Athanassios G. Platias is a Professor of Strategy at the University of Piraeus. He is also the President of the Council of International Relations-Greece, an Athens based think tank.

He received an M.A and a Ph.D in International Relations from the Department of Government at Cornell University. He has been a Ford Foundation Fellow at the Center for Science and International Affairs; MacArthur Fellow in International Peace and Security  at MIT and the Center for International Affairs, Harvard University,  and a NATO fellow.

Professor Platias held several senior advisory positions in the public and private sector in the last 35 years. He also held several senior academic positions such as Dean of the School of Economics, Business and International Studies and Chairman of the Department of International and European Studies and member of the Governing Council of the University of Piraeus.

Professor Platias is the author of numerous books and articles. His research and teaching focus on five principal areas: Grand Strategy, Geopolitics, Geoeconomics, International Security and Leadership.  He is the co-author  of Thucydides on Strategy: Grand Strategies in the Peloponnessian War and Their Relevance Today (N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 2017). His forthcoming book on the Art of Strategy: 50 Maxims for War, Politics and Business (London:Hurst Publishers) will be released in the Spring of 2026.