Irene Kyriakopoulos
is Distinguished Professor of National Security Policy, National Defense University, where she co-leads the European Studies Concentration program and conducts seminars on the political economy of the European Union. She has taught economics of national security strategy and defense industry analysis at the Eisenhower School and has held research appointments at the Wilson Center, the Atlantic Council and the Brookings Institution. Her current research focuses on the evolution of European integration, the debt crisis and the challenge of migration. Her most recent publication is “Europe’s Responses to the Migration Crisis: Implications for European Integration”, Institute of National Strategic Studies, April 25, 2019. Dr. Kyriakopoulos holds a B.S. degree in economics from the University of Maryland, and Master’s and Ph.D degrees, also in economics, from The George Washington University.
