C Kollias
Biographic Data
| ID | 67936 |
|---|---|
| NAME | C Kollias |
| GIVEN NAMES | C |
| FAMILY NAME | Kollias |
| SIGNATURE | KOLLIAS C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Thessaly |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2876-4304 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 45 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Russian Invasion of Ukraine and European Citizens’ Trust in the Armed Forces
Major, national security-related events such as terrorist attacks, insurgencies, conflict, and war impact citizens’ institutional trust levels since they affect (in)security sentiments and risk perceptions. The Russian invasion of Ukraine is universally regarded as an important defining event for European security with wide-ranging and long-lasting repercussions. The present paper contributes to the existing and expanding literature on the effect…
You don’t Pay Your Bills You Get No Protection”
Dispensing with the customary courteous diplomatic language, much of the 47th President’s rhetoric concerning the other NATO Allies echoes the valid US criticism that many of them freeride on the US protective defence umbrella without contributing their fair share to the costs of NATO’s collective defence. “You don’t pay your bills, you get no protection...”, he is quoted saying in a pre-election speech while is his Davos 2025 address, he mention…
Governance quality in Western Balkan countries
The 2015 Refugee Crisis and Institutional Trust in European Countries
Exogenous events have the potential to affect citizens’ risk-perceptions, (in)security sentiments, electoral choices, policy preferences and institutional trust levels. It has been shown that migrant and refugee flows also affect citizens’ trust and policy preferences. The 2015 refugee crisis as it has come to be known, shook Europe’s cohesion and tested the existing immigration and asylum policies as well as acted as a further stimulus to populi…
The Istanbul Convention, Sofagate, and Turkey's EU Candidacy
Gender-related issues feature prominently on the EU's agenda and in policies such as the Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025 which identifies gender equality as a core principle of the EU. Within the broader convergence discourse which examines whether candidate countries are converging with the EU, prompted by Turkey's withdrawal from the Council of Europe Istanbul Convention and the Sofagate incident, this paper conducts a gender-centric converg…
The Political Economy of Turkish Foreign Policy
In recent years, Erdogan’s rising authoritarian tendencies at home coincided with the hardening of his positions in the country’s foreign relations. From Libya to Syria to Greece to Iraq to Azerbaijan, and yes, even to Israel, Turkey’s actions have been at least controversial and have also led to increased tensions with Cyprus, Egypt and Greece over the EastMed maritime zones, but also with faraway geopolitical players. The article tries to explo…
Turkey’s road to EU accession
Using composite indices that quantify the quality of institutions and democratic functioning, the paper argues that Turkey has always deviated in terms of liberal democracy and civil liberties from the average EU norms. Due to the democratic backsliding of recent years this gap is rapidly widening. These differences constitute one of the two insurmountable fundamental barriers that have always prevented full membership irrespective of all other i…
Institutional quality convergence in the Euro area countries
A recent paper in this journal examines the presence of convergence or divergence in terms of institutional quality among the Eurozone countries over the period 2008–17. Convergence is a long-term process. Furthermore, it may not follow a smooth and stable course since it can be affected by major episodes such as the recent crisis and the recession that afflicted Eurozone countries. Better insights can be drawn with the use of timeseries spanning…
Are candidate countries converging with the EU in terms of the Copenhagen political criteria
The Copenhagen criteria for EU accession are the essential preconditions that candidate countries must satisfy to be deemed eligible for membership. In line with the strand of the literature that focuses on candidate countries’ convergence with the EU, the paper examines whether converge with the EU in terms of the Copenhagen political criteria can be established empirically for candidate and potential-candidate countries. Currently, the candidat…
Covid-19 as a Potential Accelerator. A Euro-Centric Perspective
In the words of the IMF, the economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic have generated “a crisis like no other”. Economic shocks often result in social and political quivers within states but also affect relations between states. In the short conceptual note that follows, we concentrate on the European Union and we explore the possible effects the COVID-19 economic fallout will have on its already strained cohesion. We argue that it has the p…
Defence Spending and Unemployment in the USA
The paper examines the effects of military spending using disaggregated unemployment statistics by gender and age group for the period 1948–2017 in the case of the USA. Findings from quantile regression analysis do not seem to point to any robust evidence supporting the thesis that defence spending quashes unemployment levels. This finding appears to be the case across all groups of unemployed persons. In fact, the results suggest a negative effe…
What explains the EU north-south gap in institutional trust
A characteristic of institutional trust levels in EU members is the difference detected between north and south. Using the Blinder–Oaxaca decomposition methodology, the paper examines whether behavioural or socioeconomic conditions explain the observed differences in institutional trust. The findings indicate that the biggest part of the observed gaps in trust towards both EU and national institutions are primarily attributable to the observed ch…
Security policy preferences of EU citizens
Between pragmatism and rhetoric
