Dr. Petros Violakis is an Assistant Professor – Homeland Security at the Rabdan Academy, Senior Researcher at the Jean Monnet Center of Excellence of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Research partner of Intelligence & Cyber Security Lab and of Strategic Communications and Mass Media Lab of Piraeus University (Greece). He holds a PhD degree in Politics from Exeter University, an MA in International Relations from University of Indianapolis, an MBA (focus in Marketing) and a BSc in Computer Science from University of Hertfordshire.
Dr Violakis latest research is being situated within Cyber Security, Homeland Security, Resilience, Politics, Strategic Communications, Fake/ Falsified News, Policy Making and European Studies. More specifically, he investigates the Europeanisation of EU Defence and Security Policy through different perspectives and contributing factors, such as: domestic politics, political economy, establishment of a new security identity and culture, research and development (R&D), globalization and other institutional influence (NATO).
His research is published as collective volumes chapters titled “Cyber Attacks, Cyber Coercion and attribution” (2022), “Towards a Common Defense and Security Policy: Migration and Security Issues in the Eastern Mediterranean” (2021), “NATO- EU Relations: Is a greater EU self-defense autonomy, possible and useful?” (2020) in “Defence Integration of the European Union” and as an academic book (monograph), entitled “Europeanisation and the Transformation of EU Security Policy: Post-Cold War Developments in the Common Security and Defence Policy” (2018) by Routledge. He has also published extensively in the areas of EU Defence Policy, the Libyan Crisis, Turkey’s Neo-Ottoman Identity etc.
· BSc in Computer Science – University of Hertfordshire
· MBA (Marketing) - University of Hertfordshire
· MSc in International Relations - University of Hertfordshire
· PhD degree in Politics from Exeter University (UK)
· Homeland Security
· International Relations
· European Relations
· Security & Defence
· European Security & Defence
· Cyber Security / Cyberwarfare
· Defence Technology & Economics/ Business Development
· Crisis management
· Learning Policies
· Policy Making / Policy Change
· Strategy
· Technology & Innovation
· Technology & Strategy Implementation
· Marketing/ Digital Marketing / Communication
· Strategic Communication
· Philosophy
· Violakis, P. & Stathakopoulos, (2020), “Pax Ottomanica: The old “new” order of Turkey”, Hellenic Institute of Strategic Studies, 1 February 2020
· Violakis, P. & Stathakopoulos, (2020), “Pax Ottomanica: Back to the Future,” Phileleftheros, 26 January 2020
· Violakis, P. (2019) “Erdogan’s Turkey questions NATO’s prestige,” Centre for International Strategic Analysis, 12 November 2019
· Violakis, P. & Stathakopoulos, (2018) “ISIS- Daesh (شعاد dāʿish) remains more dangerous within the walls,” 25 November 2018
· Violakis, P. (2018), “Will Erdogan’s Turkey be the occasion for the rapid realization of the Euro-Army;” 18 February 2018
· Violakis, P. (2017), “European Defence, Terrorism and Migration,” 14 August 2017
· Violakis, P. (2017), “Reverse Countdown for Turkey” Centre For International Strategic Analysis, 14 March 2019
· Violakis, P. (2016), “The reversing of a 200year course: Turkey from Europeanisation back to Neo- Ottomanism,” 18 December 2016, 18
· Violakis, P. (2016), “Turkey: A fragile communication democracy,” 24 July 2016, p. 10
· Violakis, P. (2008) ‘Self Organizing Networks follow RFID networks’, web magazine “ANAXARCHOS”, Issue 10, Thrace “Democritus” University, Civil Engineer Department, February.
· Violakis, P. & Moustakis, (2007) ‘Examination of European Security and Defence Policy: Obstacles & Options’, Provlimatismoi No 38 – Hellenic Institute of Strategic Studies, February, pp. 15-17.
· Violakis, P. (2018) Academic book (monograph) entitled “Europeanisation and the Transformation of EU Security Policy: Post-Cold War Developments in the Common Security and Defence Policy” Informa UK Limited trading as Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis.
Chapters in Edited Volumes
· Violakis, P. (2022). Cyber Attacks, Cyber Coercion and attribution. In A. Liaropoulos, & A. Bozinis, Cyber Governance and Cyber Security in International Relations. Athens: Papazisis Publications.
· Violakis, P. (2021). Towards a Common Defense and Security Policy: Migration and Security Issues in the Eastern Mediterranean. In I. Valinakis, & I. Stribis, The European Administration of Migration: The external dimension (pp. 351-364). Athens: Jean Monnet European Centre of Excellence - National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
· Violakis, P. (2021) “European integration in the field of National Defense and Security: The case of Greece” in “Greek Foreign Policy: Options and Expectations in the 21st Century”, Institute of International Economic Relations.
· Violakis, P. (2020) “NATO-EU Relations: Is a greater EU self-defense autonomy, possible and useful?” in “Defence Integration of the European Union”, Hellenic Institute for Strategic Studies (HELISS).
Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals
· Violakis, P. and Plakoudas, S. (February 2020) “Will the Libya – Turkey relationship trigger conflict in the Eastern Mediterranean?” in Foreign Affairs: The Hellenic Edition, February – March 2020, p. 21-33.
· Violakis, P. (2019) ‘The De-Europeanization of Turkey: Migration and Security Issues in the Eastern Mediterranean’, International and European Politics, vol. 46-47, March-October 201
· Violakis, P. (May, 2019) ‘Europeanization of National Defense and Security: the Greek Case’, Journal of Modern Greek Studies, vol 37, n 1, pp. 61-98.
· Violakis, P. (2015) ‘Is there a democratic deficit in CFSP decision making?’, in Gerodimos, (ed.) First thoughts on the 25 January 2015 election in Greece – GPSG Pamphlet No 4, Bournemouth: Greek Politics Specialist Group, Political Studies Association member.
· Semertzidis, T., Koutsia, A., Dimitropoulos, K., Grammalidis, N., Kantidakis, A., Georgouleas, K. and Violakis,
· Moustakis, and Violakis, P. (2008) ‘European Security and Defence Policy Deceleration: An Assessment of the ESDP Strategy’, European Security, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 421-433.
· Moustakis, and Violakis, P. (2006) An Examination of the European Security and Defence Policy: Obstacles & Options, Dartmouth: Defence Academy of the United Kingdom
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