Alp Sevimlisoy is an internationally published geopolitical strategist and national security expert on NATO’s role within the Mediterranean, focusing on regional unionism and defense policy. He is a Millennium Fellow at the Atlantic Council headquartered in Washington, D.C. and the CEO of his flagship private asset management corporation and hedge-fund, headquartered in Istanbul. Sevimlisoy’s editorials have been regularly published in the National Interest, The Hill, and Israel Hayom.