Chris Kremidas-Courtney, is a senior advisor for Defend Democracy, lecturer for the Institute for Security Governance in Monterey, California, senior advisor at Fact Check Greece, former senior fellow at Friends of Europe, and member of the civil experts groups for NATO, Hybrid CoE, and the Euro-Atlantic Resilience Centre.

Chris is a globally recognized futurist and policy influencer on addressing hybrid threats, future tech challenges, and societal resilience. They lead efforts to develop collaborative policy approaches to protect and support democracy, equality, and the rule of law in a fast-changing world.

Chris has appeared or been published in various journals and media outlets to include Politico, Euronews, Forbes, American Foreign Policy Journal, New York Times, Financial Times, Center for International Maritime Security, Kathimerini (Greece), Al Jazeera, Tidningen Naeringslivet (Sweden), Freedom Gazette (India), Kumparan (Indonesia), European Business Journal, LIFO (Greece), Etemad Daily (Iran), The Independent (Ireland), Guildhall (Ukraine), and various other journals.

They also serve as a frequent lecturer for Harvard University, Geneva Center for Security Policy, New York University (NYU), University of Makedonia (Thessaloniki), College of Europe, Naval Postgraduate School, and Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (Madrid).