Dimitris Bourantonis
Biographic Data
| ID | 4379699 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dimitris Bourantonis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dimitris |
| FAMILY NAME | Bourantonis |
| SIGNATURE | BOURANTONIS D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Athens University of Economics and Business |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 86 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 29 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
In quest of a single European Union voice in the United Nations General Assembly: The politics of Resolution 65/276
In May 2011, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) passed Resolution 65/276 that enhances the European Union (EU) institutional mode of representation in the UNGA and other multilateral fora operating under its auspices. This followed an earlier, failed attempt that caused much embarrassment and political turmoil in the EU. The article examines the politics of this resolution, tracing its background logic, its origins and the political inter…
The European Union's visibility and coherence at the United Nations General Assembly
The Lisbon Treaty brought about significant changes regarding the EU's external representation system with new institutional structures set forward to enhance the role of the EU as a unified global actor. In this article, we focus on the UN General Assembly examining whether the coherence and visibility of the EU has increased in the post-Lisbon era. We operationalize and measure both concepts on the basis of oral interventions made by EU and EU …
Issue Salience and Controversy: Any Effect on Chair’s Autonomy in Multilateral Negotiations
High issue salience and controversy negatively affect the probability of success of multilateral negotiations. In such a context, Chairpersons acquire an important role in agenda management and brokerage among the bargaining partners. If they perform these functions neutrally and impartially, Chairs increase their effectiveness and emerge as key determinants of negotiation success. However, Chairs as agents often seek some degree of autonomy to p…
Calling the bluff of the Western powers in the United Nations disarmament negotiations, 1954–55
This article, based on British and American archival sources, examines the response of the Western powers (mainly the US and the UK) to the Soviet disarmament initiatives in 1954–55. We shed some light on the Western states' attitude to the UN disarmament negotiations of this period, arguing that the two sides never actually came close to a settlement, since at least the Western side was hesitant to commit to any actual measures of disarmament. T…
Identifying parameters of foreign policy change: An eclectic approach
This paper examines foreign policy change, identifying structural parameters of domestic and international origins that bring about major foreign policy shifts. Domestic structural parameters comprise the politico-institutional setting and advocacy groups in support of alternative foreign policy options. International structural parameters refer on the one hand to systemic changes that may bring about foreign policy realignment and, on the other …
Pursuing National Interests: The 1992 British Presidency of the UN Security Council and the Soviet Permanent Seat
The UNSC presidency functions under the twin assumptions of neutrality and impartiality. However, chairing multilateral negotiations in institutionalised bargaining fora always offers substantial opportunities to the country in office to pursue its own national interests. An important constraint for the presidency is the very short duration of the period in office, which does not allow chairs to capitalise on the existing informational asymmetrie…
Policy Entrepreneurs and Foreign Policy Change: The Greek–Turkish Rapprochement in the 1990s
Besides systemic changes that lead to the re-prioritization of foreign policy objectives, foreign policy change is also a result of domestic policy entrepreneurs’ pursuit of a political return. Their potential to orchestrate change depends on the existing entry barriers that emanate from the political and institutional features of the domestic policy-making process. It is accentuated by system-wide developments and security crises that illustrate…
Chairing Multilateral Negotiations: The case of the United Nations
This book examines the important role of the chairmanship office in multilateral negotiations within the UN setting. Although chairmanship is a generic feature of international politics, negotiations, and decision-making, it has been scarcely researched. The neutrality and impartiality assumptions that have been long associated with the chair have veiled the chair’s potential in moulding negotiation outcomes. The authors seek to develop an analyt…
The EU’s Performance in the United Nations Security Council
Performance in the United Nations (UN) is a key element of the EU’s ‘effective multilateralism’ strategy, especially in the UN Security Council (UNSC) that constitutes one of the two most significant political organs of the organization. In this article, we assess the EU’s performance in the UNSC by looking at two particular aspects of the EU-UNSC interaction: first, the broader political and financial contribution of EU member states in the UNSC…
