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Endy Zemenides

Endy Zemenides is a prominent Greek-American advocate and political figure. He serves as the Executive Director of the Hellenic American Leadership Council (HALC), a national organization that functions as a think tank and advocacy group promoting Greek-American interests, U.S.-Greece relations, and policies supporting Greece and Cyprus in international affairs.

HALC focuses on issues like countering Turkish aggression, supporting Cyprus against occupation, strengthening U.S. alliances in the Eastern Mediterranean, and broader foreign policy matters affecting Hellenic communities.



He is active on X (formerly Twitter) as @Zemenides, where he frequently comments on geopolitics, U.S. foreign policy, Turkey’s role in the region, Iran, and related topics. His recent posts (as of early March 2026) include discussions on Middle East developments, criticism of Turkey’s leadership and actions, support for international law principles (e.g., regarding Cyprus and Ukraine), and opinions on U.S. policy under the current administration.

He has contributed opinion pieces to outlets like Ekathimerini, To Vima, and HuffPost, often analyzing transatlantic relations, Greek foreign policy challenges, and historical parallels.



He maintains a personal site at endyzemenides.com (titled “Conscience of a Hellene”), which highlights his work with HALC.

Vuk Jeremic

https://www.linkedin.com/in/vuk-jeremic-1497521b8/

Vuk Jeremić is the president of the Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development, a global public policy think tank, and the editor-in-chief of the quarterly magazine Horizons.

 

In 2016, Jeremić ran for election as the secretary-general of the UN. After six rounds of voting in the UN Security Council, he came in second place behind Antonio Guterres.

 

In June 2012, Jeremić was elected president of the 67th session of the UN General Assembly in the first contested vote since the end of the Cold War.

 

Jeremić served as Serbia's minister of foreign affairs from 2007 to 2012.

 

In his various official capacities, Mr. Jeremić visited more than 100 countries and lectured at major universities, think tanks, and institutes around the world. He has also published opinion pieces in leading outlets, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, and Le Monde.

 

Jeremić holds a bachelor's degree in theoretical and experimental physics from Cambridge University and a master's degree in public administration and international development from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government.

 

Jeremić served as the president of the Serbian Tennis Federation from 2011 to 2015.

Pierre Vimont

Pierre Vimont is a Senior Fellow at Carnegie Europe, and was the first Executive Secretary General of the newly-created European External Action Service (the European Union’s diplomatic service), from 2010 to 2015. Before that, he was the French Ambassador to the United States (2007-2010), and also served as the Permanent Representative of France to the European Union and as the chief of staff of the French Foreign minister (2002-2007).

Pierre Vimont's course, “Diplomacy in Practice: the EU & the World”, was one of the “Top Five” at the School of International and Public Affairs during Fall 2019.



Education:

• Ecole Nationale d’Administration (ENA), Paris, 1977


• Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po), Master in International and Public Affairs, 1971


• Université Paris I Sorbonne, Law Degree, 1971