GLOBAL ISSUES

Panos Belias
(RIEAS Research Associate)

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

Introduction

After the 2008 financial crisis, the world economy faced an enormous challenge, the severity of which had not been matched since the Great Depression. However, this time round, the economic policies that were followed around the world were aimed at stimulating the economy which was contrary to the austerity policies that were followed during the Great Depression (Roeger& Veld, 2012). A year later, things got worse for five European countries (Portugal, Italy, Spain, Ireland and Greece) as they were under the additional pressure of the nascent Sovereign debt crisis. Severe austerity measures had to be implemented in all five countries in order to put their economies on a trajectory that would converge to sustainability in the mid-term (Lane, 2012). After many years of economic hardships, the Greek people, who were at the epicenter of the sovereign debt crisis, demonstrated their desire for change by electing a new prime minister. ... Read more

Panagiotis Belias
(RIEAS Research Associate)

Copyright: Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr)
Publication date: September 15, 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).

Introduction

The debate about the effect of the quality of institutions on the economy has been researched
for centuries amongst economists. Acemoglu and Robinson (2012) posit that the reason why nations have such enormous differences in wealth is because of their institutions. Read more

Evripidis Tantalakis
(PhD student at the University of Leicester, currently working on his thesis entitled ‘Defending free peoples. Intelligence and the US advisory role in the Greek civil war, 1946-1949’. The focus of his research is the role of intelligence in the Greek Civil War and the extent to which the Greek COIN influenced the under-formation, post-war US COIN doctrine. He holds a BA degree in History form the University of Thessaly and an MA in International Relations and World Order form the University of Leicester. His teaching experience includes working as an Associate Tutor on the MA DL in Intelligence and Security at the University of Leicester)

Copyright: Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) Publication date: 9 November 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 issue of insurgent intelligence is generally understudied. The case of the Greek insurgents and how they used intelligence to sustain their struggle during the civil war between 1946 and 1949 is no exception. However, the Greek insurgents managed to establish an impressive military and civil intelligence network which supported the fight of their army, the Democratic Army of Greece (DAG), and contributed to the resilience of the insurgency. ....Read more

Leonardo Badea (PhD)
(Romanian economist with a vast academic and financial experience. Starting with October 2019 he is Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Romania and Member of the Board. Between 2017 and 2019 he was President of the Romanian Financial Supervisory Authority and during 2016-2017 he was Chairman of the finance and budget committee of the Chamber of Deputies. Since 2006 he is vice-president of the General Association of Romanian Economists)

Copyright: Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) Publication date: 12 July 2020

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

It has been already said and proven that the current crisis has different characteristics and implications than other crises from the past. We are in the presence of a pandemic/medical crisis that is moving towards an economic crisis and perhaps even a financial one, further down the road. Financial packages and anti-crisis measures taken by national states, international and European bodies are necessary and helping, easing but not yet solving the situation....Read more

Vaggelis Georgiou
(Investigative journalist, chief editor of the SLpress.gr. He holds a BA degree in political science & history from Panteion University (Athens) and a Master’s degree on international relations & strategic studies from the same university).

Copyright: www.slpress.gr (posted 26/10/2020)
Reposted at RIEAS web site 1/11/2020

Lately we have seen that thanks in large part to the active German presidency, Greece's efforts to impose sanctions and an arms embargo on Turkey have been halted. Athens's move to suspend the EU-Turkey Customs Union will probably have the same fate. The protagonist is Germany, which is advancing pro-Turkish initiatives in other areas as well. Read more

Alba Iulia Catrinel Popescu, PhD
(Associate Professor, “Carol I” National Defence University, Bucharest, Romania)

Copyright: @ 2021 “Romanian Military Thinking” Review.
Publication date at RIEAS (www.rieas.gr) on 3 October 2021

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

One of the most competitive subareas in Eurasia is the Black Sea Region. For the last century, this region has undergone spectacular upheavals in its geopolitical status, which have resulted in changes in terms of borders, wars and frozen conflicts, land fragmentations, multiplication of regional and extra-regional players...... Read more