Chairs as policy entrepreneurs in multilateral negotiations
Chairs have a significant potential effect on the bargaining structure and conduct of multilateral negotiations, addressing collective action problems that arise in decentralised bargaining. We examine the role of the Chair as a policy entrepreneur in multilateral negotiations, identifying the parameters that increase the Chair's entrepreneurship potential and condition the outcome of the Chair's entrepreneurial activities. We cluster the identif…
A President for the European Union: A New Actor in Town
In the post‐Constitution EU, the rotating Presidency would be replaced by a hybrid system combining a rotating component with the establishment of a permanent President for the European Council. Using a principal‐agent framework, we look at the supply and demand for formal leadership in the new system, accounting for the substantial institutional change in the format of the Presidency. We then examine the President's effectiveness and efficiency …
Introductory Note
Parameters of the Chairmanship's Effectiveness: The Case of the UN Security Council
The article discusses the parameters conditioning the chair's effectiveness in international multilateral negotiations. Building on existing accounts of Presidential functions, an analytical typology of these parameters is provided, elaborating on the direction and magnitude of their impact. Conditioning parameters are clustered into three categories: the broader international environment in which the chair operates and the issues with which (s)h…
Anglo-American Diplomacy and the Introduction of the Atomic Energy Issue in the United Nations: Discord and Cooperation in 1945
This article examines the different approaches of the Attlee and Truman governments to the issue of atomic energy in late 1945 and to the role to be played by the United Nations in its control. In particular it looks at the period from the Washington Declaration of November to the Moscow meeting of the three Foreign Ministers held in December and the dispute over whether a proposed Commission on atomic energy should come under the authority of th…
Russia's attitude towards the reform of the United Nations Security Council, 1990–2000
Reform of the United Nations Security Council has been at the top of the international agenda since the early 1990s, and since that time Russia has pursued a status quo policy towards the question. It felt threatened by any change that might dilute the country's power. This was because, in the post-Soviet period, the Security Council is the sole major international forum where Russia, through its position as a permanent member with the right to v…
The Southeastern Europe Multinational Peace Force: Problems of and Prospects for a Regional Security Agency
This article deals with the first regional security institution ever established in the southeastern part of Europe. The purpose of this article is threefold: first, to discuss the origins, structure and mission of the Multinational Peace Force Southeastern Europe (MPFSEE); second, to investigate the reasons for MPFSEE inactivity, i.e., why the MPFSEE has so far not been involved in peace operations in the region; and third, to examine whether th…
Anglo-American Differences over the UN during the Cold War: The Uniting for Peace Resolution
This article examines the Anglo-American discord generated by the United States' decision in 1950 to introduce a resolution to the fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly, known as the Uniting for Peace Resolution. It is argued that the ensuing conflict between the American and the British views on the Uniting for Peace Resolution was a manifestation of the differing perceptions of the two close allies on the UN's role in 1950. The U…
The Enlargement of the UN Security Council: Reflections from the Current Debate
In this article an attempt is made to take stock of recent developments (1997–2000) regarding the ongoing debate on the UN Security Council enlargement. The comprehensive plan for reform, known as the ‘Razali Plan’, its repercussions on the debate as well as the attitude of the membership of the UN are among the issues discussed here. We argue that the only realistic proposition for the time being is an expansion of the non-permanent membership o…
Diplomacy at the United Nations: The dual agenda of the 1992 security council summit
The Security Council summit meeting of 31 January 1992 was supposed to be a momentous event that would determine the course of the world body and international peace and security in the post‐Cold War era. Despite high expectations, though, the actual meeting did not produce much more than a broadly‐phrased declaration of good intentions. The article examines the hypothesis that the meeting had a dual agenda, with a hidden as well as a public part…
Reform of the UN security council and the non‐aligned states
