John Sitilides
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John Sitilides
Keynote Speaker
National Security Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Research Institute; State Department Diplomacy Consultant (2006-2023); Expert on Geopolitical Risk, Global Affairs, and American Politics
John Sitilides is a Washington D.C. geopolitical risk, international relations, and government affairs specialist who explores and explains the complex geopolitical and geo-economic decisions that impact markets in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and worldwide, helping corporate executives, investment managers, industry leaders, and civic audiences better understand, anticipate, and mitigate risk across an increasingly uncertain security, trade, and finance landscape.
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John Sitilides's speaking fee: $25K - $40K
As Diplomacy Consultant to the U.S. Department of State under Presidents Biden, Trump, Obama, and Bush, training American foreign policy professionals since 2006, and currently serving as Senior Fellow for National Security at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, geopolitical strategist and international relations specialist John Sitilides simplifies complex foreign policy and international security trends in dispassionate and non-partisan keynote presentations and private briefings for executives in corporate planning and investment management across multiple sectors.
He brings nearly four decades of political, business, and foreign policy analysis and experience in Washington, D.C., New York, and California to inform investor, corporate, government, and civic leadership audiences of U.S. and global risk trends, international threat assessments, and geopolitical strategies, helping audiences understand and address the profound challenges in today’s security and diplomacy landscapes.
He launched his career in the U.S. Senate, and directed two respected international relations institutes in Washington D.C., including at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Sitilides is a respected national security commentator, often featured on Bloomberg News and other media outlets. Holding a Master’s Degree in International Affairs from Columbia University, Sitilides brings a wealth of knowledge to enlighten audiences on international relations and security policy.
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John Sitilides’s Speech Topics
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Geopolitics in a World Re-Ordered: Trade, Technology, Energy & Markets
Geopolitical strategist John Sitilides – National Security Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute and former U.S. Department of State Diplomacy Consultant (2006-2023) under Presidents Bush, Obama, Trump & Biden – is a professional speaker at leading corporate, investor, and industry conferences, and before government, military, and intelligence community audiences, on geopolitical and geo-economic risk management and the business impacts of international security policies.
What Your Client Audiences Will Gain:
My presentation examines the Trump Administration’s sweeping foreign policy reset, including:
- Strategic dominance of the Western Hemisphere
- Technology competition and military deterrence against China’s disruption of trade and financial systems
- U.S. tariff policies and global commerce impacts
- New security architectures and trade ties in the Middle East and Europe
- Supply chain security and protected shipping lanes; and
- Advanced technology impacts on energy, rare earth, and commodity markets.
My dispassionate and non-partisan assessments, delivered through a visually dynamic presentation using open-source intelligence, maps, charts, and leader portraits – with zero text – equips executives and investors to understand, anticipate, and mitigate the complex risks that will disrupt and dominate the global landscape for years to come.
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