EDITORIAL

John M Nomikos
(RIEAS Director)

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Posted at RIEAS web site (www.rieas.gr) on 27 April 2021

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Intelligence Studies, as a distinct field, is a recent development going back to the first tentative steps of the 1950’s as the Cold War took hold of superpower strategies. Nowadays, intelligence is no longer the sole domain of the state’s security apparatus. Research think-tanks, universities, international organizations, law enforcement agencies, and private security companies deal with the fluidity and complexity of intelligence and security threats. ...Read more

Copyright: @ 2021 Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) - Posted on 23 April 2021.

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John M. Nomikos, RIEAS director, interviewed Mr. Danny Yatom, former head of the Israeli Intelligence Service (1996-1998), MOSSAD. Read more

Greek FM Dendias drops a mini bomb smack in the middle of Ankara

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Posted at RIEAS web site (www.rieas.gr) on 18 April 2021.
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The tense history of Greek-Turkish relations took an abrupt turn for the worse during a televised news conference involving the Greek and Turkish FMs following their meeting in Ankara on April 15, 2021.

With Turkish FM Mevlut Cavusoglu listening in surprised disbelief, his Greek counterpart, Nikos Dendias, delivered a blow-by-blow list of Greek grievances, related to Turkey’s illegal and provocative maneuvers in the Aegean coupled with routine threats of war against her neighbor and NATO “ally.”

Addressing his Turkish counterpart as his “dear friend Mevlut,” Dendias coolly enumerated Turkey’s violations of international maritime law, her long history of warlike provocations in the Aegean, her using illegal immigration floods to blackmail Greece, and her standing threat of declaring war if Hellas chooses to extend its territorial waters from 6 to 12 miles, as it is her right under the 1982 UNCLOS, which Turkey refuses to sign.... Read more

Dr Vasiliki Maria Tzatzaki
(Legal Advisor, Hellenic Ministry of Environment and Energy)

Copyright: Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) Published on 18 April 2021.

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Forests are indispensable for human life and life on the planet. They provide environmental, economic and social benefits to the society and they address challenges, such as climate change and water scarcity. The importance of protecting our forests is recognized by the international community. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals urge states to protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss. ... Read more

Leo Lin
(RIEAS Senior Analyst)

Abhishek Verma
(PhD Candidate, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Neru University, India)

Copyright: Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) Published on 10 April 2021.

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The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a vast network of railways, energy pipelines, highways, and streamlined border crossing westward and southward to Pakistan, India, and the rest of Southeast Asia (Chatzky, 2020). The project was first unveiled by Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013, which was identified as a significant element of Beijing's effort to improve ties and stimulate growth and development along its geographic periphery. Read more

Strategic Monograph

Raagini Sharma
(RIEAS Senior Analyst)

Copyright: @ 2021 Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) – Published on 5 April 2021.

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1. Abstract

For any economy to grow, prosper and sustain, energy is significant. Energy security has three facets though different in their approaches yet vital to overall grading it quantitatively and qualitatively, these facets focus on the acceptability of resources, sustainability of supply and the affordability of the resources. Energy goods will undoubtedly continue to play a role in sustaining and enhancing our way of life. By controlling energy resources, the country can also consolidate its own security and strengthen the potential for self-sufficiency, helping them lessen the country's vulnerability and dependence on other countries' energy resources...Read more