This article analyses the positions that the non‐aligned states hold on the basic issues of Security Council reform. It is argued that the demands of the non‐aligned states for changes in the Security Council would, if ever satisfied, have a harmful effect on the work and the functioning of the UN's most powerful body. The claims of the non‐aligned states for restricting the use of veto and increasing the size of the Council as well as their clai…
Innovations in Peace-Keeping: The Case of Albania
The European Union and Greece: Political Acceptability and Financial Transfers
In this paper a conceptual model is developed that relates loyalty to a community of countries to the material benefits derived from it, measured by the transfer of extra income. We argue that the extent of a country's welfare, and consequently its acceptance to participate in a community increase together with the latter's scope for influence on the former. We use the paradigm of Greece, which is one of the main recipient countries in the EU. It…
The Negotiation of the Non-Proliferation Treaty, 1965–1968: A Note
(1997). The Negotiation of the Non-Proliferation Treaty, 1965–1968: A Note. The International History Review: Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 347-357
Disarmament and arms limitation: The case for regionalism
(1996). Disarmament and arms limitation: The case for regionalism. Contemporary Security Policy: Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 284-297
The United Nations at Fifty: Retrospect and Prospect
Identifying parameters of foreign policy change: An eclectic approach
This paper examines foreign policy change, identifying structural parameters of domestic and international origins that bring about major foreign policy shifts. Domestic structural parameters comprise the politico-institutional setting and advocacy groups in support of alternative foreign policy options. International structural parameters refer on the one hand to systemic changes that may bring about foreign policy realignment and, on the other …
Policy Entrepreneurs and Foreign Policy Change: The Greek–Turkish Rapprochement in the 1990s
Besides systemic changes that lead to the re-prioritization of foreign policy objectives, foreign policy change is also a result of domestic policy entrepreneurs’ pursuit of a political return. Their potential to orchestrate change depends on the existing entry barriers that emanate from the political and institutional features of the domestic policy-making process. It is accentuated by system-wide developments and security crises that illustrate…
A President for the European Union: A New Actor in Town
In the post‐Constitution EU, the rotating Presidency would be replaced by a hybrid system combining a rotating component with the establishment of a permanent President for the European Council. Using a principal‐agent framework, we look at the supply and demand for formal leadership in the new system, accounting for the substantial institutional change in the format of the Presidency. We then examine the President's effectiveness and efficiency …
The EU’s Performance in the United Nations Security Council
Performance in the United Nations (UN) is a key element of the EU’s ‘effective multilateralism’ strategy, especially in the UN Security Council (UNSC) that constitutes one of the two most significant political organs of the organization. In this article, we assess the EU’s performance in the UNSC by looking at two particular aspects of the EU-UNSC interaction: first, the broader political and financial contribution of EU member states in the UNSC…
Chairs as policy entrepreneurs in multilateral negotiations
Chairs have a significant potential effect on the bargaining structure and conduct of multilateral negotiations, addressing collective action problems that arise in decentralised bargaining. We examine the role of the Chair as a policy entrepreneur in multilateral negotiations, identifying the parameters that increase the Chair's entrepreneurship potential and condition the outcome of the Chair's entrepreneurial activities. We cluster the identif…
In quest of a single European Union voice in the United Nations General Assembly: The politics of Resolution 65/276
In May 2011, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) passed Resolution 65/276 that enhances the European Union (EU) institutional mode of representation in the UNGA and other multilateral fora operating under its auspices. This followed an earlier, failed attempt that caused much embarrassment and political turmoil in the EU. The article examines the politics of this resolution, tracing its background logic, its origins and the political inter…
The United Nations at Fifty: Retrospect and Prospect
The European Union's visibility and coherence at the United Nations General Assembly
The Lisbon Treaty brought about significant changes regarding the EU's external representation system with new institutional structures set forward to enhance the role of the EU as a unified global actor. In this article, we focus on the UN General Assembly examining whether the coherence and visibility of the EU has increased in the post-Lisbon era. We operationalize and measure both concepts on the basis of oral interventions made by EU and EU …
