Loukas Tsoukalis was born in Athens. He studied economics and international relations at the University of Manchester, the College of Europe in Bruges, and the University of Oxford where he obtained his doctoral degree and taught for many years. He later became Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration at the University of Athens (1990) and Eleftherios Venizelos Professor at the London School of Economics (1998). Meanwhile, he was part-time director of the economics department and visiting professor at the College of Europe for more than two decades. He has held visiting professorships at the Johns Hopkins University in Washington, DC, the European University Institute in Florence, King’s College London and Harvard University Kennedy School. Additionally, he has advised former Presidents of the European Commission and the European Council.
European integration has had many successes and failures, Brexit being one of the biggest failures. Despite the setbacks, the EU has been acquiring more functions and members and has now reached a stage where it needs to become a political adult.
Europe’s transformations is the unifying theme for this collective work that brings together leading academics and policy makers from across Europe and beyond. When the geopolitical tectonic plates are shifting, the sustainability of the Western economic model is under serious challenge, and internal divisions in Europe are deep, we aim to look at the major issues in a ‘big picture’ perspective. We draw lessons from the way Europe has responded or not to changes both within and without in multiple crises in recent years, try to understand what is at stake, and consider alternative policy proposals. All our authors have long experience and widely recognized knowledge of a wide range of issues concerning European integration and Europe’s role in the world. They cross academic and professional boundaries and bring different perspectives as top analysts and policy makers, including two former prime ministers and a former US ambassador to the EU. They come together as friends, colleagues, and former students of Loukas Tsoukalis, celebrating his scholarship and overall contribution to the European public sphere. The volume is divided into three main parts. The first deals with issues of democracy and welfare. The second part deals with major changes in the European balance of power and the balance between institutions. The third part examines changes in the global system and Europe’s present and potential role within it.
In collaboration with diANEOsis, ELIAMEP is publishing a report with four expert analyses titled “Challenges and Opportunities in the New Political Cycle of the European Union.” These papers provide a detailed examination of the major challenges post-EP elections in four critical areas: defense, EU enlargement, economic governance and the Stability Pact, and asylum and migration policies.
Read the report here (in Greek).
The report of the European Conclave entitled “Europe 2040: Tomorrow is Today – Co-Building a Global, Sustainable, and Responsible Power. 17 fundamental issues Europeans need to tackle to remain relevant” has been published today. Prominent personalities from across Europe participate in the project, addressing 17 pivotal questions on the future of the European Union.
Loukas Tsoukalis is a member of the Board of Directors of the Conclave. He was responsible for the geopolitical section of the report.
Read here the full report.
Terra Nova, 28 March 2022.
A special bilingual edition (English and Greek) of the report “Greece in Europe 2040” has been recently released by Papazisis publications. It is the product of a working group consisting of Greek experts on European integration who participated in the project in a personal capacity. Their names and affiliations can be found herewith. The report is part of the White Paper on Greece 2040 produced under the auspices of the ‘Greece 2021’ Committee to mark the 200th anniversary of the Greek War of Independence. Loukas Tsoukalis is the Chair of the Working Group.
The White Paper Greece in 2040, curated by the “Greece 2021” Committee, has been published. This collective volume includes the study “Greece in Europe 2040” produced by a working group coordinated by Loukas Tsoukalis.
You can view the text of the study here (in Greek), and watch it being presented, on Wednesday October 20, at the Forum on the bicentenary of the Greek Revolution here.
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