Michael Efthymiopoulos, Strategy International Vice President; Dr. Sharyl Cross; Dr. Evangelos Venizelos, Greek Minister of Defense; Admiral Cervone; Dr. Marios Efthymiopoulos, Strategy International President; Commander Ioannis Chapsos, Hellenic Supremee Joint war College and GCMC alumnus pose for a photo during the two-day conference in Thessaloniki.
A one-day seminar on new security initiatives and a conference on international strategy brought two Marshall Center professors to Greece in February.
The Marshall Center's Dr. Sharyl Cross and Rear Adm. Alberto Cervone visited the Supreme Hellenic Joint War College Feb. 9 to participate in its inaugural conference titled, "New Initiatives in an Era of New Security Challenges." Dr. Cross presented a lecture on the topic of countering violent extremism, and Admiral Cervone addressed the topic of Mediterranean security policies.
About 100 members of the war college attended the presentations, which were followed by question and answer sessions. Other speakers for the one-day event included Dr. Andrew Lambert, Kings College Department of War studies; Dr. Alan Henrikson, from Tufts University's Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.
The two-day conference, "Global Challenges: NATO, UN, and the EU in the New Security Environment" was held in Thessaloniki on Feb. 10-11. Strategy International, a non-governmental organization and institute based in Thessaloniki sponsored the conference in cooperation with the U.S. and French Consulates, NATO and others.
Dr. Cross and Admiral Cervone presented lectures at this conference as well, to an audience of about 200 participants from Greece and other nations.
Greece's Minister of Defense, Evangelos Venizelos, gave the keynote address, discussing the rapidly changing regional security environment – citing the ongoing uprisings in the middle eastern and African regions; as well as a variety of other regional and global security topics from the START-2 treaty to Greece's bilateral relations with the U.S., Russia and EU member countries.
