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Day 1. 19 May 2021. 10.00 CDT (Tuscaloosa) and 18.00 EET (Thessaloniki)
US politics after Trump
18.00-18.10 Welcome by university authorities, organizers, and introduction to the objectives of the workshop
18.10 – 19.20 Session 1: Analysis and lessons from the electoral results
Chair: Theodore Chadzipantelis (professor, AUTh)
Duration 70’ , speakers 7-10′ each.
- George Hawley (associate professor, UoA): The current state of polarization and negative partisanship in politics
- Ioannis Andreadis (professor, AUTh): The U.S. voter vis-a-vis the Greek voter: Similarities and Differences
- Rich Fording (professor, UoA): The U.S. Extreme Right
- Ioanna Kostarella (assistant professor, AUTh): Misinformation, echo chambers and political polarization
19.20-19.30. Break
19.30-20.25 Session 2: Long-term issues in US politics
Chair: Joe Smith (associate professor, UoA)
Duration 55’, speakers 7’ each
- Regina Wagner (assistant professor, UoA): Bipartisanship in the System
- Ioannis Papageorgiou (associate professor, AUTh): Is the US political system becoming more European?
- Steve Borrelli (professor, UoA): The Role of Political Elites
- Joe Smith (associate professor, UoA): The U.S. Constitution – an obstacle to governance?
- Yannis Stavrakakis (professor, AUTh): American Populism(s): Then and Now
Day 2. 20 May 2021. 10.00 CDT (Tuscaloosa) and 18.00 EET (Thessaloniki)
US, Greece and the EU in the Biden era
18.00-19.10 Session 3: US-Greek relations in the Biden era
Chair: Eftychia Teperoglou (assistant professor, AUTh)
Duration 70’, speakers 8-10’ each
- Ioannis Stefanidis (professor, AUTh): Greek-American Relations: pointers from the Past
- Theodoros Bizakis (Minister Counselor-Deputy Chief of Mission, Greek Embassy in Washington): Issues at stake for the Greek government
- David Burger (Deputy Chief of Mission, US Embassy, Athens): Issues at stake for the US government
- Harris Mylonas (associate professor, Elliot School of International Affairs, GWU): A Commentary on the US-Greek relations
- Daniel Levine (associate professor, UoA): Conclusions/analysis
19.10-19.20 Break
19.20-20.15 Session 4: US and Europe in the Biden era
Chair: Daniel Levine (associate professor, UoA)
Duration 55’, speakers 7’ each
- Petros Vamvakas (associate professor, Emmanuel College, Boston): Revivingmultilateralism?
- Grigoris Zarotiadis (associate professor, AUTh): Europe in the new bipolarism
- George Andreou (assistant professor, AUTh): Euro-Atlantic relations and the future of the EU
- Waleed Hazbun (professor, UoA): Will the US Pivot from the Middle East into a New Cold War?
20.15 Conclusions. Closing of the workshop