BOARD OF ADVISORS

 Dr. Andreas G. Banoutsos holds a PhD in International Studies from the University of Buckingham (UK).  The title of his PhD thesis is: “Greece unscathed by Jihadism”.He is a graduate in Economics from the Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) and he holds a Master degree (MA) in Intelligence and Security studies from Brunel University (UK). He has served as General Director of the Federation of Attica and Piraeus Industries (2001-2004) and has worked as an expert consultant to various posts in the Greek government. He has also received research grants from the renowned US based think tank Middle East Forum.From October 2007 till January 2012 he was a Senior Analyst at the Athens based think tank Research Institute for European and American Studies (RIEAS). He is co-founder of the blog RIMSE (Radical Islam Monitor in Southeast Europe-February 2011). Furthermore, he is a Founding Partner (since January 2013) and Deputy Secretary General (January 2013-January 2018) of the Hellenic-Chinese Business Chamber. In June 2015 in collaboration with a group of young scientists of the broader scientific field of International Relations he founded the Center for International Strategic Analyses-KEDISA.

Dr Panagiotis Sfaelos is Lawyer, Political Scientist and Journalist, Secretary General of the Association of European Journalists, member of the UK’s National Union of Journalists and the International Federation of Journalists. He holds a PhD in EU Law from the University of Kent. His PhD thesis deals with EU Law of Immigration and Asylum after the Amsterdam Treaty. He also holds a Master in EU Law with Merit from the University of Kent. He has a Law Degree from the University of Leicester and a Degree in European and International Studies (Upper Second Class Honours) from London South University. He also holds a Diploma in Journalism from the London School of Journalism and a Diploma in Media Studies from Antenna Media Lab. At professional level, Dr Panagiotis Sfaelos has worked as Law Consultant at the Hellenic Parliament, where he dealt with draft bills for their compatibility with EU law. He has also worked as Lawyer at the Law Office of the Republic of Cyprus. He works as Journalist and Director at the electronic newspaper Active News. He is a feature writer at the newspaper Naftemporiki and the site Apopseis.gr. He is also a Broadcaster at the Hephaestus Radio Wien. Dr Panagiotis Sfaelos also has academic career. He is a Professor in EU law at the Hellenic Police Academy. He has also taught at the University of Nicosia and the American University of Athens. He has many publications at the Hellenic Review of European Law and the Journal of Common Market Studies.

 Georgios Koukakis is a Lieutenant Colonel ret. of the Greek Army. He was born in 1980 in Heraklion (Crete) and in 1998 entered the Hellenic Army Academy, from which he graduated in 2002 as a Second Lieutenant (Infantry). Throughout his military career he  served in numerous Special Forces, Infantry and Levy Units, not only in Greece but also abroad (Kosovo and Cyprus Republic). He attended many military courses in Greece and the U.S.A. and served as an instructor in the Hellenic Airborne School and the Hellenic Infantry School. He was a Static Line and Military Free Fall (Skydiving) Parachutist and he was nominated with several Army ethical awards and medals.

He holds a Master of Arts in «Governance, Development and Security in the Mediterranean» of the Department of Mediterranean Studies of the University of the Aegean, which he obtained having received a scholarship form the Hellenic Army General Staff (H.A.G.S.). In May 2019 he participated as a lecturer at the Mare Nostrum X conference conducted by the Center of Study of Mediterranean-Middle East Policy and Civilization (ΚΕ.Μ.ΜΕ.Π.), while several of his articles have been published in the «Military Inspection» (Στρατιωτική Επιθεώρηση) magazine of H.A.G.S. and the «Hellas, Europe and the World» (Η Ελλάδα, η Ευρώπη και ο Κόσμος) scientific magazine of the Research Unit for the European and the International Policy of the Department of Mediterranean Studies.

He possesses a Certificate of Proficiency in English of Cambridge University and in his leisure time enjoys reading, fishing, collecting coins and paper coins, listening to music and working out. In the past he has taken part in long-distance and ultra-marathon races.

Vasiliki is a graduate of the Department of International and European Studies at the University of Piraeus, with the direction of Energy Security and Diplomacy. Her academic interests include, among others, the fields of Energy, International Relations, Intelligence, Strategy and Geopolitics. She has held a three-month (March –May 2018) internship at the Center for International Strategic Analyses (KEDISA). She has participated in many conferences, seminars and lectures with subjects around the field of her studies. She has also participated as a Member of the Parliament in the 21st Pan-Hellenic Youth Parliament, with subject “The International Society in a deep crisis period”, in the committee of “Modern Espionage and the War of Intelligence”. She speaks fluently English and French. At her leisure time she occupies with reading (Literature and Ancient Greek Philosophy), playing the piano, going shooting and Kick Boxing.

Maria Ntampou is a graduate of the Department of Political Science of the Democritus University of Thrace and holds a Master’s degree in International Relations from the Department of International and European Studies of the University of Piraeus. She has completed internships at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and in the Greek Parliament, in the Department of International and European Affairs. She has worked in Non-Profit Company for the management of European Programs. She has attended several conferences and seminars related to the subject of her studies. She speaks English, Spanish and French. She holds an ECDL diploma. Finally, her research interests include include International Relations, Diplomacy and Political Science.