Alp Sevimlisoy is an internationally published geopolitical strategist and national security expert on Nato’s role within the Mediterranean, focusing on regional unionism and defence policy, and a millennium fellow at the Atlantic Council. Alp is also CEO of his flagship private asset management corporation and hedge fund, headquartered in Istanbul. He has published extensively on the role for a unified Mediterranean command structure within Nato and has served as an advisory board member at Bayes Business School (formerly Cass Business School).