In contrast to other European countries in which the eighties were characterized by the cultural dominance of the ‘New Right’, Greek politics was dominated by the rise of the Greek Socialist Party (PASOK). Unlikely to the West European Socialist or Social Democratic parties of the time, Greek idiosyncratic socialism was associated with a strong nationalistic and anti-Western, i.e. anti-NATO, anti-American and anti-European rhetoric. Another featu…
Terrorism’s effects on social capital in European countries
The Globalization and Peace Nexus
Governance Convergence Among the EU28
The Greek-Turkish Rapprochement, the Underlying Military Tension and Greek Defense Spending
(2004). 7 The Greek-Turkish Rapprochement, the Underlying Military Tension and Greek Defense Spending. Turkish Studies: Vol. 5, Greek-Turkish Relations in an Era of Detente, pp. 99-116
The Greek - Turkish Conflict and Greek Military Expenditure 1960-92
Greece and Turkey, both members of the NATO alliance, are two of the major players in the Balkans. Over the past three decades their bilateral relations have not always been smooth. In fact, their strategic interaction has two contradictory elements: they are members of the same alliance while at the same time they are state-to-state adversaries. Both countries yearly allocate an appreciable share of their national income to defence. In the case …
Terrorism’s effects on social capital in European countries
Security policy preferences of EU citizens
Governance Convergence Among the EU28
The Globalization and Peace Nexus
The Greek - Turkish Conflict and Greek Military Expenditure 1960-92
Greece and Turkey, both members of the NATO alliance, are two of the major players in the Balkans. Over the past three decades their bilateral relations have not always been smooth. In fact, their strategic interaction has two contradictory elements: they are members of the same alliance while at the same time they are state-to-state adversaries. Both countries yearly allocate an appreciable share of their national income to defence. In the case …
The 2015 Refugee Crisis and Institutional Trust in European Countries
Exogenous events have the potential to affect citizens’ risk-perceptions, (in)security sentiments, electoral choices, policy preferences and institutional trust levels. It has been shown that migrant and refugee flows also affect citizens’ trust and policy preferences. The 2015 refugee crisis as it has come to be known, shook Europe’s cohesion and tested the existing immigration and asylum policies as well as acted as a further stimulus to populi…
Turkey’s road to EU accession
Using composite indices that quantify the quality of institutions and democratic functioning, the paper argues that Turkey has always deviated in terms of liberal democracy and civil liberties from the average EU norms. Due to the democratic backsliding of recent years this gap is rapidly widening. These differences constitute one of the two insurmountable fundamental barriers that have always prevented full membership irrespective of all other i…
Institutional quality convergence in the Euro area countries
A recent paper in this journal examines the presence of convergence or divergence in terms of institutional quality among the Eurozone countries over the period 2008–17. Convergence is a long-term process. Furthermore, it may not follow a smooth and stable course since it can be affected by major episodes such as the recent crisis and the recession that afflicted Eurozone countries. Better insights can be drawn with the use of timeseries spanning…
What explains the EU north-south gap in institutional trust
A characteristic of institutional trust levels in EU members is the difference detected between north and south. Using the Blinder–Oaxaca decomposition methodology, the paper examines whether behavioural or socioeconomic conditions explain the observed differences in institutional trust. The findings indicate that the biggest part of the observed gaps in trust towards both EU and national institutions are primarily attributable to the observed ch…
The Greek-Turkish Rapprochement, the Underlying Military Tension and Greek Defense Spending
(2004). 7 The Greek-Turkish Rapprochement, the Underlying Military Tension and Greek Defense Spending. Turkish Studies: Vol. 5, Greek-Turkish Relations in an Era of Detente, pp. 99-116
Are candidate countries converging with the EU in terms of the Copenhagen political criteria
The Copenhagen criteria for EU accession are the essential preconditions that candidate countries must satisfy to be deemed eligible for membership. In line with the strand of the literature that focuses on candidate countries’ convergence with the EU, the paper examines whether converge with the EU in terms of the Copenhagen political criteria can be established empirically for candidate and potential-candidate countries. Currently, the candidat…
The Greek - Turkish Conflict and Greek Military Expenditure 1960-92
Greece and Turkey, both members of the NATO alliance, are two of the major players in the Balkans. Over the past three decades their bilateral relations have not always been smooth. In fact, their strategic interaction has two contradictory elements: they are members of the same alliance while at the same time they are state-to-state adversaries. Both countries yearly allocate an appreciable share of their national income to defence. In the case …
The Greek-Turkish Rapprochement, the Underlying Military Tension and Greek Defense Spending
(2004). 7 The Greek-Turkish Rapprochement, the Underlying Military Tension and Greek Defense Spending. Turkish Studies: Vol. 5, Greek-Turkish Relations in an Era of Detente, pp. 99-116
Terrorism’s effects on social capital in European countries
The Globalization and Peace Nexus
Governance Convergence Among the EU28
Between pragmatism and rhetoric
In contrast to other European countries in which the eighties were characterized by the cultural dominance of the ‘New Right’, Greek politics was dominated by the rise of the Greek Socialist Party (PASOK). Unlikely to the West European Socialist or Social Democratic parties of the time, Greek idiosyncratic socialism was associated with a strong nationalistic and anti-Western, i.e. anti-NATO, anti-American and anti-European rhetoric. Another featu…
