The Impact of Geopolitical Risks and Tensions Explained

This lecture is part of the Lecture Series on Central Banking Law.

The Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance (FDEF) is happy to invite you to the inaugural lecture of the Lecture Series on Central Banking Law.

Abstract

In his inaugural speech at the University of Luxembourg on 17 September, Professor Gortsos will present – duly updated – the key findings of his recent (June 2025) study titled: The Impact of Geopolitical Risks and Tensions on the Existing International Financial Architecture. His presentation will focus on various dimensions of the impact of recent and current geopolitical risks and tensions on the existing international financial architecture, as this has been shaped over the last 50 years. Its scope is confined to institutional and legal aspects and does not extend to the dynamics of international relations.

About the speaker

Christos Gortsos is Professor of Public Economic Law at the Law School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Other positions include: Visiting Professor at the Europa Institut of the University of Zürich and the Europa Institut of the University of Saarland; President of the Academic Board of the European Banking Institute (EBI); Member of the Board of Appeal of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs); Member of the European Parliament’s and of the European Court of Auditors’ expert groups on banking resolution; and member and academic coordinator of the Committee on International Monetary Law of the International Law Association (MOCOMILA). In 2017, he was Fernand Braudel Senior Fellow at the Law Department of the European University Institute and in 2018 Academic Visitor at St Antony’s College (Oxford University). His main fields of teaching, writing and research are international, EU and public financial law, central banking law, financial regulation and institutional economics.