Dr George N. Tzogopoulos (Ph.D. Loughborough University, UK, 2009) is an expert in media, international relations and Chinese affairs. He is member of CIFE core faculty and Senior Fellow, as well as director of the module ‘Conflict and Co-operation in the International System’ within the MA ‘European Integration and Global Studies.’ George is also the director of EU-China programmes at CIFE and leads partnerships with several Chinese academic institutions.  Additionally, he has carried out several CIFE research programs under the aegis NATO Public Diplomacy Division, including the December 2021 ‘Building Security in Iraq’ conference. He recently, edited a special CIFE e-book about The EU and the Eastern Mediterranean: The Multilateral Dialogue Option which includes a prologue by Ambassador  Nikolaus Meyer-Landrut. George systematically organises different CIFE discussions on current affairs, for example on US foreign policy, the Eastern Mediterranean, and China’s Belt and Road Initiative (with Aydin University).

George is also is Senior Fellow at the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP), and the Begin Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA) in Israel, and Lecturer in International Relations at the Democritus University of Thrace. He is the author of three books: US Foreign Policy in the European Media: Framing the Rise and Fall of Neoconservatism (IB TAURIS), The Greek Crisis in the Media: Stereotyping in the International Press (Ashgate) and The Miracle of China: The New Symbiosis with the World (Springer and China Social Sciences Press). George has been selected as ‘young leader’ by China’s Diplomatic Academy and is an alumnus of the US Department of State after participating in an International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) about US Foreign Policy in 2019. Furthermore, he is the Co-convener of Israel-Hellenic Forum under the umbrella of B’nai B’rith International, and his work regularly appears in international media. George’s recent essays about China and the World During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Greece, China and the 17+1 Initiative, The Digital Markets Act: Between European Autonomy and Transatlantic Cooperation, and The Way Forward in Greek-Russian Relations have been selected in the think tank review of the Council of the EU.

Recent publications (2018) :

•    ‘The Mediterranean: Italy, Cyprus, Greece, Malta’ in Europe’s Brexit (edited by Tim Oliver), Agenda Publishing, 2018 (with Eleonora Poli, Adonis Pegasiou and Roderick Pace)
•    ‘Cyprus, Greece and Israel Chart a Common Path’, BESA paper, June 2018
•    ‘Trump, Europe and Iran’, BESA paper, May 2018
•    ‘The Future of Greek-Israeli Relations’, BESA paper, April 2018 
•    ‘China’s BRI, the Middle East and the Mediterranean’, Kadir Has paper, March 2018

2017

•    ‘AfD: A New Hurdle in the German-Israeli Relationship?’, BESA paper, November 2017
•    ‘Greece, Israel and China’s Belt and Road Initiative’, BESA paper, October 2017
•    ‘Can Europe Restrain China’s Influence?’, BESA paper, October 2017
•    ‘Why is Israel’s Image Improving in Greece?’, BESA paper, October 2017
•    ‘Trump, Globalization and China’, BESA paper, September  2017
•    ‘Fake News: Challenges and Opportunities’, essay published on the occasion of M100 Sansoucci Colloquium, September 2017
•    ‘Sino-American Disagreements on North Korea’, BESA Paper, July 2017
•    ‘The EastMed Pipeline Could be a Giant Step towards Enhancing Regional Security’, BESA Paper, June 2017
•    ‘The Evolution of Sino-American Relations under Trump’, L’Europe en Formation, Spring 2017, no. 382

CIFE's Policy Paper (CIFE)

•   N° 59 - ‘The EU, China and the Trump Effect’, Policy Paper, September 2017
•   N° 48 - ‘Sino-American Relations under Trump’, Policy Paper, February 2017
•   N° 45 - ‘Transatlantic Relations and the US Presidential Election’, Policy Paper, November 2016
•  .N° 32 - ‘From China to Greece - on track for the New Silk Road: Whither Sino-Greek relations?’, Policy Paper, March 2016
•   N° 13 - ‘The New Phase of the Greek Drama’, April 2015