Loukas G. Katsonis is an International Relations expert, publisher of Foreign Affairs The Hellenic Edition magazine since 2011. He holds a master’s degree in Geopolitical Analysis and Geostrategic Synthesis from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, and is an international relations PhD candidate at the Panteion University. He has also studied economics. He has worked as a journalist from 1982 to 2011. He held executive positions in the newspapers “Ependitis”, “Imerisia” and “Kathimerini”. He was the director of the newspaper “Macedonia” from 2002 to 2005. He is a founding member and secretary of the geographical company “Strabo”. He is a founding member and vice-president of the Panhellenic Association of Friends of the Armed Forces (PEFED).