CONSTANTINOS KOLIOPOULOS

Constantinos (Costas) Koliopoulos is Lecturer of International Politics at the Department of International and European Studies, Panteion University, Athens, Greece.

He graduated from the Department of Political Science and International Studies, Panteion University, in September 1993 with a grade of “Excellent”.  In January 1997 he was awarded the degree of PhD in Strategic Studies from Lancaster University, Great Britain.

Since 1998 he has been teaching Strategic Studies in a number of Greek military academies, including the Hellenic National Defense College and the Hellenic Supreme Joint War College.

He is a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) and the International Studies Association (ISA); he is also affiliated with the Institute of International Relations, Panteion University.

He has published the following books

• Strategic Surprise: Intelligence and Surprise Attacks (2000) [in Greek].
• The Grand Strategy of Ancient Sparta, 750-192 B.C. (2001) [in Greek].
• Strategic Thought from Antiquity to the Present (2008) [in Greek]
• Thucydides on Strategy: Athenian and Spartan Grand Strategies in the Peloponnesian War, and their Relevance Today [co-authored with A. Platias] (2010).