EVENT
PART I
When: Monday, 2 November 2026 | 18:00 – 20:00
Where: ACG Plaka Building, 2nd floor, 17 Ippitou, Plaka, GR 105 57
Organized by: The Institute of Global Affairs (IGA), The American College of Greece
About the event
On the eve of the United States midterm elections, the ACG Institute of Global Affairs hosts Thanos Davelis, Director of Public Affairs at the Hellenic American Leadership Council (HALC), for a discussion of what is at stake and what to watch as the results come in. The conversation will cover the contests that will decide control of Congress, the issues driving the campaign, and what the various outcomes would mean for US foreign policy, for Europe, and for Greece and the Eastern Mediterranean.
This is the first of two sessions. The second, on Wednesday 4 November, examines the results.
A cheese and wine reception will follow. The event is free and open to the public.
PART II
When: Wednesday, 4 November 2026 | 14:30 – 15:30
Where: Arts Center Auditorium, Aghia Paraskevi Campus
Organized by: The Institute of Global Affairs (IGA), The American College of Greece
About the event
One day after Americans vote, Professor Constantine Arvanitopoulos joins the ACG Institute of Global Affairs to assess the results. The discussion begins by revisiting the predictions made at our session on 2 November and testing them against the outcome, before turning to the new balance in Congress, what it allows and prevents for the remainder of the administration’s term, and the consequences for transatlantic relations and for Greece.
The event is free and open to the ACG community and the public.
About the speakers
Constantine Arvanitopoulos
Professor of International Politics, Panteion University
Director, Konstantinos Karamanlis Institute for Democracy
former Minister of Education, Religious Affairs, Culture and Sports
Constantine Arvanitopoulos holds an MA and a PhD in International Relations from American University in Washington, DC, where he also taught. He was a visiting researcher at Harvard’s Center for European Studies and assistant professor of International and European Politics at George Mason University, and from 2019 held the Konstantinos Karamanlis Chair of Greek and European Studies at the Fletcher School, Tufts University. He has lectured at Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, Georgetown and the University of Chicago. Professor of International Politics at Panteion University since 2008, he served as Minister of Education, Religious Affairs, Culture and Sports from 2012 to 2014 and as a Member of Parliament for Piraeus. He has written extensively on US foreign policy and transatlantic relations, His most recent book, Η νέα παγκόσμια τάξη – Το δίκαιο της ισχύος (The New World Order: The Law of Power, Papadopoulos, 2026), written with Constantinos Filis, examines how the second Trump presidency is reshaping American politics and the international system.
Thanos Davelis
Director of Public Affairs, Hellenic American Leadership Council (HALC)
Thanos Davelis is Director of Public Affairs at the Hellenic American Leadership Council. He hosts The Greek Current, HALC’s daily podcast produced in partnership with Kathimerini’s English Edition, which brings together experts, elected officials and thought leaders to analyse developments in Greece, Cyprus and the wider region.