School of Social & Political Sciences, University of Crete, Rethimnon, Crete
Greece

Marios Panagiotis Efthymiopoulos is currently a visiting professor at the University of Cyprus at the School of Social & Political Sciences, Department of Political Science. He is the General Director of www.strategyinternational.org. He holds a PhD from the University of Crete and is a graduate from the NATO Defence College (NADEFCOL), while appointed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece. He holds a Masters Degree from the University of Vienna -The Diplomatic Academy of Vienna- in Advanced International Relations. He attended the MSc in Russian and Post-Soviet Studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), and he also holds a BA (Hons) in International Relations and Politics by the University of Lincolnshire and Humberside. His latest book is titled -in Greek-: NATO's policies in the 21st century: The need for a renewed Security Concept and the ever lasting NATO-Russia Relations.