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IOANNIS (JOHN) M. NOMIKOS

IOANNIS (JOHN) M. NOMIKOS

7WORK EXPERIENCE

6 April 2006 Today:    Director,
                                       Research Institute for European and American Studies (RIEAS)
                                       Web site: http://www.rieas.gr

5 October 2005-          Assistant Professor
University of Indianapolis (Athens Campus)
10 June 2007:
5 June 2009-Today:  Chairman

Mediterranean Council for Intelligence Studies (MCIS)

Web site: http://www.mcis-edu.org
 

1 April 2009–          Project Scientific Coordinator
1 April 2011           Research Institute for European and American Studies (RIEAS)

                                 European Union –FP7 research project: SAFE COMMS on Counter-

terrorism Strategies for Recovery and Continuity. Consortium of six countries:

Greece, Spain, Bulgaria, Israel, Germany, and Northern Ireland, UK).

 

 

5 May 2012- Today:  Chairman
                                     European Intelligence Academy (EIA)
                                     Web site: http://www.euintelligenceacademy.eu

Research on De-Radicalization, Extremism, Islamic Networks and Terrorism
Studies in the European Union member states; organizing seminars/workshops
on education security professionals in the public and private sectors

1 June 2013- Today:  Founding Editor Journal of Mediterranean and Balkan Intelligence (JMBI)

EDUCATION

1987:   Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Northeast Louisiana University (USA)

1991:  Master of Arts (MA)
University of Hull (UK)

2001:    PhD in International Relations and Diplomacy
Washington International University (USA)

Communication skills –       Good in communication and interpersonal skills in a research environment and with external stakeholders

–       Team work experience in European projects and research team oriented environment

–       Experience in directing Research Think Tanks, teaching in universities, delivering lectures in courses, seminars, workshops and at speaking in large audiences during conferences.

 

 

Organisational / managerial skills Over 8 years of administrative and managerial experience (Research Institute for European and American Studies (RIEAS)
Directing a Team of 5 Senior Analysts (RIEAS)
Organization of Workshops/Conferences/Seminars.

 

Job-related skills Certified Master Antiterrorism Specialist (CMAS)

Counter intelligence analysis in law enforcement services

Counter-terrorism

Illegal migration, transnational organized crime and extremism/de-radicalization
National security architecture and intelligence reform

Experience in analytical process and crisis management skills

 

 

Publications

  • 2015: “Intelligence Studies in Greece: The development of an academic discipline”, (joint article with Antonia Dimou and Andrew Liaropoulos) at the Journal of Mediterranean and Balkan Intelligence, Vol.5, No.1, June 2015.

 

