Victoria Pistikou is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics at the Democritus University of Thrace. She graduated from the Department of Political Science and History from Panteion University (2009). She was awarded her Master of Arts in International Relations and Strategic Studies from Panteion University (2011) and her Doctorate degree from the Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of the Peloponnese (2016). The title of her Ph.D. thesis is “Economic Interdependence and National Security”. Her research interests lie primarily in International Economic Relations, International Political Economy as well as International Development Cooperation.