Yannis
Stivachtis is Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech. He
currently serves as Associate Chair of the Department of Political Science and
Director of the International Studies Program. He holds a Ph.D. in Politics
& International Relations (Lancaster, UK 1996); an M.A. in International
Relations & Strategic Studies (Lancaster 1990); and a B.A. in International
Studies (Panteion 1988).
His
current professional activities include: Chair of the
English School section of the International Studies Association (ISA), Senior Advisor
and International Security Analyst of the Research Institute for European &
American Studies (RIEAS); co-editor of the Critical European Studies book
series published by Routledge/Taylor & Francis; and editorial board member of
the Journal of Political Science and
Public Administration (JPSPA).
He
is the author of Human and State
(In)Security in a Globalized World (Dubuque, IA: Kentall Hunt, 2011); Co-operative
Security and Non-Offensive Defense in the Zone of War (Frankfurt: Peter
Lang, 2001); and The Enlargement of International Society (London:
Macmillan, 1998) and the co-author of Non-Offensive Defense in the Middle
East (New York: United Nations Publications 1998). He is also the editor of
EUrope and the World: The English School
Meets Post-colonialism (special issue of the Review of European Studies, 2012);
Global Issues: Perspectives and
Controversies (Athens: ATINER, 2008); The
State of European Integration (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007); International Order in a Globalizing World
(Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007); International Governance & International
Security (Athens: ATINER, 2005); Current Issues in European Integration (Athens:
ATINER, 2004); and European Union's Mediterranean Enlargement (Frankfurt:
Peter Lang, 2002) and co-editor of Europe
after Enlargement (London: Routledge 2013); The European Union and Peacebuilding (special issue of the Review of European Studies, 2013); The Road to EU Membership: The Economic Transformation of Turkey (Brussels:
Brussels University Press, 2011); International
Society in post-Enlargement Europe
(special issue of the Journal of European
Integration, 2011); and Turkey-European
Union Relations: Dilemmas, Opportunities and Constraints (Lanham, MD:
Lexington Books, 2008). He has written several articles published in various
journals like the, Contemporary Politics,
Journal of European Integration, Journal of Political and Military
Sociology, Global Dialogue, Global Discourse, Journal of
Strategic Studies, Mediterranean Politics, and Europe-Asia Studies. He has
also written several book reviews and chapters in edited volumes.