Global Greek Influence- Giota Pimenidou

Summarising last Sunday's episode and what is on this Sunday's episode on "Russia & China at the East Med and the Middle East". Music: "Fortitude" by Lance Conrad Source: Storyblocks

In the first part of the episode "Russia & China in the East Med and the Middle East", Dr Kleanthis Kyriakidis (former Captain of the Hellenic Navy, Program Director of the Master of Arts in Diplomacy at the College of Security and Global Studies in the American University of Emirates, Policy Advisor – Negotiator – Public Relations Expert - Political Analyst (focus Middle East)) we discuss: Kr...

Professor Iakovos Tzanakis (Oxford Brookes University) on the techniques and methods to advance materials for future technologies’ challenges, as in metals/ composites used in aerospace, large-scale additive manufacturing, energy storage and biomimetics. Why could vertical axis wind turbines farms replace the current propeller design (Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines)? Music: "Fortitude" by Lance Con...

Leadership starts with decisions we make and is bound to vision, intelligence, adaptability, persistence, integrity, and honesty. · What we define as leadership. · What leadership really is. · When we don’t have breakthroughs in leadership · How one becomes a leader.

George Tassiopoulos (Political Scientist & Cross-Cultural Consultant) and I discuss and the upcoming French presidential elections bring to the EU's foreign affairs · Is a new cold war brewing between Russia and the EU? · Does the EU want and can become a geostrategic player? · Could France speed up the events in the Eastern Mediterranean? · Do the French voters' priorities influence those of...

History can better prepare us for the future. By studying and understanding: the people we collaborate with, the environment created from one side or synergistically, the antagonism happening within an area of interest, that various areas of life are communicating vessels, the shifts through hybrid alliances of sectors and parties, we can see the futuristic leadership in the making. Music: "Fortit...

History and philosophy are seen as elitist topics and not for most. In this episode with Marios Koutsoukos (PhD candidate in History of Religions in the Late Antiquity at the University of Liverpool, fiction author, heavy metal bands lyricist and French literature studies), we see that there is nothing new today and in history, but constant evolution and selective hybridisation and syncretism of a...

What we choose to keep moving to the future and how we become from being: · the roles of prioritising and open-mindedness in "A Good Beginning is More than Half of the Whole", · the necessity of a shared vision and empathy to transition from being to becoming, · the synthesis that makes the continuum between the past and the future. Giving a distinct dimension through featuring Global Greek Influe...

Constantinos Papalucas an Energy Policy expert (as well as one in Negotiations, Oil and Gas Business, Geopolitics of Energy), and now the Coordinator of the National Hydrogen Committee at the Ministry of Environment and Energy, discusses · Greece's and EU's sustainable energy approach with a focus on hydrogen economy, · how hybrid alliances affect the EU’s, Greece’s and Cyprus' energy and strategy...

Stavros Papagianneas is a multifaceted strategic communicator with over 20 years of experience in PR, strategic communications, public affairs, digital communication, social media and media relations at the European Commission and various diplomatic missions in Brussels. Stavros unveils in this episode the synergies for European integration, foreign affairs and geostrategy, democracy, and the grea...

We see the irreversible effects of insufficient scientific and political communication during the pandemic. We should not forget that all means, including those of communication in our lives, are outcomes- results- products of science and policies. Could we rebrand a Union and the future research leaders? Why does Greece choose its national public consultation to be technology-agnostic regarding h...

Why should businesses invest in empowering young talents beyond their current structures and strategies? What is missing between research and innovation and entrepreneurship? How a researcher becomes an entrepreneur without previous business experience? Is it necessary for a researcher becoming an entrepreneur? Why synthesis research surpasses multidisciplinary research? and Inspiration as a const...

The void of the pandemic as our transition from an old world to a new one gives us unique opportunities: a holistic review of our perception and lenses of the past, enriching the perceptions that make us now and define our future, uncloak the freedom of talent, skills and cutting edge innovation, mobilise talented individuals and visionaries, versatile and independent small islands of innovation,...

