Thanos Dokos in 2016
Thanos Dokos (Greek : Θάνος Ντόκος ) is a Greek scholar in international relations , who is serving since October 2020 as the second National Security Advisor of Greece, in the Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis .
Biography
Thanos Dokos is a researcher specializing in international relations , having received a doctorate in international relations and strategic studies from Cambridge University . He has spent time as researcher at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt and Harvard University 's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs , and taught in the universities of Athens and Piraeus, as well as Greece's National Defence School and Diplomatic Academy.[ 1] In 1996–1998 he worked as scientific director of the Strategic Studies Directorate of the Ministry of National Defence , and in 1998–1999 as an advisor on relations with NATO at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs . He has also served as director of the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy think tank.[ 1]
In October 2019, he was appointed Deputy National Security Advisor, under Vice Admiral Alexandros Diakopoulos , in the Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis . After Diakopoulos' resignation in August 2020, Dokos succeeded him to the post on 14 October 2020.[ 1]
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