strat5Demetrios Tsailas (ret Admiral)
(He has taught for many years, operational planning, strategy, and security, to senior officers at the Supreme Joint War College. He is a member and researcher of the Institute for National and International Security)

Copyright: @ 2025 Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) Publication date: 2 November 2025

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

Introduction: The Energy Chessboard Beneath the Waves

The Eastern Mediterranean has always been a crossroads of empires, trade, and conflict. Today, it is also a crossroads of pipelines, floating terminals, and liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers. The quiet realignment now underway in the region is not being shaped by military power or rhetoric, but by infrastructure and energy flows.... Read more