Ioannis K. Loukas

Ioannis Loukas was born in Athens in 1960. He studied history and archaeology at the University of Brussels and earned a Ph.D. with distinction in Political Science and International Relations from Panteion University of Athens. He has taught Greek and European history at various universities abroad and has served as Director or Board Member of several European organizations. Currently, he is a professor and Director of the Chair of Naval History at the Hellenic Naval Academy and a member of the Special Scientific Staff at the Naval War College, where he teaches history and geopolitics. He is also the First Vice President of the European Commission of History and Strategy of the Balkans (headquartered in Strasbourg), a senior member of the Institute of Defense Analyses of the Greek Ministry of National Defense, a member of the Scientific Council of the Institut de Strategie Comparee (Paris), and a member of the Hellenic Commission of Military History, the Archaeological Society at Athens, the Arbeitskreis Geschichte der Nachrichtendienste e.V., the U.S. Naval Institute, and the Society for Military History. He has participated in numerous international scientific conferences and has authored many books, monographs, studies, and articles on Greek and European history and geopolitics. His most notable books include: 1. "National Socialism and Hellenism," Athens, Grigoris Publications, 1991. 2. "Aegean Sea: History and Geopolitics of Hellenism from Prehistory to the Alexandrian Era," Athens, Papazisis Publications, 1993. 3. "The Meaning of 1821 and the Naval Power of Hellenism: Ideology and Propaganda in the Proclamations of Alexandros Ypsilantis," Athens, Papazisis Publications, 1996, among others.