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June 19-20 – International Conference ,,Smart States in the Contemporary International System”

Posted on 8. January 2025.21. January 2025. by Marija Marsenic

One of the fundamental questions in Political and International Relations Theory is how a state may
endorse success. How can it verify and enhance its survival prospects in an utterly antagonistic
international environment where mistakes carry various consequences?
Rational Choice Theory in decision-making, or, more recently, the newly developed Smart States
Theory, tries to enhance the academic discussion of vital concepts that affect a state’s progress, such as
success and failure in international politics. It suggests a series of methodological approaches to this
crucial issue for states.


The Department of International and European Studies of the University of Macedonia in
Thessaloniki, Greece, together with the Faculty of Security Studies of the University of Belgrade and
the Institute of European Studies of the Republic of Serbia in Belgrade, organise a two-day
international conference in Thessaloniki, Greece with the general title “Smart states in the
contemporary international system’. The conference will offer the opportunity for academics from all
over the world to meet in beautiful Thessaloniki and discuss the choices that States have, or those that
are presented by the international balance of power, to consolidate success or feel the bitter taste of
failure in the systemic archipelago of friction, antagonism, collision and co-existence.
In particular, the conference will focus on the areas of International Relations Theory, International
Politics, International Political Economy, Security and Defence Studies, International Law, and
Modern History, connecting all of the above scientific fields with Smart State Theory and the socio-
political developments that have made the emergence of this kind of an approach a new theoretical
trend in Academia.

Important Dates & Procedures:

Applications: Please send a short CV and a 200-word abstract by 25 April 2025, titled “SMART STATES CONFERENCE” to gpapadimitriou@uom.edu.gr. The conference’s academic committee will thoroughly evaluate your abstracts, and you will receive a final decision shortly afterwards.

Conference dates: 19-20 June 2025. Place of Conference: Thessaloniki, Greece. Participation in the conference is free of fees. Only abstracts in English will be taken into consideration. The presentations will be published in a collective volume by a reputable international publisher.

  • Professor Litsas, N. Spyros & Professor Skiadas, V. Dimitris, University of Macedonia
  • Professor Milosevic Mladen, University of Belgrade
  • Principal Research Fellow, Djurkovic, Misa, Institute of European Studies, Republic of Serbia

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Claus Offe, Ulrich Preuss, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Jože Mencinger, Roger Griffin, Chantal Delsol, Philippe Schmitter, Jan Zielonka, Jan Oberg, Heather Grabbe, Jens Reuter, Misha Glenny, Milica Uvalić, Damir Grubiša, Nikolai Mladenov, Владимир Глигоров, Daniel Daianu, Michael Davenport, Бранко Милановић, Александар Павковић, Adam Balcer, Efraim Zuroff, Eduardo Luis Aguirre, Леонид Савин, Diego Fusaro, Јасмина Вујић, Matteo Bonomi, Дејан Јовић, Leonas Tolvaišis, Дејан Михаиловић, Luca Volonte, Александр Гельевич Дугин, Еле́на Гео́ргиевна Пономарёва, Thomas Fleming, Никита Викторович Бондарев, Jim Seroka, Dan Lazea, Michael Freeden, Melvin Schut, Hannes Hofbauer, Андре́й Ильи́ч Фу́рсов, Fabio Indeo, Marc Jongen, Carlos Juárez Centeno, Horacio Cerutti-Guldberg, Gerd Morgenthaler, Vera Stojarova, Chinmoy Guha, Stephen Baskerville, Noel O’Sullivan, Christopher Coker, Spyros Economides, Allan Carlson, Михаи́л Генна́дьевич Деля́гин, Birgül Demirtaş, Armando Marques Guedes, Evangelos Protopapadakis, Gorazd Kocijančič, Andreas Kinneging, Wolfram Kaiser, Ufuk Ulutaş, Alexis Dantas, Ian Fishback, Thomas Gutmann, Katja Stoppenbrink, Adrian Pop, Georgios Katrougalos, Wolfgang Schmale, Max Otte, Philip Hammond, Peter Galbraith, Gladen Pappin, Timothy Les, Adina Portaru, Kai Michael Kenkel, Едуард Попов, Небојша Владисављевић, Paul Weindling, Francesco Stolfi, Дарко Танасковић, Венцеслав Димов, Владан Петров, Hüseyin Bağcı, Nuno Morgado, Бранко Милановић, Ferenc Hörcher, Heinz Gärtner, Andrés Malamud, Manuel Alcantara Sáez, Markku Kangaspuro, Fyodor Lukyanov
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