Vassilis Ntousas is Senior Manager for Europe and Fellow for GMF’s Alliance for Securing Democracy. His research interests lie in European foreign policy and the European Union’s global engagement. Prior to joining GMF, he was the Senior International Relations Policy Advisor at the Foundation for European Progressive Studies in Brussels, where he led the foundation’s global research, advocacy, and strategic convening work. In 20192020, he held the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Academy fellowship at Chatham House, where he remains an Academy Associate with the institute’s Europe program. He is the author of several policy papers and regularly comments on global affairs for international media outlets. He is also the co-editor of two books published by Routledge, The European Union and China’s Belt and Road: Impact, Engagement and Competition (2021) and EU Climate Diplomacy: Politics, Law and Negotiations (2018). Ntousas holds an MSc in International Relations from the London School of Economics and a BA in International Relations and Politics from the University of Sheffield.

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Despite Shift To Far Right In EU Vote, Von Der Leyen Says Centrists Held Against 'Extremes'
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European elections: the far right is betting on an unprecedented conquest of power
QatarGate put an end to EU naivety, says Ntousas Formiche Gabriele Carrer Il QatarGate metta fine alle ingenuità Ue, dice Vassilis Ntousas
Greece-Turkey tensions remain high as elections loom for Mitsotakis and Erdogan Yahoo News Vassilis Ntousas
Ukraine, Greek expert: "Erdogan's activism between personal ambitions and the crisis in Turkey" Vassilis Ntousas Ucraina, esperto greco: "Attivismo Erdogan tra ambizioni personali e crisi Turchia"
The result of the Italian elections adds another link in the chain of the political narrative about the rise of the extreme right in Europe Vassilis Ntousas Tο αποτέλεσμα των ιταλικών εκλογών προσθέτει άλλο ένα κρίκο στην αλυσίδα του πολιτικού αφηγήματος