Ilias Tasopoulos

He holds a BA in International and European Studies and an MA in International Relations and Strategic Studies from Panteion University, where he graduated top of his class and was awarded a State Scholarships Foundation (IKY) fellowship for doctoral research. He holds a PhD in International Relations, with a dissertation focusing on state formation, the pressures of the international system, and the formation of alliances.
He has worked with the Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs, producing policy briefs, country-specific analyses, and policy proposals on developments in the Middle East, Africa, the Arab and Muslim world, and has also collaborated with the “Andreas Papandreou” Institute for Strategic and Development Studies. Moreover, he cooperated with the University of the Peloponnese as scientific coordinator of the project “Women & Terrorism.”
As Adjunct Lecturer at the University of the Peloponnese, he taught the course Geopolitical Competition in the Eastern Mediterranean. His research includes a postdoctoral project on religion and international relations in the Middle East, as well as participation in international conferences and peer-reviewed publications. He serves as a peer reviewer for international academic journals and as an external evaluator of research and educational projects supported by the European Union.