Álvaro de Vasconcelos


Álvaro de Vasconcelos was the Director of the European Union Institute for Security Studies between May 2007 and May 2012.

Career

Prior to this, he headed the Institute of Strategic and International Studies in Lisbon, of which he is a co-founder, from 1981 to 2007 where he launched several networks including the Euro-Latin American Forum and EuroMeSCo.
As well as being a regular columnist in the Portuguese and international press, he is author and co-editor of many books, articles and reports, notably in the areas of the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy, Euro-Mediterranean relations and on the theme of world order, such as Portugal: A European Story, La PESC: Ouvrir l'Europe au Monde, The European Union, Mercosul and the New World Order, and A European Strategy for the Mediterranean.

Personal life

Álvaro de Vasconcelos is a Chevalier of the Order of the Légion d’Honneur and a Comendador do Ordem do Rio Branco. He was married to the late Maria do Rosário de Moraes Vaz, Director of Programmes at the IEEI, Lisbon. He was first married to a French lady, Brigitte Courot with whom he had one daughter. With Rosário de Moraes Vaz he had two daughters.

List of publications

EUISS publications

Chaillot Papers

Articles and Papers

Articles in specialised journals, and major project reports