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NEWS OF OUR MEMBERS
John Sitilides Appointed Senior Fellow
at the Center for the National Interest
industry conferences, and before government, military,
and intelligence community audiences, on geopolitical
and geo-economic risk management and the business
impacts of national security policies. He explores the
complex decisions that impact markets in Asia, Europe,
the Middle East, and worldwide, helping corporate
executives, investment managers, and civic audiences
better understand, anticipate, and mitigate risk.
John Sitilides
John Sitilides has been appointed Senior Fellow for
Global Risks at the distinguished Center for the National
Interest. In a non-resident capacity, he will be
collaborating with a roster of foreign policy and national
security experts to advance the center’s mission as
“America’s Voice for Strategic Realism.” John, together
with his wife Angela, are longtime members of
Leadership 100 and John presently serves as a member of
the Executive Committee.
The Center seeks to stimulate debate, provide public
understanding of U.S. foreign policy and international
affairs, and define pragmatic policies to promote
America’s national interests in the complex world of the
twenty-first century. Its work covers critical relationships
with both allies and adversaries, as well as forces driving
the modern world, including military power, technology,
energy, trade, and finance. The Center also publishes the
leading foreign policy magazine “National Interest.”
Sitilides is Principal at Trilogy Advisors LLC in
Washington, D.C., specializing in geopolitical risk,
international security, and federal government affairs. He
is a professional speaker at corporate, investor, and
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He launched his career in the U.S. Senate, has testified
before Congress, and is a frequent national security
commentator on U.S. and international media. From
2006 to 2023, he was a U.S. Department of State
Diplomacy Consultant under Presidents Biden, Trump,
Obama, and Bush, managing professional development
at the Foreign Service Institute, the diplomacy academy
for American foreign policy professionals.
He served as a Senior Fellow for National Security at the
Foreign Policy Research Institute, and was Board
Chairman of the Woodrow Wilson Center Southeast
Europe Project, following seven years as Executive
Director of the Western Policy Center, an international
relations institute specializing in U.S., NATO & EU
interests in Europe and the Middle East until he
negotiated its 2004 merger with the Woodrow Wilson
International Center for Scholars.
Sitilides also serves on the boards of the National
Hellenic Society, the International Orthodox Christian
Charities, the Advanced Imaging Society, an advanced
media technology company and a personalized
biopharmaceutical company, a global humanitarian
organization.
He is also a member of the Columbia University Club of
Washington, D.C., and the Association of Former Senate
Aides. He holds a Master’s Degree in International and
Public Affairs from Columbia University, specializing in
International Security Policy and Western European
Affairs. His wife, Angela, is an attorney and
businesswoman, and they have four sons.
