Marios Panagiotis Efthymiopoulos

Expert in International Security and Geopolitical Studies

He is an associate professor of international security and strategy and, since December 2021, director and CEO of Strategy International, a Cyprus-based think tank for strategic research and advisory work. He heads the Department of History, Politics and International Studies at Neapolis University Pafos and has visited Vytautas Magnus University in Lithuania under the Erasmus+ programme. He earned his doctorate from the University of Crete in 2008 with a thesis on NATO's Strategic Concept and NATO-Russia relations, and a master's degree from the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna. He previously served as dean of the College of Security and Global Studies at the American University in the Emirates in Dubai and was a research scholar at Columbia University's Harriman Institute and the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington. His work focuses on strategic foresight, regional security, NATO and energy security.