GLOBAL ISSUES

Ryan Gallagher
(U.K.-based investigative journalist whose work at The Intercept is focused on national security and civil liberties)

Copyright: https://theintercept.com/2018/05/19/japan-dfs-surveillance-agency/ Posted at RIEAS web site on 20 May 2018.

Νοτε: Ed Noguchi contributed reporting and translation.

The directorate has a history that dates back to the 1950s; its role is to eavesdrop on communications. But its operations remain so highly classified that the Japanese government has disclosed little about its work – even the location of its headquarters. Most Japanese officials, except for a select few of the prime minister’s inner circle, are kept in the dark about the directorate’s activities, which are regulated by a limited legal framework and not subject to any independent oversight...Read more

Vinod Anand
(Brig Vinod Anand is a Senior Fellow at the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), New Delhi. He holds a post-graduate degree in Defence and Strategic Studies and is an alumnus of Defence Services and Staff College and College of Defence Management. Earlier he was a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi. Brig Anand has also been a Senior Fellow at the United Service Institution, New Delhi)

Copyright: Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) Publication date: 12 June 2018

Note: The article reflects the opinion of the author and not necessarily the views of the Research Institute for European and American Studies (RIEAS).

While Shangri La is imagined as a mystical and peaceful place resplendent with harmony and conducive conditions for a long and prosperous life the South China Sea, on the contrary, is a place that is full of tensions with a potential for hot conflict breaking out at any time. That is why every year in Shangri La Dialogue (SLD) at Singapore the debates on the South China Sea are featured as one of the major topics of this high level conclave. No wonder, therefore, that this year also the South China Sea issue found mention in speeches and discussions of the SLD in some way or the other...Read more

Shaul Shay
(He has served in various senior capacities in Israel’s intelligence community. He is a research fellow at the International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya and since November 2007, he is deputy head of the National Security Council of Israel. An expert on international and Fundamentalist Islamic terrorism, he has published studies and articles in Israel and abroad and written ten books on the subject)

Copyright: Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) Publication date: 12 June 2018

Note: The article reflects the opinion of the author and not necessarily the views of the Research Institute for European and American Studies (RIEAS).

Yemeni Joint Forces backed by the Arab Coalition launched on May 11, 2018, a battle to liberate Hodeida and regain control of its strategic port from the Houthis. The Houthis seized control of Hodeidah in October 2014, a month after seizing the capital Sanaa...Read more

Vinod Anand
(Senior Fellow, Vivekananda International Foundation, New Delhi)

Copyright: Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) Publication date: 24 December 2018

Note: The article reflects the opinion of the author and not necessarily the views of the Research Institute for European and American Studies (RIEAS).

Last month President Xi Jinping paid a visit to Philippines to consolidate bilateral relationship in that he signed a number of agreements with Manila. While Duterte expected to gain multiple economic benefits from the visiting dignitary his hopes were belied. Multibillion dollar promised by China to Manila was nowhere to be seen. ..Read more

Musa Khan Jalalzai
(Security Expert)

Copyright: Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) Publication date: 24 February 2019.

Note: The article reflects the opinion of the author and not necessarily the views of the Research Institute for European and American Studies (RIEAS).

The US so called war on terror in Afghanistan that impacted liberal societies in the West unfathomably in many ways have now entered a crucial phase. Russia and China have joined the theatre of war as the strongest stakeholders, and dancing in the combat zones. After a dishonourable and discreditable defeat in Afghanistan, the US President Donald Trump prepared a strategy to pull thousands of US troops out of the country, but faced irritability in White House and Pentagon. The allies also got out of joint and felt sore due to their whitewashing and embarrassment. They have now dog-tired to stand or act professionally...Read more

Fake news is an emerging issue in Asia, but Asian Leaders are dealing with it innovatively

Leo Lin
(Senior Analyst with the Research Institute for European and American Studies (RIEAS) based in Athens, Greece. His work focuses on Security issues in the Asia-Pacific region)

Copyright: https://www.theintelligencebrief.org/single-post/2019/08/02/Asia-Fake-It-To-You-Make-It - Posted at RIEAS web site ( www.rieas.gr) on 4 August 2019.

Why is it happening?
Fake news is nothing new, but it seems that it has posed a greater challenge to national security in this era of online media, where disinformation and misinformation can undermine a nation’s sovereignty and affect people’s trust in their government. Read more