John Sitilides
About John Sitilides
“Al Checchi, Checchi Capital Advisers LLC “Your passion for and understanding of the strategic geopolitical challenges facing the United States and global community are inspiring. Your presentation was excellent.” Randy Conone, Chief Investment Officer, MTrust “Your talk was easily the best received one of the Family Office Wealth Management Forum.” Richard A. Bird, President, Bird Capital Group “Very much enjoyed your presentation - excellent poise, diction, delivery, substance, coordinated use of effective visuals, and audience connection - exemplary!” Greg Kushner, LIDO Consulting “You did a great job explaining all of the very significant issues facing us from all over the world.” Jan Ager Karel, Ager Consulting “You were clearly the best presenter…You have a unique gift to succinctly wrap geopolitical issues into a coherent methodology of whom, why and how.” ”
Speech topics
Geopolitics in a World Re-Ordered: Trade, Technology, Energy & Markets
Geopolitical strategist John Sitilides - National Security Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute and former U.S. Department of State Diplomacy Consultant (2006-2023) under Presidents Bush, Obama, Trump & Biden – is a professional speaker at leading corporate, investor, and industry conferences, and before government, military, and intelligence community audiences, on geopolitical and geo-economic risk management and the business impacts of international security policies.
What Your Client Audiences Will Gain:
John's presentation examines the Trump Administration’s sweeping foreign policy reset, including:
- Strategic dominance of the Western Hemisphere
- Technology competition and military deterrence against China's disruption of trade and financial systems
- U.S. tariff policies and global commerce impacts
- New security architectures and trade ties in the Middle East and Europe
- Supply chain security and protected shipping lanes; and
- Advanced technology impacts on energy, rare earth, and commodity markets.
John's dispassionate and non-partisan assessments, delivered through a visually dynamic presentation using open-source intelligence, maps, charts, and leader portraits - with zero text - equips executives and investors to understand, anticipate, and mitigate the complex risks that will disrupt and dominate the global landscape for years to come.
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Media coverage
Washington Times: "Vortex of Turmoil, Vacuum of Power"
At the core of NATO’s southeastern flank and the nexus of the Middle East, North Africa and Southern Europe, the eastern Mediterranean region a half decade ago was relatively serene. Today, the transformation of the complex political and geostrategic environment of the broader Mediterranean region, whose regular problems were generally manageable, has been stunning.
CNN: "Greece awaits as deadline looms"
Live television interview on Greece, with its credibility at stake, awaiting its looming Eurozone deadline.
CNN: "Greece awaits Europe's bailout verdict"
Live television interview on the Greek government's formal request for a third international bailout to help pay its debts.
Fox News: "Eye-Popping Proposed EPA Regulations"
Live television interview on the impact of expanding federal regulations on private property rights across the United States.
The Guardian: "Refugee bottleneck in Greece leads to warning of humanitarian crisis"
“In this time of compounded humanitarian and security crises, Greece is being pummelled by its geography,” said John Sitilides, a geopolitical strategist in Washington DC. Trapped in a geopolitical vice and with the country reeling from its longest recession in post-war history, Greece’s social fabric could easily be torn apart. “The opportunity for nativists such as Golden Dawn to further exacerbate social and economic tensions for political gain is alarmingly significant,” Sitilides said, referring to the neo-fascist party that is Greece’s third biggest political force.
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