Markos Kounalakis, Ph.D.
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Markos Kounalakis, Ph.D.
@markoskounalakis.com
•California's 1st "Second Gentleman"
•Journalist & author - geopolitics & tech
•Washington Monthly, Publisher Emeritus
•Stanford University IR scholar & lecturer. Hoover Institution Fellow
•Eleni's husband, Neo & Eon's dad
•Ducati motorcycle dude
Good to be at GLOBSEC 2025 in Prague. 20 years strong! My first Forum since joining the International Advisory Board.

Impressed by CZ President Petr Pavel’s clarity and commitment to regional security and transatlantic relations.
@globsec.bsky.social
June 13, 2025 at 7:11 AM
What should I spy on the street? Another BluSky.
December 3, 2024 at 4:59 AM
Show me you’re at a San Francisco playground without telling me you’re at one.
December 2, 2024 at 11:33 PM
My most recent book was "Freedom isn't Free: The Price of World Order" (2022)

It's an abridged collection of my weekly Miami Herald & McClatchy foreign affairs columns.

Here's where you can find it: https://buff.ly/4fU1ar2

#Introduction
November 23, 2024 at 12:22 PM
Teaching PoliSci again at #Stanford Winter 2025

Class title: "Superpower California" - how large sub-nationals operate within the global commons (e.g., Texas, Quebec, Scotland, Catalonia)

I can list the many ways #California operates as a superpower, curious to hear from others.

Thoughts?
November 22, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Rebooting my social media. Floundered on Facebook & was xitty on Xitter

Fresh start on Bluesky. How?

Will share more photos, opinions, and foreign policy analyses…PLUS notes from my role as California’s 1st “Second Gentleman”, married to Lt. Governor Eleni Kounalakis. #Introduction
November 22, 2024 at 2:49 PM