Security policy preferences of EU citizens
Covid-19 as a Potential Accelerator. A Euro-Centric Perspective
In the words of the IMF, the economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic have generated “a crisis like no other”. Economic shocks often result in social and political quivers within states but also affect relations between states. In the short conceptual note that follows, we concentrate on the European Union and we explore the possible effects the COVID-19 economic fallout will have on its already strained cohesion. We argue that it has the p…
Defence Spending and Unemployment in the USA
The paper examines the effects of military spending using disaggregated unemployment statistics by gender and age group for the period 1948–2017 in the case of the USA. Findings from quantile regression analysis do not seem to point to any robust evidence supporting the thesis that defence spending quashes unemployment levels. This finding appears to be the case across all groups of unemployed persons. In fact, the results suggest a negative effe…
What explains the EU north-south gap in institutional trust
A characteristic of institutional trust levels in EU members is the difference detected between north and south. Using the Blinder–Oaxaca decomposition methodology, the paper examines whether behavioural or socioeconomic conditions explain the observed differences in institutional trust. The findings indicate that the biggest part of the observed gaps in trust towards both EU and national institutions are primarily attributable to the observed ch…
Turkey’s road to EU accession
Using composite indices that quantify the quality of institutions and democratic functioning, the paper argues that Turkey has always deviated in terms of liberal democracy and civil liberties from the average EU norms. Due to the democratic backsliding of recent years this gap is rapidly widening. These differences constitute one of the two insurmountable fundamental barriers that have always prevented full membership irrespective of all other i…
Institutional quality convergence in the Euro area countries
A recent paper in this journal examines the presence of convergence or divergence in terms of institutional quality among the Eurozone countries over the period 2008–17. Convergence is a long-term process. Furthermore, it may not follow a smooth and stable course since it can be affected by major episodes such as the recent crisis and the recession that afflicted Eurozone countries. Better insights can be drawn with the use of timeseries spanning…
Are candidate countries converging with the EU in terms of the Copenhagen political criteria
The Copenhagen criteria for EU accession are the essential preconditions that candidate countries must satisfy to be deemed eligible for membership. In line with the strand of the literature that focuses on candidate countries’ convergence with the EU, the paper examines whether converge with the EU in terms of the Copenhagen political criteria can be established empirically for candidate and potential-candidate countries. Currently, the candidat…
The Political Economy of Turkish Foreign Policy
In recent years, Erdogan’s rising authoritarian tendencies at home coincided with the hardening of his positions in the country’s foreign relations. From Libya to Syria to Greece to Iraq to Azerbaijan, and yes, even to Israel, Turkey’s actions have been at least controversial and have also led to increased tensions with Cyprus, Egypt and Greece over the EastMed maritime zones, but also with faraway geopolitical players. The article tries to explo…
Governance quality in Western Balkan countries
The 2015 Refugee Crisis and Institutional Trust in European Countries
Exogenous events have the potential to affect citizens’ risk-perceptions, (in)security sentiments, electoral choices, policy preferences and institutional trust levels. It has been shown that migrant and refugee flows also affect citizens’ trust and policy preferences. The 2015 refugee crisis as it has come to be known, shook Europe’s cohesion and tested the existing immigration and asylum policies as well as acted as a further stimulus to populi…
The Istanbul Convention, Sofagate, and Turkey's EU Candidacy
Gender-related issues feature prominently on the EU's agenda and in policies such as the Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025 which identifies gender equality as a core principle of the EU. Within the broader convergence discourse which examines whether candidate countries are converging with the EU, prompted by Turkey's withdrawal from the Council of Europe Istanbul Convention and the Sofagate incident, this paper conducts a gender-centric converg…
You don’t Pay Your Bills You Get No Protection”
Dispensing with the customary courteous diplomatic language, much of the 47th President’s rhetoric concerning the other NATO Allies echoes the valid US criticism that many of them freeride on the US protective defence umbrella without contributing their fair share to the costs of NATO’s collective defence. “You don’t pay your bills, you get no protection...”, he is quoted saying in a pre-election speech while is his Davos 2025 address, he mention…
The Russian Invasion of Ukraine and European Citizens’ Trust in the Armed Forces
Major, national security-related events such as terrorist attacks, insurgencies, conflict, and war impact citizens’ institutional trust levels since they affect (in)security sentiments and risk perceptions. The Russian invasion of Ukraine is universally regarded as an important defining event for European security with wide-ranging and long-lasting repercussions. The present paper contributes to the existing and expanding literature on the effect…
Economics (17 works) · Political science (16 works) · Development economics (9 works) · Law (9 works) · European union (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · International trade (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Political economy (6 works) · Sociology (6 works)