This episode brings us to the more complex yet interesting dynamics within the European Union’s Defence Structure.

Andreas Theofilis is a PhD researcher at the University of Peloponnese. He is also a PhD CSDP fellow at the doctoral School of the European Security and Defence College. His research focuses on how the EU defence structure has been developed.

Moreover, Andreas Theofilis is an officer of the Hellenic Navy. He graduated from the Hellenic Navy's Petty Οfficers' Academy as an electrician in 1997. Afterwards, he served at warships until 2011, when he was placed at the Directorate of IT and Communications at the Hellenic Navy General Staff. In 2014, he started studying Political Science and International Relations at the University of the Peloponnese. He graduated in 2018 with distinction. In the same year, he was repositioned at the Plans and Policy Directorate at the Hellenic Navy General Staff, assuming staff officer duties at the Defence Planning department. His duties relate to National Defence Planning, the participation of the Hellenic Navy in the PESCO (the Permanent Structured Cooperation), and the management of a PESCO project led by the Hellenic Navy. Mr Theofilis holds a Master's Degree in "Global Risk and Analytics" and has earned "Honourable Mention " for academic excellence by the Chief of the Hellenic Navy twice.