Dr. Georgios Niveroglou is a retired military officer (Brigadier General, ret) of the Greek Special Forces and former Director of the Military Office of the Minister of National Defense. He holds a Ph.D. from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in the Department of Social Theology and Religious Studies. He is a graduate of the Institute for Continuing Education (IDE) of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff (GEETHA) in international politics and economics, the European Security and Defense College (ESDC) of the European Union (based in Brussels) in European Union Security and Defense, the NATO School of Oberammergau in Germany (in Multinational Crisis Management – NATO Crisis Management and Improving Operational Effectiveness by Integrating a Gender Perspective). He also holds a Master of Arts in Applied Strategy and International Security from Plymouth University (UK). He is a graduate of the National Defense College of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff in the field of Strategic Studies.