Webevent – Give Realism a Chance: Realist Perspectives in the Century of Complexity and Turbulence

On May 11, 2024 the 📚🎓Research Program on the Theory and Practice of International Relations at the 📍Institute of International Economic Relations (IIER) in Greece in collaboration with the Association of International Politics and Security Studies (INTPOLSEC) in Turkey and the Department of Political Science, Justus Liebig University Giessen in Germany organized the virtual roundtable:

Give Realism a Chance: Realist Perspectives in the Century of Complexity and Turbulence

The web event addressed the claim that scholars of a Realist orientation are seriously challenged in understanding contemporary power politics. The roundtable examined the contributions of the Realist research program in International Relations and discussed how it contributes to analyzing the current balance of power, globally or regionally, and the pervasive turbulence that the international system experiences in the 21st century.

Effie Charalampaki, who moderated the discussion as Head of the Research Program, was honored to host, on behalf of IIER, the following distinguished IR theorists as roundtable participants and discussants:

Roundtable Participants:
✅Knud Erik Jørgensen (Aarhus University, Denmark)

✅Richard Ned Lebow (King’s College London – Pembroke College, University of Cambridge, UK / U.S)

✅Shiping Tang (Fudan University, Shanghai, China)

✅Jennifer Sterling-Folker (University of Connecticut, U.S.)

✅Gideon Rose (Council on Foreign Relations – Columbia University, New York City, U.S. 🇺🇲)

✅Daniel Nexon (Georgetown University, Washington D.C., U.S.)

Discussants:
✅Alexander Reichwein (Department of Political Science, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany)
✅Charalampos Tsardanidis (Ινστιτούτο Διεθνών Οικονομικών Σχέσεων – ΙΔΟΣ / IIER / Institute of International Economic Relations, Athens, Greece)
✅Bezen Balamir (TED University, Ankara, Turkey – President of INTPOLSEC)
✅F. Asli Ergul Jοrgensen (Ege University, Izmir, Turkey)
✅Carmen Chas Bartolome (Bath University, UK)

🎙️🎤Moderator:
Effie Charalampaki (Head of the Research Program on the Theory and Practice of International Relations, IIER)

📝🧑‍💻Organizing Committee:
–Alexander Reichwein (Department of Political Science, JLU Giessen)
–Charalampos Tsardanidis (IIER)
–Bezen Balamir (TED University – INTPOLSEC)
–F. Asli Ergul Jorgensen (Ege University)
–Knud Erik Jørgensen (Aarhus University)
–Effie Charalampaki (IIER)

You can watch the round table on our youtube channel👉 https://bit.ly/3KocXA8