Special Guest

Peter Bergen

Journalist, Documentary Producer, Think Tank Executive, Professor, and Author

Peter Bergen is a print and television journalist, documentary producer, think tank executive, professor, and the author of six books, three of which were New York Times bestsellers and four of which were named among the non-fiction books of the year by the Washington Post. The books have been translated into twenty-one languages and have been turned into four documentaries, two of which were nominated for Emmys and one of which won an Emmy.

He is Vice President for Global Studies and Fellows and the Director of the International Security Program and the Future of War program at New America in Washington D.C.; Professor of Practice at the School of Politics and Global Studies at Arizona State University where he is the co-director of the Center on the Future of War; CNN’s national security analyst and a fellow at Fordham University’s Center on National Security.

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Moderator

Gianni Koskinas

The Hoplite Group

Seasoned senior executive with extensive public sector and highly relevant commercial experience in economic development in frontier markets. A strategic thinker and leader - equally at home in the field or in the boardroom with proven record of achieved results in unique enterprises, in challenging environments. An acknowledged specialist in producing innovative solutions to complex problems in the harshest of conditions. A highly decorated retired military officer, published scholar, coach, mentor, risk analyst, project manager skilled at building and leading committed, empowered, and effective teams. In 2013, he founded the Hoplite Group, LLC, in order to bring together regional experts, with deep appreciation of geo-political challenges and possessing unique perspectives necessary to offer clients nuanced solutions.

Mr. Koskinas is also a Senior Fellow in the International Security Program at New America Foundation, an avid writer, and frequent contributor to Foreign Policy, Defense One, War on the Rocks, Huffington Post. Gianni has also been a moderator and panelist in a significant number of conferences, as well as a guest on several radio and TV programs such as Fox News, National Public Radio’s “On Point with Tom Ashbrook” and Australia’s Foreign Correspondent newscast. Most recently, he was the field producer (in Afghanistan) for a feature film published on Showtime, called “The Longest War,” that aired on 19 April 2020.