Pantelis Carcabassis

Ambassador (ret.), LL.M.

Dean of the Diplomatic Academy

COUNTRY RISK ASSESSMENT

Diplomacy - International Convention & Critics Participation – International Relations

Senior diplomat, carrying a 36+ years’ experience in the fields of politics as well as both bilateral and multilateral interstate relations. Longtime field practice in handling urgent problems arousing in the post-Cold War era, with special focus on both the Ex-Soviet Union states and the Balkan countries. Dealt in depth with questions of human rights, basic freedoms and disarmament, in the framework of the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Vienna, whereby geopolitical settings and problems constitute a quintessential element. Extensive knowledge of Eastern Europe & the Balkans. A passionate teacher/trainer by vocation, he crowned his professional itinerary as Rector of the Diplomatic Academy of the MFA in Athens supervising the preparation of new diplomats for their career. Prior to his diplomatic career, intensive teaching experience in his Greek and German Almae Matres, the Athens University and the J. W. Goethe University in Frankfurt/Main.

Countries Assessment (Legal/Business)
Consulting Negotiation Techniques
Crisis Management
Countries Evaluation

Public Relations
Academic Education & Vocational Training
Teaching Academic Level

Diplomacy
Geopolitical Analysis
Strategic Planning

DVK CONSULTANTS → 2016 – TODAY
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MINISTRY of FOREIGN AFFAIRS, ATHENS, GREECE → 2013 – 2015
Rector of the Diplomatic Academy supervised the training of young diplomats at the onset of their career with the Greek Diplomatic Service.

HAVANA, CUBA → 2008 – 2013
Ambassador of the Hellenic Republic to the Republic of Cuba

WARSAW, POLAND → 2006 – 2008
Ambassador of the Hellenic Republic to the Polish Republic

TIRANA, ALBANIA → 2004 – 2006
Ambassador of the Hellenic Republic to the Republic of Albania

VIENNA, AUSTRIA → 2000 – 2002
Deputy Permanent Representative of Greece to the OSCE

BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA → 1996 – 2000
Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Greece in Slovakia

DORTMUND, GERMANY → 1993 – 1996
Consul General of the Hellenic Republic

Assignments in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1981-1982, 1990-1993, 2002-2004, 2013-2015) included, i.e., the European Political Cooperation Desk, the Balkan Desk, the Minister’s Cabinet, the Crisis Management Service for Immigrants from the Western Balkans and the states of the Ex-Soviet Union, the Directorate for IT and Telecommunications (thereby decisively boosting the computerization of the Greek Foreign Service) and, finally, the Rectorate of the Diplomatic Academy, as described above.

BA Law |Athens University, Greece

LL.M. in Penal Law, Theory and Philosophy of Law |J. W. Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main, Germany

Summer Courses in International Law and International Relations | Academy of International Law, The Hague, the Netherlands)

Senior Course | with the NATO Defense College, Rome
Assistant to the Professor for Penal Law, Theory and Philosophy of Law, reading Comparative Penal Law and Theory of Law with undergraduate students | J. W. Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main
Assistant to the Professors for Penal Law and History of Law | Athens University
LANGUAGES: Greek (Native), French (Fluent), English (Fluent), Italian (Fluent), Spanish (Fluent) German (Fluent), Albanian

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