George Prevelakis is an emeritus professor at the Sorbonne (Paris 1). He specializes in the geopolitics of Europe, the Balkans, and the Eastern Mediterranean, diaspora, and physical planning. He has held teaching and research positions in Paris, Baltimore, Boston, and London. During the academic years 2003-2005, he held the Konstantinos Karamanlis Chair in Greek and Southeastern European Studies at the Fletcher School. He was the president of the “Konstantinos Karamanlis” Foundation and is Greece’s Permanent Representative to the OECD.