Antonios Nestoras
Deputy Director, European Liberal Forum
Former Adjunct Professor, BSoG - VUB
2024 EU Elections Candidate
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About
Dr Antonios Nestoras is Deputy Director of the European Liberal Forum (ELF), and an adjunct professor at the Brussels School of Governance of the Free University of Brussels (VUB), where he teaches geopolitics and technopolitics. For more than 14 years in the academic, think-tank and European public administration fields, his work has been published in peer-reviewed journals, think-tank reports and EU media, including EuroNews, Euractiv, and EUObserver. He is chief editor of the Future Europe Journal and curates the Liberal Reads podcast. He holds a double PhD in Social and Political Science from VUB and the University of Antwerp and was awarded the Huygens Scholarship for International Talent for his graduate studies in the University of Leiden. His latest book "Belonging to the West: Geopolitical Myths and Identity in Modern Greece" is published by Brill.
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TechnoPolitics
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Future Europe Journal
Liberal Reads Podcast
Belonging to the West: Geopolitical Myths and Identity in Modern Greece
A Study of Analytical Geopolitics
Uncover the fascinating story of Greece's unwavering quest for European belonging. This thought-provoking book explores the intersection of geopolitics and political myth, tracing Greece's enduring determination to align with Europe and the West. By analyzing the geopolitical myths that shape its identity, the book illuminates the multifaceted factors driving Greece's pro-European strategy and foreign policy. By introducing and using Analytical Geopolitics as a pioneering approach, the book provides a historical-structural framework and expands the role of myth in understanding international relations.
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Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles, Policy Papers, and Reports
- Nestoras, A (2022). The ‘Brussels Effect’ in Digitalisation and the Future of Transatlantic Relations. ELF Policy Brief. 4/22. Brussels: European Liberal Forum.
- Nestoras, A. & Cappelletti, F. (2021). 5G Geopolitics and European Strategic Autonomy: Security, Standardisation, and the (False?) Promise of Open RAN. Future Europe, 1(1), 89–95.
- Nestoras, A. & Cirju, R. (2021). The Rise of China in the Information Domain: Measuring Foreign Influence in Europe during the Covid-19 Pandemic. EU Policy Review, 1 (2021): 199–210
- Nestoras, A. (2021). Place-identity and Renewed Materialism in Geopolitics: Towards an Analytical Approach? SN Social Sciences, 1(5):119
- Nestoras, A. (2019). Political Warfare: Competition in the Cyber Era. European View, 18, 2, 258
- Nestoras, A. (2019). How the Kremlin is manipulating the Refugee Crisis: Russian Disinformation and European Security. Brussels: Institute of European Democrats
- Nestoras, A. (2017). The EU beyond Brexit: Towards a New Democratic Foundation. Brussels: Institute of European Democrats
- Nestoras, A. (2016). The Gatekeeper’s Gambit: SYRIZA, Left Populism and the European Migration Crisis. Brussels: Institute of European Democrats
- Nestoras, A. (2016). Is Information Warfare Breaching the European Parliament? IES Policy Brief. 2016/12.
- Nestoras, A. (2016). Russia and the European Far Right after Brexit: Shifting Gears in the European Parliament. IES Policy Brief. 2016/16
Books and book chapters
- Nestoras, A. (2023). Belonging to the West? Geopolitical Mythmaking in Modern Greece, from the Enlightenment to the Euro-crisis. A Study of Analytical Geopolitics and International Relations. Leiden: Brill
- Nestoras A., (ed) (2023). The Changing Fundamentals: Towards a New European Security Order. Brussels: European Liberal Forum (forthcoming)
- Pogorel, G., Nestoras A., Cappelletti F., (eds.) (2022). Decoding EU Digital Strategic Autonomy: Sectors, Issues, Partners. ELF Techno-Politics Series. Brussels: European Liberal Forum
- Bohlin, E., Cappelletti F., (eds.) Nestoras, A., (series ed.) (2022). Europe’s Future Connected: Policies and Challenges for 5G and 6G Networks. ELF Techno-Politics Series. Brussels: European Liberal Forum
- Martino, L., (ed.) Nestoras, A., (series ed.) (2022). Towards an EU Cybersecurity Posture: An International Comparative Analysis. ELF Techno-Politics Series. Brussels: European Liberal Forum (forthcoming)
- Nestoras, A. (2022). Analysing Geopolitical Myths: Towards a Method for Analytic Geopolitics. In Criekemans, D. (ed). Geopolitics and International Relations: Grounding World Politics Anew. Leiden:Brill
- Nestoras A., Cappelletti F., Alesina M., Delhomme V., and Descamps C., (eds.) (2021). Liberal White Book 2030. Brussels: European Liberal Forum
- Nestoras A. and Comerma L. (eds.) (2021). EU Diplomacy Fit for the Future. Brussels: European Liberal Forum
- Kotarski K., and Sonje, V. (2021). Nestoras, A. (ed.). Corona Economics: The Five Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Brussels: European Liberal Forum
- Nestoras, A. (2015) The View from Europe's Borders: Greece and the CSDP as Security Provider. In Daniel Fiott (ed.) The Common Security and Defence Policy: National Perspectives. Brussels: Egmont Institute
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