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Niko Costantino
Niko is a young professional in the field of international relations and policy making. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Languages and International Relations from the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy, and a MA in International Relations with Political Strategy and Communication from the Brussels School of International Studies (University of Kent), which he achieved with a compelling dissertation on the effects of the use of national identity in the Greek-EU negotiations of 2015 and awarded his degree with Distinction.His strongest theoretical expertise ranges from linguistics to foreign policy analysis, and from cross-cultural negotiations to discourse analysis. He applies the theoretical tools to provide close insights on Mediterranean, European and Latin American relations, the effects of national identity on international relations, the role of non-state actors in foreign policy making, cultural diplomacy and transformative mediation as a peaceful tool for conflict resolution.
Niko collaborates with Katoikos.eu as a writer and commentator on foreign policy. Besides, he also participates in NGOs that promote democracy and transparency by advising communication and lobbying strategies, and has been collaborating as fundraiser and facilitator for Cometa ASMME, an Italian NGO fostering research and assistance on metabolic disorders. He has also worked in the international law firm Todarello & Partners (Milan, Italy), which enabled him to do legal research and refine bargaining skills. Apart from Italian, he is fluent in English, Spanish, Greek and has a fair understanding of French, while is learning Arabic. Niko is also a polyhedral musician and plays four instruments excellently. Since late 2016 he collaborates with KEDISA as an analyst.
Petros Gkatzios
Petros studied “Political Science and Public Administration” at the Athens Faculty of Law. He holds two Master’s degrees in “European and International Studies” and in “Political Science and Sociology” from the above mentioned Faculty, and also a Master’s degree in “Political Studies” (by correspondence) from the American World University. He was an undergraduate and postgraduate scholar from the “State Scholarship Foundation” (IKY) and the Japanese Sasakawa Foundation. He has attended many workshops and seminars, and has been an external researcher at the “Foundation of the Hellenic World” (IME). Since June 2018 he works at the Migration Policy Department at the Ministry for Migration and Asylum. Between February 2015 and January 2017, he worked as an Advisor for Nea Demokratia (political party). Between July 2012 and January 2015 he worked as a Special Advisor at the Office of International Relations & EU of the General Secretariat of the Prime Minister of Greece and at the Ministry of Development. From 2004 till 2012 he worked as a Special Advisor for Nea Demokratia in International Relations & EU Secretariat.
Olamide holds a PhD in Security and Intelligence Studies from the University of Buckingham. He developed an analytical theoretical framework, which grants constructivist insight into National Security Policies, within Security Studies. He is currently a Teaching Fellow in International Security at SOAS University of London. He earned his B.ILD degree in International Law and Diplomacy in 2013, from Babcock University, Nigeria, where he specialized in researching on the global emergence of Private Military and Security Companies, International Criminal Law, International Business Transactions and Negotiations. He subsequently earned his MA degree in Security, Intelligence, and Diplomacy from the University of Buckingham, England, where he specialised in Information Technology and Intelligence Systems, Counterterrorism, Risk Analysis, Situational Crime Prevention, Intelligence Analysis, Commercial Diplomacy, Intelligence Tradecraft and machinery, Cyber Intelligence Operations and Foreign Policy Analysis. Olamide currently holds membership of the Nigerian Society of International Law, and is also a member of the International Studies Association.
Dragan was born in Belgrade in 1985. He has completed undergraduate studies at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Political Sciences, as a scholar of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hellenic Republic. During the academic year 2015/16 he attended Goethe University in Frankfurt as an exchange student, reading for postgraduate modules in Sociology of Financial Markets, Research Design, Banking in the New Normal and Big Data Technologies. Ηe worked as a marketing consultant for Belgrade-based microenterprise and as a guest economic analyst for Radio Belgrade 1, covering a number of events of critical importance for the world economy, including Greek crisis, bail-in in Cyprus and macroeconomic developments in European Monetary Union. Currently Dragan follows Postgraduate Specialization Program in Political History and Strategic Studies at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. His research work mainly focuses on the interplay between political and investment risk, with the emphasis on elevated possibility of conducting political warfare when both risks are high. Other research interests include: Monetary Policy Strategy, Commercial Banking, Sociological and Political Perspectives of Big Data, Artificial Intelligence Policy. He is fluent in Serbian, Greek and English, and speaks German and Russian as well.