The Enlargement of the UN Security Council: Reflections from the Current Debate
In this article an attempt is made to take stock of recent developments (1997–2000) regarding the ongoing debate on the UN Security Council enlargement. The comprehensive plan for reform, known as the ‘Razali Plan’, its repercussions on the debate as well as the attitude of the membership of the UN are among the issues discussed here. We argue that the only realistic proposition for the time being is an expansion of the non-permanent membership o…
Diplomacy at the United Nations: The dual agenda of the 1992 security council summit
The Security Council summit meeting of 31 January 1992 was supposed to be a momentous event that would determine the course of the world body and international peace and security in the post‐Cold War era. Despite high expectations, though, the actual meeting did not produce much more than a broadly‐phrased declaration of good intentions. The article examines the hypothesis that the meeting had a dual agenda, with a hidden as well as a public part…
Reform of the UN security council and the non‐aligned states
This article analyses the positions that the non‐aligned states hold on the basic issues of Security Council reform. It is argued that the demands of the non‐aligned states for changes in the Security Council would, if ever satisfied, have a harmful effect on the work and the functioning of the UN's most powerful body. The claims of the non‐aligned states for restricting the use of veto and increasing the size of the Council as well as their clai…
Innovations in Peace-Keeping: The Case of Albania
The European Union and Greece: Political Acceptability and Financial Transfers
In this paper a conceptual model is developed that relates loyalty to a community of countries to the material benefits derived from it, measured by the transfer of extra income. We argue that the extent of a country's welfare, and consequently its acceptance to participate in a community increase together with the latter's scope for influence on the former. We use the paradigm of Greece, which is one of the main recipient countries in the EU. It…
The Negotiation of the Non-Proliferation Treaty, 1965–1968: A Note
(1997). The Negotiation of the Non-Proliferation Treaty, 1965–1968: A Note. The International History Review: Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 347-357
Issue Salience and Controversy: Any Effect on Chair’s Autonomy in Multilateral Negotiations
High issue salience and controversy negatively affect the probability of success of multilateral negotiations. In such a context, Chairpersons acquire an important role in agenda management and brokerage among the bargaining partners. If they perform these functions neutrally and impartially, Chairs increase their effectiveness and emerge as key determinants of negotiation success. However, Chairs as agents often seek some degree of autonomy to p…
Calling the bluff of the Western powers in the United Nations disarmament negotiations, 1954–55
This article, based on British and American archival sources, examines the response of the Western powers (mainly the US and the UK) to the Soviet disarmament initiatives in 1954–55. We shed some light on the Western states' attitude to the UN disarmament negotiations of this period, arguing that the two sides never actually came close to a settlement, since at least the Western side was hesitant to commit to any actual measures of disarmament. T…
Parameters of the Chairmanship's Effectiveness: The Case of the UN Security Council
The article discusses the parameters conditioning the chair's effectiveness in international multilateral negotiations. Building on existing accounts of Presidential functions, an analytical typology of these parameters is provided, elaborating on the direction and magnitude of their impact. Conditioning parameters are clustered into three categories: the broader international environment in which the chair operates and the issues with which (s)h…
Anglo-American Diplomacy and the Introduction of the Atomic Energy Issue in the United Nations: Discord and Cooperation in 1945
This article examines the different approaches of the Attlee and Truman governments to the issue of atomic energy in late 1945 and to the role to be played by the United Nations in its control. In particular it looks at the period from the Washington Declaration of November to the Moscow meeting of the three Foreign Ministers held in December and the dispute over whether a proposed Commission on atomic energy should come under the authority of th…
Russia's attitude towards the reform of the United Nations Security Council, 1990–2000
Reform of the United Nations Security Council has been at the top of the international agenda since the early 1990s, and since that time Russia has pursued a status quo policy towards the question. It felt threatened by any change that might dilute the country's power. This was because, in the post-Soviet period, the Security Council is the sole major international forum where Russia, through its position as a permanent member with the right to v…
Disarmament and arms limitation: The case for regionalism