  • 2014: “European Union Intelligence Analysis Centre (INTCEN): Next stop to an Agency?” at the Journal of Mediterranean and Balkan Intelligence, Vol. 4, No. 2, December 2014.
  • 2014: “Balkan-Mediterranean Intelligence Sharing Cooperation and Counterterrorism Policy in Greece” in Denis Caleta and Paul Shemella (eds) Intelligence and Combating Terrorism – New Paradigms and Future Challenges, (Published by the Institute for Corporative Security Studies), 2014, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
  • 2014: “Reasons for an Independent Intelligence Service in the European Union”, European Business Review, January 2014.
  • 2013: “Combating Illegal Immigration, Terrorism, and Organized Crime in                 Greece and Italy” at the International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence , Vol. 26, No. 2, 2013. 
  • 2013: “Illegal Immigration, National Security and Social Cohesion  in Greece”, Epikaira Magazine (in Greek), No.171, 24 January 2013, Greece.
  • 2012: “Intelligence and National Security – The case of Greece”, Epikaira Magazine (in Greek), No. 149, 23 August 2012, Greece.
  • 2012: “Greek Illegal Migration and National Security Threat”, Epikaira Magazine (in Greek), No. 128, 29 March 2012, Greece. 
  • 2012: John M. Nomikos and StefaniaDucci (editors), Mediterranean Council for Intelligence Studies (MCIS) Year Book 2012, “Intelligence in Action: Cyber-Security and Cyber-Defense”, January 2012, Rome, Italy.
  • 2011: “Reforming the Greek Intelligence-Security Community: New Challenges”, Journal of Romanian Intelligence Studies, No.5, June 2011, Bucharest, Romania.
  • 2011: John M. Nomikos, M.L. Maniscalco, S. Ducci( Book Editors),  “Oltre Il Segreto – Information Sharing E Intelligence Transnazionale” (Beyond Secret – Information Sharing and Transnational Intelligence), Libero Con-Testo Publishing Company, July 2011, Rome, Italy. 
  • 2011: “Migratiecrisis in zuidoostelijkdeelMiddellandseZeegebied” (Migration Crisis in the South-Eastern Mediterranean region), Magazine NationaleVeiligheidencrisisbeheersing (Ministry of Interior), August 2011, The Netherlands.  
  • 2011: “Illegal Immigration and Organized Crime in Greece”, The Journal of Counterterrorism and Homeland Security International, Vol. 17, No. 1, Spring 2011, USA.
  • 2010: “Intelligence Reform in Greece and Regional Cooperation in the Eastern Mediterranean Region” in Musa Tuzuner (ed) Intelligence Cooperation Practices in the 21st Century: Towards a Culture of
  • 2010: Sharing, NATO Science for Peace and Security Series – Human and Societal Dynamics, vol. 71, (IOS Press, The Netherlands), 2010.
  • 2010: “European Union Intelligence Cooperation: A Greek Approach”, European Business Review, October 2010.
  • 2010: “Truly Reforming or Just Responding to Failures? Lessons Learned from the Modernisation of the Greek National Intelligence Service”, Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counterterrorism, Vol. 5, No. 1, 2010, Sydney, Australia.
  • 2010: “Media and Counter-Terrorism Crisis Communication Strategies in the European Union”, European Business Review, January/February 2010.
  • 2009: “Another Frontier to Fight: International Terrorism and Islamic Fundamentalism (written jointly with Aya Burweila)” at the International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence, vol.22, no.1, 2009.
  • 2008: “Greek Intelligence Service”, in Global Security and Intelligence, (ed) by Stuart Farson, Peter Gill, Mark Phythian and ShlomoShpiro, (Praeger Security International, 2008, USA).
  • 2008: “Greek Intelligence Service: A Brief Description” at the European Journal of Intelligence Studies, vol. 2, 2008.
  • 2008: ”The New Role of Intelligence Services after 9/11”, Presscode Journal, no. 11, 2008.
  • 2007: “Transatlantic Intelligence Cooperation, the Global War on Terrorism and International Order”, (ed) by Yiannis A. Stivachtis in the International Order in a Globalizing World, (Ashgate, London), 2007.
  • 2007: “International Terrorism and South-Eastern Mediterranean Intelligence Cooperation”, Journal for Intelligence, Propaganda and Security Studies, vol.1, no. 2, 2007, Austria.
  • 2007: “Terrorism, Media, and Intelligence in Greece: Capturing the 17 November Terrorist Group” at the International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence, vol. 20, no.1, 2007.
  • 2005:  “A European Union Intelligence Service for Confronting Terrorism” at the International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence, vol. 18, no. 2, 2005.
  • 2005: “Across the Atlantic and Beyond the Borders: A study of two crises, Yugoslav and Gulf”, (Authors on Line Publishing Company, 2005, UK).
  • 2004: “The Internal Modernization of the Greek Intelligence Service”, International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence, Vol. 17, No. 3, Fall 2004.

 

