
Panagiotis Vasileiadis
About
My research project
Grand strategic responses to relative decline: a neoclassical realist theoryHow do great powers behave when their power is in decline? Do they burst forth in defence of what they may lose or do they opt for prudence by reducing external commitments? Existing theories of strategic adjustment provide a number of static models, split into these predicting policy continuity and to those expecting actors to re-structure their commitments so as to survive in a competitive state “market”. Still, what neither approach captures is that past declining powers have selected both 'options'. In response, a neoclassical realist theory of strategic adjustment is developed, proposing an interactive and longitudinal model so as to capture historical 'messiness'.
Supervisors
How do great powers behave when their power is in decline? Do they burst forth in defence of what they may lose or do they opt for prudence by reducing external commitments? Existing theories of strategic adjustment provide a number of static models, split into these predicting policy continuity and to those expecting actors to re-structure their commitments so as to survive in a competitive state “market”. Still, what neither approach captures is that past declining powers have selected both 'options'. In response, a neoclassical realist theory of strategic adjustment is developed, proposing an interactive and longitudinal model so as to capture historical 'messiness'.
My qualifications
Affiliations and memberships
ResearchResearch interests
International relations theory, power shifts and grand strategy, the politics of military interventions, 19th and 20th century imperial history
Indicators of esteem
Doctoral College Studentship Award, University of Surrey
Research interests
International relations theory, power shifts and grand strategy, the politics of military interventions, 19th and 20th century imperial history
Indicators of esteem
Doctoral College Studentship Award, University of Surrey
Teaching
Graduate Teaching Assistant
- POL1013 Introduction to international relations
- POL1019 Contemporary international history
- POL1014 Political Philosophy
Department of Politics GTA Award for Teaching Excellence 2021/22