(1996). Disarmament and arms limitation: The case for regionalism. Contemporary Security Policy: Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 284-297
Western Europe and the Gulf Crisis: Towards a European Foreign Policy
If European union means anything, it means having a common foreign policy that amounts to more than expressions of pious platitudes. Europe cannot expect anyone to take it seriously if it leaves the United States to defend its interests in the Middle East. ( Independent, 3 August 1990
Democratization, Decentxalization, and Disarmament at the United Nations, 1962–1978
The role of the United Nations in disarmament and arms control: An assessment
Controlling the Instruments of War: The Role of the UN in Disarmament
The focus of this essay is the role the United Nations may be able to play in the year ahead in disarmament and arms control. It is argued that so far the UN, in spite of many attempts made, has played only a peripheral role. The ambiguity of its role in disarmament is due to the different perceptions that states maintain about is role in the global disarmament machinery. The authors suggest that there should be an agreement on a comprehensive wo…
Disarmament and arms limitation: The case for regionalism
(1996). Disarmament and arms limitation: The case for regionalism. Contemporary Security Policy: Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 284-297
The United Nations at Fifty: Retrospect and Prospect
The Negotiation of the Non-Proliferation Treaty, 1965–1968: A Note
(1997). The Negotiation of the Non-Proliferation Treaty, 1965–1968: A Note. The International History Review: Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 347-357
Reform of the UN security council and the non‐aligned states
This article analyses the positions that the non‐aligned states hold on the basic issues of Security Council reform. It is argued that the demands of the non‐aligned states for changes in the Security Council would, if ever satisfied, have a harmful effect on the work and the functioning of the UN's most powerful body. The claims of the non‐aligned states for restricting the use of veto and increasing the size of the Council as well as their clai…
Innovations in Peace-Keeping: The Case of Albania
The European Union and Greece: Political Acceptability and Financial Transfers
In this paper a conceptual model is developed that relates loyalty to a community of countries to the material benefits derived from it, measured by the transfer of extra income. We argue that the extent of a country's welfare, and consequently its acceptance to participate in a community increase together with the latter's scope for influence on the former. We use the paradigm of Greece, which is one of the main recipient countries in the EU. It…
Diplomacy at the United Nations: The dual agenda of the 1992 security council summit
The Security Council summit meeting of 31 January 1992 was supposed to be a momentous event that would determine the course of the world body and international peace and security in the post‐Cold War era. Despite high expectations, though, the actual meeting did not produce much more than a broadly‐phrased declaration of good intentions. The article examines the hypothesis that the meeting had a dual agenda, with a hidden as well as a public part…
Anglo-American Differences over the UN during the Cold War: The Uniting for Peace Resolution
This article examines the Anglo-American discord generated by the United States' decision in 1950 to introduce a resolution to the fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly, known as the Uniting for Peace Resolution. It is argued that the ensuing conflict between the American and the British views on the Uniting for Peace Resolution was a manifestation of the differing perceptions of the two close allies on the UN's role in 1950. The U…
The Enlargement of the UN Security Council: Reflections from the Current Debate
In this article an attempt is made to take stock of recent developments (1997–2000) regarding the ongoing debate on the UN Security Council enlargement. The comprehensive plan for reform, known as the ‘Razali Plan’, its repercussions on the debate as well as the attitude of the membership of the UN are among the issues discussed here. We argue that the only realistic proposition for the time being is an expansion of the non-permanent membership o…
The Southeastern Europe Multinational Peace Force: Problems of and Prospects for a Regional Security Agency
This article deals with the first regional security institution ever established in the southeastern part of Europe. The purpose of this article is threefold: first, to discuss the origins, structure and mission of the Multinational Peace Force Southeastern Europe (MPFSEE); second, to investigate the reasons for MPFSEE inactivity, i.e., why the MPFSEE has so far not been involved in peace operations in the region; and third, to examine whether th…
Anglo-American Diplomacy and the Introduction of the Atomic Energy Issue in the United Nations: Discord and Cooperation in 1945
