GLOBAL ISSUES
NATURAL GAS: THE FADING OF THE CASPIAN HOPE AND THE (RE)EMERGING RUSSIAN DOMINANCE
Dr. Dimitrios – Vassilios KOKKINOS
The recent achievements of Russian Hydrocarbon Diplomacy in June to sign common commercial agreements in Natural Gas with Azerbaijan and Nigeria highlight the problem of Europe’s security of Supply, in view of the continuously increasing need of Europe for imported Natural Gas and the diminishing number of reliable suppliers. This article by Dr. D. Kokkinos exposes with the author’s usual perspicacity the Gas issue for Europe, an issue that the author has deep and long expertise. Read more
SOUTH ASIA: NEW TRENDS OF TERROR NETWORKING
M. Aynul Islam
(Curently VLIR Scholar at IOB, University of Antwerp, Belgium. He is also Assistant Professor of Political Science, Jagannath University, Bangladesh)
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Although the history of violence and conflicts in South Asia is longer than the nation-state, the religious militancy in the last decade has become a scourge, affecting development and security of its 1.5 billion people.
EYES AND EARS OF THE DRAGON: CHINESE INTELLIGENCE SERVICES
Copyright: Dr. Peter Becker on line
Dr. Peter Becker’s Speech in the International Intelligence History Association (IIHA) Conference: “Intelligence and Society” at the Akademie fur Politische Bildung Tutzing on 23-25 April 2010 in Munich, Germany. Read more
AFGHANISTAN: A COUNTERINSURGENCY MILITARY PHENOMENON
Vassilios Damiras
(Counterterrorism Expert based in USA)
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The famous military terms counterterrorism and counterinsurgency dominated the political and military lexicons after the brutal terrorist attacks organized by al Qaeda against the Twins Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City on September 11, 2001. Counter terrorism apply to military operation executed by U.S. Special Forces and unmanned Predator aircrafts. These Special Forces operations are specifically designed to capture or killed “high-value targets.”
Counterinsurgency know as COIN is applied to incorporate to those military, political, paramilitary, economic, psychological, and civic actions taken by the U.S. Armed Forces to defeat insurgency. This combined approach and effort strongly requires a great number of ground troops for an extended period of time.
RIEAS, SHANGHAI INSTITUTES FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES MEET IN ATHENS
On April 12, 2011, RIEAS Director John M. Nomikos, along with Senior Analyst Aya Burweila and Research Associate Georgios Protopapas, met with a visiting delegation from the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS). Headed by SIIS President Dr. Yang Jiemian, who actually extended the kind invitation to meet, the Chinese delegation also comprised:
Dr. JIANG Xiyuan, Senior Associate, Institute of International Strategy, SIIS,
Dr. SHAO Yuqun, Deputy Director, Institute of Taiwan, HK and Macau Studies, SIIS,
Mr. ZHA Xiaogang, Researcher, Institute of World Economy, SIIS,
Ms. LOU Xiangfei, Researcher, Institute of Foreign Policy, SIIS,
Mr. LU Chuanying, Researcher, Institute of Data Processing, SIIS.