Conferences

  • 19 December,  2014: John M. Nomikos participated in the  international seminar “Proposals on Development of Russian-Greek Partnership”, cosponsored by the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the Research Institute for European and American Studies (RIEAS)
  • 5-7 December, 2014: John M. Nomikos participated in the 6th International Symposium on Terrorism and Transnational Crime (Regional Developments and Security) organized by the Turkish National Police Academy and the International Center for Terrorism and Transnational Crime (UTSAM), Antalya, Turkey
  • 17-18 November 2014: John M. Nomikos participated in the European Security Forum 2014 organized by the European Security Round Table (ESRT), Brussels, Belgium.
  • 06-12 October 2014: Dr. John M. Nomikos visited Taipei and delivered speeches on “terrorism, illegal migration and human-trafficking in the Balkan and Mediterranean region” at the Institute of International Relations (IIR) in the Chengchi University, Taiwanese Immigration Agency, and Prospect Foundation.
  • 23-25 September 2014: John M. Nomikos delivered a speech on “Does Greece need a Homeland Security Department within Security and Intelligence Community?“ in the Developing Border Protection Management Strategies in Counter-Illicit Migration, Trafficking and Terrorist Networks Seminar organized by the George C. Marshall Center for Security Studies, the Hellenic National Police and Hellenic Coast Guard, Athens, Greece
  • 6 June 2014: John M. Nomikos delivered a speech on “NATO at 65: Challenge and Opportunity”, organized by  Charles University, Faculty of Social Sciences (Prague),  the European Intelligence Academy (EIA) in the Research Institute for European and American Studies (Athens, Greece),Prague, Czech Republic.
  • 20-22 May, 2014: John M Nomikos delivered a speech on “A Description of Alexander the Great HUMINT Networks and U.S. Fusion Intelligence Centers: How OSINT Academic Researchers support the Intelligence Cooperation in the Black and Caspian Region?” in the Black Sea and Caspian Sea Security Symposium in Bucharest, Romania.
  • 14 May 2014: Dr. John M. Nomikos participated in the 14th Doha Forum and Enriching the Middle East’s Economic future conference
  • 3-7 March 2014: Dr. John M. Nomikos participated in the Counter-Terrorism Challenges in the Region of South Eastern Europe Conference and he delivers a paper on “Balkan-Mediterranean Intelligence-Sharing Cooperation and Counterterrorism Policy in Greece.”, Maribor, Slovenia
  • 12 December 2013: John M Nomikos delivered a speech on “Maritime Policy and Intelligence in the Eastern Mediterranean Region” at Kalirhoe Hotel, in Athens, Greece
  • 28th October 2013: Dr. John M Nomikos delivered a paper on “Greece and Israel: Intelligence and Security Alliance in the Eastern Mediterranean” in the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA), Bar Ilan University, Israel.
  • 18 October 2013: John M Nomikos delivered a paper on “ Is a European Union Independent Intelligence Agency Needed?” in the XIX Annual Intelligence Conference by the “Mihai Viteazul” National Intelligence Academy in Bucharest, Romania.
  • 10 June 2013: John M Nomikos participated in one-day discussion-seminar about the Role and Vision of NATO in the world, at NATO HQ, Brussels, Belgium.
  • 10-12 December 2012: Dr. John M. Nomikos delivered a paper on “The role of Open sources intelligence (OSINT) Networks in the Mediterranean Think Tanks: A tool for Geopolitical Analysis”organized by the Laboratory of Geocultural Analyses of the Broader Middle East and Turkey of the Faculty of Turkish Studies and Modern Asian Studies of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and the European Institute of Geopolitics, Athens, Greece.
  • 10 December 2012: Dr. John M. Nomikos attended an international conference on “Exploiting the Geopolitical Position of Hellas in the Pursuit of a New Economic and Foreign Policy” organized by the Institute of Geopolitics Studies (IGMEA) in the Olympic Royal Hotel in Athens, Greece
  • 19 October 2012: John M. Nomikos delivered a paper on “Does Greece Need an Intelligence Academy” in the XVIII Annual Intelligence Conference by the “Mihai Viteazul” National Intelligence Academy in Bucharest, Romania.
  • 25 July 2012: Dr. John M. Nomikos delivered a lecture on “Reforms on the Greek Intelligence Service: Is it enough for its professionalization?” in the Overseas Security Advisory Council Seminar (OSAC) in the U.S. Embassy in Athens, Greece.
  • 29 March 2012: John M. Nomikos delivered a lecture on “Greek Homeland Security in Greece” in the Overseas Security Advisory Council Seminar (OSAC) in the U.S. Embassy in Athens, Greece.
  • 21 November 2011: Dr. John M. Nomikos delivered a lecture on “Counter Terrorism Crisis Communication Strategy for Recovery and Continuity: The Case of Greece” in The Overseas Security Advisory Council Seminar (OSAC) in the U.S. Embassy in Athens, Greece.
  • 11 November 2011: Dr. John M. Nomikos delivered a paper on “Mediterranean Council of Intelligence Studies (MCIS) and Open Sources Intelligence (OSINT) in the 17th Annual Romanian Intelligence Academy Workshop, Bucharest, Romania.
  • 27-29 May 2011:  Dr. John M. Nomikos delivered a paper on “European Union Joint Situation Center: A Necessary Tool for Transatlantic Intelligence Cooperation?” in the Annual Netherlands Intelligence Studies Association (NISA) Conference on The Future of Intelligence: Threats, Challenges, Opportunities, in the Netherlands Defence Academy, The Hague, Netherlands.
  • 5th of May 2011: Dr. John M. Nomikos participated in The Overseas Security Advisory Council Seminar (OSAC) in Athens, Greece.
  • 14-15 March 2011: John M. Nomikos participated in the International Conference on:  “The Ethics of National Security Intelligence”, organized by the Oxford Intelligence Group (OIG) and the International Intelligence Ethics Association (IIEA) at Nuffield College, Oxford University, UK.
  • 4th February 2011: Dr. John M. Nomikos participated in the Workshop on: “Jihadism Online” at the Oriental Institute in the University of Vienna, Austria.
  • 7-8 June 2010: John M. Nomikos delivered a paper titled “Reforms in the Greek Intelligence and Security Services and the Cooperation in the Eastern Mediterranean Region” at the First International Workshop on Multinational Information Sharing: New Challenges for the International Community, organized by the Faculty of Political Science, University of Rome (TRE) and the Mediterranean Council for Intelligence Studies (MCIS), Rome, Italy.
  • 23-25 April 2010: John M. Nomikos delivered a paper: “Reforming the Greek Intelligence Service” in the International Intelligence History Association (IIHA) Conference: “Intelligence and Society” at the Akademie fur Politische Bildung Tutzing in Munich, Germany.  
  • 4-6 March 2010: John M. Nomikos participated in the International Conference on Global Terrorism, organized by the International Counter-Terrorism Academic Community, at the Pomezia University Campus near Rome, Italy
  • 13-14 November 2009: Dr. John M. Nomikos participated in the “Century, Intelligence, Security and Anti-Terrorism in the 20th Century” in Koper- Capodistria, Slovenia.
  • 26 October 2009: Dr. John M. Nomikos participated in the Security Defense Agenda Conference titled: “Could Europe do better on pooling intelligence?” in Brussels, Belgium.