Evanthia Balla is an Associate Professor at the University of Évora (Portugal). She directs the MA in International Relations and European Studies, UÉ, Escola de Ciências Sociais. She collaborates as a researcher with the Research Center in Political Science (CICP), the Council for International Relations and the Instituto Jurídico Portucalense. She has a PhD in Political Science and International Relations from the Catholic University of Lisbon (Portugal), a Master¿s degree in European Studies from the University of Reading (UK) and a Master¿s degree in International Politics from the Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium). She received her first degree in Political Science and Public Administrations from the University of Athens (Greece). She has taught various courses at university level such as European Union Law, Policies and Institutions, European Security, Theory of International Relations, and International Responsibility. She has published various scientific articles, policy briefs and opinion articles on European and International affairs in national and international journals. In her Ciência Vitae curriculum the most frequent terms in her scientific production are: European integration, politics, security, power, multilateralism, values.