Alexis Heraclides: Biographical note
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Alexis Heraclides (born in 1952, in Alexandria) is professor of International
Relations and conflict analysis at the Department of Political Science and History of
the Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences (Athens). Previously he
served as senior counsellor for minorities and human rights at the Greek Foreign
Ministry (1983-1997) and in that capacity participated actively in a number of
intergovernmental conferences and meetings, notably in the context of the
CSCE/OSCE, the United Nations, the European Community (European Political
Cooperation) and the Council of Europe. He was also appointed as alternate expert
of the UN Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of
Minorities (UN Commission of Human Rights) (1990-1992).
He holds a BA in political science from the Panteion School of Political Sciences, an
M.Sc. in International Relation from the University of London (University College,
where he studied under John Burton, the father of conflict resolution in IR) and a
Ph.D. from the University of Kent (with A.J.R. Groom as supervisor).
His main publications cover intervention in separatist conflicts, secession and selfdetermination, ethnicity and nationalism, the CSCE/OSCE, images/perceptions in
foreign policy and specific conflicts mainly from a conflict resolution perspective,
such as Kosovo, Southern Sudan, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Cyprus
question and the Greek-Turkish conflict. His more recent research is on
humanitarian intervention in the long nineteenth century. The citations to his
works are over 1700 (not including the citations in works in Greek).
Citations: 1970
He has written six books in English and ten in Greek, and some 50 papers in
journals and edited books.
Main Books
The Self-Determination of Minorities in International Politics (London: Frank Cass,
1991).
The Arab-Israeli Conflict: The Problèmatique of Peaceful Resolution (Athens:
Papazissis, 1991) [in Greek].
Security and Co-operation in Europe: The Human Dimension, 1972-1992 (London:
Frank Cass, 1993).
Helsinki-II and its Aftermath: The Making of the CSCE into an International
Organization (London: Pinter, 1993).
International Society and the Theories of International Relations: A Critical Survey
(Athens: I. Sideris, 2000) [in Greek].
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Greece and the “Threat from the East” (Athens: Polis, 2001) [in Greek], also
published in Turkey as Yunanistan ve “Dogu’dan Gelen Tehlike” Turkiye: TurkYunan Iliskilerinde Cikmazlar ve Cozum Yollari (Istanbul: Iletişim, 2002).
The Cyprus Question: Conflict and Resolution (Athens: I.Sideris, 2002) [in Greek].
The Cyprus Problem, 1947-2004: From Enosis to Partition? (Athens: I.Sideris, 2006)
[in Greek].
Irreconcilible Neighbours: Greece and Turkey (Athens: I.Sideris, 2007) [in Greek].
The Greek-Turkish Conflict in the Aegean: Imagined Enemies (Houndsmills:
Palgrave-Macmillan, 2010).
With Ada Dialla, Humanitarian Intervention in the Long Nineteenth Century:
Setting the Precedent (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2015).
With Ada Dialla, Historizing Humanitarian Intervention: The Long Nineteenth
Century (Athens: ARISTEIA, Panteion University).
Main papers
1. "Socialization to Conflict: A Case Study of the Ingroup-Outgroup Images in
the Educational System of Greece", The Greek Review of Social Research,
38 (1980) [peer reviewed].
2. "Integration and Disintegration", with A.J.R. Groom, in Margot Light & AJ.R.
Groom (eds), International Relations: A Handbook of Current Theory
(Λονδίνο: Francis Pinter, 1985).
3. "Janus or Sisyphus? The Southern Problem of the Sudan", Journal of Modern
African Studies, 25, 2 (1987) [peer reviewed].
4. "The Contours of the Gordian Knot: The Arab - Israeli Conflict", Paradigms:
The Kent Journal of International Relations, 2, 1 (1988) [peer reviewed].
5. "Conflict Resolution, Ethnonationalism and the Middle East Impasse",
Journal of Peace Research, 26, 2 (1989) [peer reviewed].
6. "From Autonomy to Secession: Building Down", in A.J.R. Groom & Paul
Taylor (eds), Frameworks for International Cooperation (London: Frances
Pinter, 1990).