This article examines the different approaches of the Attlee and Truman governments to the issue of atomic energy in late 1945 and to the role to be played by the United Nations in its control. In particular it looks at the period from the Washington Declaration of November to the Moscow meeting of the three Foreign Ministers held in December and the dispute over whether a proposed Commission on atomic energy should come under the authority of th…
Russia's attitude towards the reform of the United Nations Security Council, 1990–2000
Reform of the United Nations Security Council has been at the top of the international agenda since the early 1990s, and since that time Russia has pursued a status quo policy towards the question. It felt threatened by any change that might dilute the country's power. This was because, in the post-Soviet period, the Security Council is the sole major international forum where Russia, through its position as a permanent member with the right to v…
Introductory Note
Parameters of the Chairmanship's Effectiveness: The Case of the UN Security Council
The article discusses the parameters conditioning the chair's effectiveness in international multilateral negotiations. Building on existing accounts of Presidential functions, an analytical typology of these parameters is provided, elaborating on the direction and magnitude of their impact. Conditioning parameters are clustered into three categories: the broader international environment in which the chair operates and the issues with which (s)h…
A President for the European Union: A New Actor in Town
In the post‐Constitution EU, the rotating Presidency would be replaced by a hybrid system combining a rotating component with the establishment of a permanent President for the European Council. Using a principal‐agent framework, we look at the supply and demand for formal leadership in the new system, accounting for the substantial institutional change in the format of the Presidency. We then examine the President's effectiveness and efficiency …
Chairing Multilateral Negotiations: The case of the United Nations
This book examines the important role of the chairmanship office in multilateral negotiations within the UN setting. Although chairmanship is a generic feature of international politics, negotiations, and decision-making, it has been scarcely researched. The neutrality and impartiality assumptions that have been long associated with the chair have veiled the chair’s potential in moulding negotiation outcomes. The authors seek to develop an analyt…
The EU’s Performance in the United Nations Security Council
Performance in the United Nations (UN) is a key element of the EU’s ‘effective multilateralism’ strategy, especially in the UN Security Council (UNSC) that constitutes one of the two most significant political organs of the organization. In this article, we assess the EU’s performance in the UNSC by looking at two particular aspects of the EU-UNSC interaction: first, the broader political and financial contribution of EU member states in the UNSC…
Chairs as policy entrepreneurs in multilateral negotiations
Chairs have a significant potential effect on the bargaining structure and conduct of multilateral negotiations, addressing collective action problems that arise in decentralised bargaining. We examine the role of the Chair as a policy entrepreneur in multilateral negotiations, identifying the parameters that increase the Chair's entrepreneurship potential and condition the outcome of the Chair's entrepreneurial activities. We cluster the identif…
Pursuing National Interests: The 1992 British Presidency of the UN Security Council and the Soviet Permanent Seat
The UNSC presidency functions under the twin assumptions of neutrality and impartiality. However, chairing multilateral negotiations in institutionalised bargaining fora always offers substantial opportunities to the country in office to pursue its own national interests. An important constraint for the presidency is the very short duration of the period in office, which does not allow chairs to capitalise on the existing informational asymmetrie…
Policy Entrepreneurs and Foreign Policy Change: The Greek–Turkish Rapprochement in the 1990s
Besides systemic changes that lead to the re-prioritization of foreign policy objectives, foreign policy change is also a result of domestic policy entrepreneurs’ pursuit of a political return. Their potential to orchestrate change depends on the existing entry barriers that emanate from the political and institutional features of the domestic policy-making process. It is accentuated by system-wide developments and security crises that illustrate…
Calling the bluff of the Western powers in the United Nations disarmament negotiations, 1954–55
This article, based on British and American archival sources, examines the response of the Western powers (mainly the US and the UK) to the Soviet disarmament initiatives in 1954–55. We shed some light on the Western states' attitude to the UN disarmament negotiations of this period, arguing that the two sides never actually came close to a settlement, since at least the Western side was hesitant to commit to any actual measures of disarmament. T…
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