Emerging Issues in European Economic Diplomacy

Andreas N. Papastamou is Professor of European Economics and Economic Diplomacy at the Department of International & European Studies, Panteion University of Social & Political Sciences, Athens (Greece), where he was Director of the Department of International Political Economy. He served for 23 years as a diplomatic advisor for economic relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece, with positions at the Consulate General of Greece in Istanbul, the Embassy of Greece in Skopje, and the Permanent Mission of Greece to the United Nations in Geneva. He also served as economic advisor to the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece (2000-2004) and as advisor to the General Secretariat of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras (2012-2015). He studied economics at the University of Athens, regional development at Panteion University and European economics at the Institut d’études européennes de l’Université libre de Bruxelles. His authorial work includes the publication of nine books in Greek, and more than 40 articles in Greek and foreign scientific journals.