7. "Secessionist Minorities and External
Organization, 44, 3 (1990) [peer reviewed]
Involvement",
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8. "The International Dimension of Minority Separatism: An Attempt at
Unraveling a Pandora Box", Paradigms: The Kent Journal of International
Relations, 6, 1 (1992) [peer reviewed].
9. "Secession, Self-Determination and Non-intervention: In Quest of a
Normative Symbiosis", Journal of International Affairs, 45, 2 (1992).
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10. "The CSCE and Minorities: The Negotiations behind the Commitments, 19721992", Helsinki Monitor: Quarterly on Security and Cooperation in Europe,
3, 3 (1992).
11. "Secessionist Conflagration: What is to be Done?" Security Dialogue, 25, 3
(1994) [peer reviewed].
12. "The Kosovo Conflict and its Resolution: In Pursuit of Ariadne's Thread",
Security Dialogue, 28, 3 (1997) [peer reviewed].
13. "Ethnicity, Secessionist Conflict and the International Society: Towards
Normative Paradigm Shift", Nations and Nationalism, 3, 4 (1997) [peer
reviewed].
14. "The Ending of Unending Conflicts: Separatist Wars", Millennium: Journal of
International Studies, 26, 3 (1997) [peer reviewed].
15. "Ethnonational and Separatist Conflict Settlement and the Case of Kosovo",
in Thanos Veremis & Evangelos Kofos (eds), Kosovo: Avoiding Another
Balkan War (Athens: ELIAMEP, 1998).
16. "Greek-Turkish Relations from Discord to Détente: A Preliminary
Evaluation", The Review of International Affairs: Center for Eurasian
Strategic Studies, 1, 2 (2002).
17. "Partition, Autonomy, Secession: Three Roads to Separatism", Cahiers
d'études sur la Méditerranée orientale et le monde turco-iranien, 34
(2002).
18. "The Greek-Turkish Conflict: Towards Resolution and Reconciliation", in
Mustafa Aydin & Kostas Ifantis (eds), Turkish-Greek Relations: The Security
Dilemma in the Aegean (London: Routledge).
19. "The 55 Year Cyprus Debacle: A Bird's Eye View", The Cyprus Review, 2, 15
(2003) [peer reviewed].
20. “The Cyprus Problem: An Open and Shut Case? Probing the Greek-Cypriot
Rejection of the Annan Plan”, The Cyprus Review, 16, 2 (2004).
21. “Imagined Enemies: The Aegean Conflict”, Mediterranean Politics, 16, 2
(2011) [peer reviewed].
22. “The Cyprus Gordian Knot: An Intractable Ethnic Conflict”, Nationalism and
Ethnic Politics, 17, 2 (2011) [peer reviewed].
23. “The Essence of the Greek-Turkish Rivalry: National Narrative and Identity”,
GreeSE Paper No.51, Hellenic Observatory Papers on Greece and Southeast
Europe, London School of Economics and Political Science (October 2011).
24. “Humanitarian Intervention in the Long 19th Century: The Heyday of a
Controversial Concept”, Global Society: Journal of Interdisciplinary
International Relations, 26, 2 (2012) [peer reviewed].
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25. “'What Will Βecome of us Without Barbarians?' The Greek-Turkish Rivalry as
an Identity-Based Conflict”, Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, 12,
1 (2012) [peer reviewed]
26. “The Greek-Turkish Conflict: Primordial, Modern or Contemporary?”, in da
Dialla & Niki Maroniti (eds), State, Economy, Society (19th-20th-centuries).
Essays in Honor of Emeritus Professor George B. Dertilis (Athens:
Metaixmio, 2013).
27. “Humanitarian Intervention in International Law, 1830-1939: the Debate”,
Journal of the History of International Law, 16 (2014) [peer reviewed].
28. “Humanitarian Intervention Yesterday and Today: A History”, European
Review of International Studies, 2, 1 (2015) [peer reviewed].
29. “Cyprus in the Doldrums”, in James Ker-Lindsay (ed.), Resolving Cyprus:
New Approaches to Conflict Resolution (London: I.B. Tauris, 2015).
Most recent research program: Aristeia-I, on humanitarian intervention in the 19th
century
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