Geopolitical Expert; Principal, Trilogy Advisors LLC; National Security Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Research Institute
John Sitilides is a highly accomplished expert in geopolitical risk and international affairs, making him an invaluable keynote speaker for any event focused on global trends and their impact on business. With a wealth of experience working in government, academia, and the private sector, Sitilides offers a unique perspective on the complex interplay between politics, economics, and security.
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Geopolitics & Energy Keynote Presentation
Geopolitical strategist John Sitilides is a National Security Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute and a former U.S. Department of State Diplomacy Consultant (2006–2023), serving under Presidents Bush, Obama, Trump, and Biden. He is a sought-after professional speaker at leading corporate, investor, and industry conferences, as well as for government, military, and intelligence community audiences. His presentations focus on geopolitical and geo-economic risk management and the business implications of international security policies.
Audience Takeaways
This presentation examines the Trump Administration’s sweeping foreign policy reset, including:
Delivered through a visually dynamic, non-partisan presentation using open-source intelligence, maps, charts, and leader portraits—without on-screen text—these insights equip executives and investors to better understand, anticipate, and mitigate the complex risks shaping the global landscape for years to come.
John Sitilides is Principal at Trilogy Advisors LLC in Washington, D.C., specializing in geopolitical risk, international security, and federal government affairs, and is Senior Fellow for National Security at the Foreign Policy Research Institute.
He is a professional speaker at 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 national security policies. He explores the complex decisions that impact markets in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and worldwide, helping corporate executives, investment managers and civic audiences better understand, anticipate, and mitigate risk.
From 2006 to 2023, he was a U.S. Department of State Diplomacy Consultant under Presidents Biden, Trump, Obama, and Bush, managing professional development at the Foreign Service Institute, the diplomacy academy for American foreign policy professionals.
He was Board Chairman of the Woodrow Wilson Center Southeast Europe Project, following seven years as Executive Director of the Western Policy Center, an international relations institute specializing in U.S., NATO & EU interests in Europe and the Middle East until he negotiated its 2004 merger with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
He launched his career in the U.S. Senate, has testified before Congress, and is a frequent national security commentator on U.S. and international media such as Bloomberg News, CNN, FOX News, CNN International, and NewsNation, and has been interviewed or cited in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, Washington Times, Newsweek, The National Interest, Politico, National Public Radio, Asia Times, Institutional Investor, South China Morning Post, and other leading print and digital media.
Sitilides serves on the Executive Committee of Leadership 100, a national Orthodox Christian endowment. He served on the Board of Directors of an advanced media technology company and a personalized biopharmaceutical company; of International Orthodox Christian Charities, a global humanitarian organization; and of the Advanced Imaging Society, promoting the global motion picture industry’s arts and technologies.
He is a member of the Association of International Risk Intelligence Professionals, the Intelligence and National Security Alliance, the Columbia University Club of Washington, D.C., and the Association of Former Senate Aides. He holds a master’s degree in international and public affairs from Columbia University. His wife is an attorney and businesswoman, and they have four sons.
May be the most fascinating presentation I have ever seen at an event. Global geopolitics and the impact on trade, economies, and business. This is brilliant.
Society of Manufacturing Engineers
Your maritime security presentation was absolutely fascinating and one of the most interesting presentations I have ever attended.
Aon Risk Solutions
John's presentation was by far the most engaging at the RiskMinds conference. The pace of delivery was excellent for this audience: bankers with a keen interest to learn the key issues on all international hotspots.
True North Partners LLP
John gave a spectacular presentation. He was superbly forceful, articulate, and persuasive, and I have heard nothing but compliments from our participants.
National Defense University
