Constantinos Karamanlis Institute for Democracy
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The Constantinos Karamanlis Institute for Democracy is the official think-tank of the Nea Demokratia (ND) party. It was founded in Athens in January 1998 with the aim of promoting the principles of liberal democracy and the open market in the context of a modern welfare state. It is structured in five departments (International Cooperation, Publications, Policy Studies, Political Analysis and Political Academy). Apart from Athens, the Institute operates offices in four large Greek cities (Thessaloniki, Patras, Ioannina, and Agrinio), as well as an international office in Brussels, at the headquarters of the European People’s Party.
Current structure
Chairman
Ioannis M. VarvitsiotisMember of the European Parliament,former Minister of Defence
Director General
Constantine ArvanitopoulosProfessor of International Relations, Panteion University
Department Directors
• Political Analysis
Constantine Arvanitopoulos,Professor, Panteion University
• Political Academy
Menelaos Daskalakis
• Publications & Research Programmes
Konstantina E. Botsiou,Associate Professor, University of Peloponnese
• International Cooperation
Nikolaos Tzifakis,Lecturer, University of Peloponnese
• Policy Studies
Angelos Themelis
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