Fletcher Dean, Admiral (rtd) James Stavridis, visits Greece

The Fletcher Dean during his lecture at KKF.

The Dean of Fletcher School of Tufts University, US Navy Admiral (retired) James Stavridis visited Athens, Greece last week. He had meetings with the Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras, and the Minsters of Foreign Affairs (Nikolaos Kotzias), National Defense (Panos Kammenos) and Public Order and Citizens’ Protection (Nikolaos Toskas). Additionally, he gave a lecture on “International Security in the 21^st Century” at the Konstantinos Karamanlis Foundation on the 13^th of January, 2016.

Between many, the lecture attended politicians, diplomats, academics and other important public personalities from the fields of international affairs, defense and security.

Dean Stavridis focused on the need of a coherent Europe in order to response to migration pressures, financial crises and security threats, while he underlined the importance of the US – EU cooperation and alliance, as mostly expressed through NATO.

Right after the lecture, Professor Dimitris Keridis of Panteion University, Athens coordinated a brief Q&A session, where guests were given an opportunity not only to ask questions, but also to highlight significant national security concerns.

More information about the lecture can be found at the Konstantinos Karamanlis Foundation website, at: http://www.ikk.gr/.