John M Nomikos
(RIEAS Director)
Copyright: @ 2026 Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) Publication date: 1 April 2026
Note: The article reflects the opinion of the author and not necessarily the views of the Re-search Institute for European and American Studies
Note: The author wishes to thank the participants of the project on Israel-Greece-Cyprus defense relations for their insightful remarks. This project was funded by Israel’s Ministry of Regional Cooperation and conducted in 2025 through a collaboration with Tel Aviv University and the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS). The views expressed in this piece are solely those of the author.
Introduction
As the intelligence community inexorably concludes the first quarter of the twenty-first century and looking forward, it faces an unprecedented array of security and intelligence sharing information challenges. The chaotic world environment of the post-Cold War Era (Hamas attacks against Israel-2023, Israel – Iran war-2025, Ukraine-Russia war-2014, Libyan civil war-2014, Syrian civil war2011, India-Pakistan conflict-2015, break up of Yugoslavian crisis-1990 and Iraqi crises – 1991, 2003) offers a wide range of different issues to be understood, and a variety of new threats to be anticipated. The rapidly developing information age presents advanced and complex information technology and methodologies to be mastered and integrated into the intelligence process. ..... Read more