Conference Advisory

Beyond the Greek Paradox: Greece in the Era of Globalization

December 7, 2002

JFK School of Government
Harvard University

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 The point of departure for Beyond the Greek Paradox is the 1995 conference The Greek Paradox, which explored Greece's promise versus performance in the economic, political, and security spheres. Seven years later, as Greece has cemented its position in the EMU, has emerged as a key regional security broker, is about to assume the EU presidency, and is preparing to host the Olympic Games of 2004, a reconsideration of the nature and extent of the gap between Greece's potential and performance is now appropriate. The aim, therefore, of the Beyond the Greek Paradox symposium will be to analyze those competencies where Greece's performance has improved, and also probe areas of continuing, or new, underperformance.

AGENDA

Saturday, December 7, 2002

8:45 AM Welcome

  • Joseph McCarthy, Associate Dean and Director of Degree Programs, John F. Kennedy School of Government
  • Elaine Papoulias, Director, The Kokkalis Program, John F. Kennedy School of Government

9:00 AM - Panel I Greece in a New Era: Contemporary Security Concerns
Moderator: Elizabeth Prodromou, Executive Director, Cambridge Foundation for Peace and Assistant Professor of International Relations, Boston University
Speakers: 

  • Spyros Economides, Lecturer in International Relations and European Politics, London School of Economics and Political Science
  • Kostas Ifantis, Assistant Professor of International Relations, University of Athens
  • Kostas Tsipis, Retired Professor and former Director of the Program in Science and Technology for International Security, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Break

11:30 AM - Panel II Politics and the Economy
Moderator: Dimitris Keridis, Director, The Kokkalis Foundation and Associate Professor of Balkan Studies, University of Macedonia
Speakers:

  • Barry Bosworth, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution
  • Kevin Featherstone, Venizelos Professor of Contemporary Greek Studies, London School of Economics and Political Science
  • Takis Pappas, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Thessaloniki
  • Miranda Xafa, Consultant, The Monitor Company

1:30 PM - 4:00 PM Break

2:15 p.m. Keynote Address: H.E. Evangelos Venizelos, Minister of Culture of Greece
Via live video broadcast in the Allison Dining Room, 5th Floor, Taubman Building, at the John F. Kennedy School of Government.

4:00 PM - Panel III Politics, Culture and the Media
Moderator: Richard Parker, Lecturer in Public Policy and Senior Fellow, Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government
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6:00 PM - Concluding Remarks

 

 
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