Professor Van Coufoudakis
Appointed AHIF Senior Fellow of International Relations
WASHINGTON,
DC—The American Hellenic Institute Foundation (AHIF) is
pleased to announce that Professor Van Coufoudakis has accepted the
appointment as AHIF Senior Fellow of International Relations.
Professor Coufoudakis was recently appointed as President of the AHI
Cyprus Chapter. He is also Rector of Intercollege in Cyprus and holds the
title of Dean Emeritus of the School of Arts and Sciences at Indiana
University-Purdue University in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He received his Ph.D.
in Political Science, and MPA from the University of Michigan, and B.A.
from the American University of Beirut. He has written extensively on
post-World War II U.S. foreign policy, and the politics, foreign and
defense policies of Greece, Turkey and Cyprus. His work has appeared in
books and professional journals in the U.S., England, Belgium, Italy,
Greece and Cyprus.
Professor Coufoudakis has edited three volumes of the Cyprus Yearbook
(1993-95) Cyprus Research Center, KYKEM. Other books include, Superpower
Strategy in the Eastern Mediterranean: Adaptation Strategies in the
Foreign Policies of Greece, Turkey and Saudi Arabia (1989), published
by the Foundation for Mediterranean Studies in Athens, and Greece and
the New Balkans: Challenges and Opportunities, (1999) Pella Publishing
Co., with Professors Harry Psomiades and A. Gerolymatos and The United
States and Cyprus: Double Standards and the Rule of Law (2002) American
Hellenic Institute Foundations; with Eugene T. Rossides.
Mr. Gene Rossides, Chairman of AHIF, stated on the occasion of Professor
Coufoudakis’ appointment: "We are fortunate indeed to have
Professor Van Coufoudakis, one of America’s most distinguished
academicians, as AHIF’s Senior Fellow of International Relations.
Professor Coufoudakis has been an integral part of AHI since its founding
in 1974, and we look forward to his giving leadership and direction to our
efforts in the years ahead to strengthen U.S. relations with Greece and
Cyprus."
For additional information, please contact Angeliki Vassiliou at (202)
785-8430 or at angeliki@ahiworld.org.
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