Dr George Tassiopoulos, Political Scientist & Cross-Cultural Consultant, is an empirical and theoretical expert in French and European politics, including Greek politics and geopolitics, founder of a business consultancy with academic experience at the European Business School in Paris. We discuss under the prism of cross-cultural affairs: · the French political scene and foreign affairs inclu...

Dr Marios Efthymiopoulos (Dean of the College of Security and Global Studies, AUE), CEO of Strategy International and I discuss: · the role of hybrid alliances and their effects on established ones, as well as on the EU, · the decisive parameters in forecasting the future of hybrid alliances, · the Republic of Cyprus security resilience, · the ultimate changes in leadership and decision making in...

Dr Chris Kyriakidis is co-founder of gMendel, which provides the diagnosis of genetic disorders for better disease management. Chris has over 25 years of experience in general management and business development in more than 70 countries on all continents by running a multimillions international business; a founder of two biosciences start-up companies, a social enterprise and a foundation. We tal...

Dr Antonis Chaldeos (PhD in History, University of Johannesburg) is an independent researcher and currently affiliated with the University of Johannesburg as a Research Associate. Antonis studied and published his research on the Greek presence in the horn of Africa (Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia), Zambia, Tanzania, South Africa, Sudan, Morocco, Tunisia, Burundi and Ruanda, as well as the e...

Professor Kyriakos Kouveliotis (Provost and Chief Academic Officer, Berlin School of Business and Innovation) is a multifaceted expert and my guest in this episode. Professor Kouveliotis contributes in seemingly divergent areas: European integration, international relations, diplomacy, decision and policy-making, conflict resolution and crisis management, new curricula, programs syllabi and buildi...

Innovation is publically seen through the eyes of businesses. Research is crucial to the creation of ideas, products and services. Engineering and scientific research are the pillars of our current and future lives. We now emphasize the synergies or the synthesis of innovation through researchers, research institutes and their spin-offs, and funding research programmes experts. Featured opinions:...

Marios Koutsoukos, a fiction author and PhD candidate in History of Religions in the Late Antiquity at the University of Liverpool, discusses the links of #populism with popular opinion and #governance in the late Roman early Byzantine Empire. Does popular demand and aggression dictate governance or vice versa? Do politicians follow the crowd to maintain unity or coherence within a society, and th...

Marina Hatsopoulos, an entrepreneur in technologies, a director and author of articles, essays, and stories (windystreet.com), discusses: · if more funding for startups in an ecosystem equates success, · the initial, critical decisions a startup needs to make, · the importance of having a diverse team, · why pivoting is the right word in times of crisis, · the gap in the academia between fundament...

In this episode, I share my thoughts with you on the contributions to various current and future topics personalities have and affect the influences we have, how we translate such impact our professional and personal life, what matters to us today, how these contributions could better inform our future and lead to the future world. Don't forget to subscribe and review the Global Greek Influence po...

Dr Ioannis Tsipouridis (PhD, University of Leeds), a chemical engineer in renewables since 1978 and I discuss his wind energy journey from Greece to Kenya through his roles as: C.E.O. of P.P.C. Renewables (100% subsidiary of P.P.C.) from 2010 to 2013, president of the board of directors of the Hellenic Wind Energy Association (2013- 2017), the owner and General Manager of REDPro Consultants - Rene...

In this episode, Professor Konstantinos Giapis (Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology, CalTech) discusses chemical engineering contributions to renewable energy, utilising CO2 to produce oxygen, cosmology by enriching astrophysics, through surfaces' dynamics studies: · plasma processing and · electrospinning hybrid nanomaterials. Global Greek Infl...

Professor Michalis Kontopodis , the Chair in Global Childhood and Youth Studies and the Director of the ICY: Inclusion, Childhood & Youth Research Centre at the University of Leeds, U.K., in his research and international collaborations addresses the key post-pandemic challenges in #education , namely #global #debt #digitalliteracy #inclusion #marginalisation . We discuss: - how digital litera...