitz, A., Associate Professor, University of Ecs and Business Administration, Austria. High Export Dynamics of China and India: Consequences for and Adjustment Measures of High-Income Countries.
  2. Huang, C-Y., Ph.D. Student, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan. How a Free Trade Territory Results in Hegemony and Magnificent Era an Example of Oda, 16th Centu0ry, Japan.

  

 

14:40-15:30 Tuesday, June 26th 2007

Session XI: EU in World Affairs

Chair: Navazeni, B., Assistant Professor, Imam Khomeini International University, Iran. 

  1. Aral, B., Associate Professor, Fatih University, Turkey. The Malaise about the European Perspective of the Middle East.
  2. Gebrewold, B., Associate Professor, University of Innsbruck, Austria. Africa and Fortress Europe.
  3. Kalaitzidis, A., Assistant Professor, University of Central Missouri, USA. Europe’s Greece.

 

 

15:30-16:00 Lunch

 

18:30 - 20:00 DINNER

 

Wednesday, June 27th, 2007

CRUISE: Departure at 7:15 a.m. Return at 8:30 p.m.

 

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

Tour: Departure at 8:30 a.m. Return at 3:30 p.m.