Petros Petrikkos is a political, security, and foreign policy analyst and PhD researcher. He holds a BA in International Relations from Queen Mary, University of London and a MSc in Conflict Studies from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He serves as a Project and Research Associate at the Diplomatic Academy at the University of Nicosia, as well as a Managing and Reviews Editor at the Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism (SEN) journal. He also provides consulting services for strategy development, political risk, security, and communications. Moreover, he is also part of the Academic Board of the Institute for Public, Cyber, and National Security (IPCNS), as well as a member of the executive committee of the non-profit organisation Oxygono.