Geopolitical & Government Affairs Specialist; Business & Investment Strategies Expert; Senior Fellow for National Security at the Foreign Policy Research Institute
John Sitilides Biography
John Sitilides is Principal at Trilogy Advisors LLC in Washington, D.C., specializing in geopolitical risk, international security, and federal government affairs, and is Senior Fellow for National Security at the Foreign Policy Research Institute.
He is a professional speaker at corporate, investor, and industry conferences, and before government, military and intelligence community audiences, on geopolitical risk management and the business impacts of international security policies. He explores the complex geopolitical and geo-economic 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.
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 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.
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 such as Bloomberg News, CNN, FOX News, CNN International, and NewsNation, and has been interviewed or cited in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, Washington Times, Newsweek, The National Interest, Politico, National Public Radio, Asia Times, Institutional Investor, South China Morning Post, and other leading print and digital media.
Sitilides serves on the Executive Committee of Leadership 100, a national Orthodox Christian endowment. He served on the Board of Directors of an advanced media technology company and a personalized biopharmaceutical company; of International Orthodox Christian Charities, a global humanitarian organization; and of the Advanced Imaging Society, promoting the global motion picture industry’s arts and technologies.
He is a member of the Association of International Risk Intelligence Professionals, the Intelligence and National Security Alliance, 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. His wife is an attorney and businesswoman, and they have four sons.
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John Sitilides Speaking Topics
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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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Washington and the World: The New Geopolitics of Great Power Competition
The global economy, long based upon a rules-based trade system, is undergoing profound and fundamentally transformative shifts. Russia’s war against Ukraine is upending Europe’s security architecture, as the EU scrambles to escape its hydrocarbon dependence on Moscow, NATO seeks to prevent alliance fracturing, and Germany and the United Kingdom plan for energy rationing and possible recession. U.S.-China relations are more tense than ever over Taiwan, trade, technology, and human rights, as China seeks to dominate Asia, manage its commercial relations, and challenge U.S. global leadership, while Washington seeks closer ties with India, Japan, and Indo-Pacific powers for regional counterbalance. Beijing is emerging from a zero-COVID policy that unsettled global supply chains and thwarted economic growth. Iran’s potential nuclear weapons breakout is destabilizing the Middle East and its global oil and gas supply network. The global impact of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan is re-shaping counter-terrorism operations and may modify rare earths processing for renewable energy and other advanced technology sectors. Food shortages, energy scarcity, cybersecurity, and climate policy are increasingly shaping international decision-making.
John Sitilides Videos
John Sitilides - Strategic Healthcare Supply Chain Resiliency
Perhaps no time in history have world events impacted your decisions more than they do today. Globalization, near-shoring, offshoring, tariffs,...
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John Sitilides is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Geopolitics in a World Re-Ordered: Trade, Technology, Energy & Markets, Washington and the World: The New Geopolitics of Great Power Competition, Washington and the World: The New Geopolitics of Great Power Rivalry, The Big Picture: A Geopolitical and Geo-Economic Outlook, China, Russia, and America: Geopolitics & Geo-Economics in the Decade Ahead and The Global Economy. The estimated speaking fee range to book John Sitilides for your event is $20,000 - $30,000. John Sitilides generally travels from D.C., DC, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Jason Schenker, Todd Buchholz, Andrew Busch, Bernard Baumohl and Peter Zeihan. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling John Sitilides for an upcoming live or virtual event.
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