Alexandros Diakopoulos

Greece’s national security challenges in 2023

Admiral Alexandros Diakopoulos, the former National Security Advisor to Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and a senior policy adviser at ELIAMEP, joins Thanos Davelis to break down the security issues Greece is likely to face in 2023, and look at the role Greece can play in addressing these broader global challenges. 

Mitsotakis prepares for Paris visit

Ahead of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis' arrival in Paris on Thursday for talks with President Emmanuel Macron, Greek and French officials were on Tuesday hammering out the details of his visit's agenda.

According to reports, Mitsotakis and his wife Mareva Grabowski-Mitsotaki will be received at the Elysee Palace by Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron. 

National security takes center stage

In line with the pre-election pledge to modernize Greece's national security apparatus, which Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis had reiterated at the recent meeting of the Council for Foreign Affairs and Defense (KYSEA), the government on Thursday appointed Vice Admiral Alexandros Diakopoulos to the new post of national security adviser to the Prime Minister's Office.

Government announces security chiefs

Vice Admiral Alexandros Diakopoulos has been appointed National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister's office, a post set up by the new conservative administration, the government announced Thursday.
Meanwhile, Panagiotis Kontoleon was named as the new head of the National Intelligence Service (EYP).