Hydra Papers is a fresh initiative by the Institute of International Relations aiming to strengthen academic dialogue between young scholars around the world and at the same time to honour excellency and hard work among the participants of its Hydra Seminar. Hence, the I.I.R. reserves the right to publish in its website the best papers submitted by the participants in the Seminar. This choice is no way meaning that the rest of the papers are not merited. However, the papers to be chosen can not be more than five at most. Hydra Papers should not exceed 5.000 words including footnotes and bibliography and should follow the Chicago Humanities Style.

We believe that Hydra Papers will create new incentives for academic research and will build a platform for young promising researchers, leaders and scholars to present their work and ideas and become better known in the international academic/policy analysis community. The Institute of International Relations do not subscribe to opinions, positions and ideas of Hydra Papers, which are reflecting solely the views of their authors.

Juljan Hysenaj Reaping the Benefits of Euro Atlantic Integration (2008) PDF file: 354k

Tomislav Maršić Europeanization of political parties in Southeast-European EU candidate countries (2008) PDF file: 136k

Sophia D. Kyriakopoulou The Decisive Impact of the Integration of the Western Balkans on the EU Legitimacy Crisis (2008) PDF file: 344k

Evangelia Varsami Russia and Europe (2008) PDF file: 190k

Sagy Maayan Islam in European Political Culture: The Leading Events and the Effects of the French Headscarf Ban (2007) PDF file: 125k

Dimitrios Gouvetas Accommodation of Muslim Religious Practices in Europe (2007) PDF file: 124k

Spyridoula-Amalia Metallinou Energy Security: The Russian Trans-Siberian Pipeline and the Sino-Japanese courtship (2006) PDF file: 306k

Anastasios Giouzepas The "Barbarians" of the Contemporary International System (or the outcasts of contemporary international society) (2005) PDF file: 146k

Eda Daloglu Turkey-EU and Islam: Is Islam a Factor of Negotiations? (2005) PDF file: 95k