GERASSIMOS ARSENIS’ OPENING SPEECH ON KAPUSCINSKI DEVELOPMENT LECTURE, “STRUCTURAL REFORM: LESSONS FROM OTHER LANDS” . ATHENS 2/10/2015

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Ministers, Ambassadors, Members of Parliament, Members of the academic community, dear students, dear friends, On behalf of the Athens Development and Governance Institute ADGI-INERPOST, I welcome you all to this event.  I feel I have to apologize again for any inconvenience this last minute arrangement may have caused you.  We have too many people standing …

GERASIMOS ARSENIS’ OPENING SPEECH ON “EUROPEAN SOVERIGN DEPT CRISES IN A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE” AT THE 1st SYMPOSIUM ON BUSINESS, ECONOMICS AND FINANCIAL APPLICATIONS 1st ISBEFA,KEFALONIA, GREECE. JUNE 2012.

Dear friends, good morning, I must confess that I feel awkward that I have to speak in English in my hometown, but, at the same time, I feel proud that TEI Ionion Nisson has managed to upgrade its research and academic activities and to organize this wonderful conference. I would like to congratulate the organizers. …

LECTURE ON ” THE ARAB SPRING AND BROADER STRATEGIC IMPLICATIONS” “NEW THREATS AND CHALLENGES FOR REGIONAL SECURITY IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN” NICOSIA,CYPRUS 24 APRIL 2012

Ladies and Gentlemen, I feel honored indeed to participate in this important conference and I want to congratulate the organizers for their initiative to gather us. The topic that was assigned to me is “the Arab Spring and broader strategic implications”. Let me say that I am not a scholar on Arab issues but, being …

LECTURE ON “THE NEW GEOPOLITICS IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN” AT THE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ORGANIZED BY PANTEION UNIVERSITY “GREECE-CYPRUS-ISRAEL COOPERATION AND THE NEW GEOPOLITICS IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN” ATHENS, GREECE FEBRUARY 2012

Ladies and Gentlemen, Everything that could be said, has been said in the previous sessions and, in a way, our job is easy. I think that our task is to try to highlight certain key features which emerge from the discussions by way of concluding remarks. While trying to do that, I would like to …

LECTURE ON “THE CHALLENGES OF NATIONAL REFORMS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE ECONOMIC CRISIS” AT THE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ORGANIZED BY THE INSTITUTE FOR CULTURAL DIPLOMACY BERLIN, FEBRUARY 2010

We are in the midst of a crisis. Some feel that the recovery is coming and the tide will lift all boats. They argue that we shall then continue happily to do business as usual, without any need to effect fundamental changes in our institutions and in the global allocation of resources. Let me say …

SPEECH ON THE BALKANS IN OUR TIMES: CHALLENGES FOR INTERNATIONAL POLICY MAKING THE CENTER FOR GERMAN AND EUROPEAN STUDIES, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, WHASHINGTON SEPTEMBER 1994

Gerassimos D. Arsenis Minister of National Defense of Greece to the CENTER FOR GERMAN AND EUROPEAN STUDIES, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY Transcript from an oral statement I am grateful indeed to the organizers of this meeting for the opportunity that they given me to speak on a topic that I consider very important for our times. I …

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