EDITORIAL

Katerina Vardalaki
(RIEAS Senior Analyst & Security Expert)

Copyright: Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) Publication date: 24 January 2021

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Ransomware is a type of infectious malware that uses encryption methods to deny access to files (Glasberg, 2016) but that definition is simple and does not include many details (Azad, 2017). It is enduring, prevalent and has been a valid concern since its first appearance in 1989. Considering that cyber crime is in its entirety human related (Penuel et al., 2013), ransomware provides a viable business model (Cartwright & Cartwright, 2019). This issue has been ignored and profusely underestimated (Funke, 2016). Consequently, it is legislated within the legal precedence of both the United States and Greece with different approaches and measures....Read more

A Report

Copyright: Pentapostagma,gr (24 January 2021) https://www.pentapostagma.gr/kosmos/6986744_turkey-pakistan-nexus-immediate-terrorist-threat-india-greece-experts

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The recent report of Pakistan transferring nuclear missile technology to Turkey sent shockwaves around the globe. Concurrently, it exposed the nexus between Ankara and Islamabad, which in turn has far-reaching ramifications for regional stability and security. The growing threat of terrorism as a result of this nexus is of serious concern to India and Greece. As a result of this, both nations have been looking towards deepening their strategic partnership as a way to counter Turkey and Pakistan’s sinister designs in the region. Read more

Andreas Mountzouroulias
(Editor-in- chief, pentapostagma.gr. & RIEAS Senior Advisor)

Copyright: https://www.pentapostagma.gr/ethnika-themata/6979352_ajay-kumar-pentapostagma-greece-must-establish-military-alliance-india
Reposted in RIEAS web site (www.rieas.gr) on 17 January 2021

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''India must take Greece with a special status country, as Greece is truly a gateway to Europe for India''

Ajay Kumar, chairman and Managing Director of Fox Petroleum Limited, spoke with Pentapostagma about, India, Greece, Turkey, Pakistan. He believes that alliance between Greece and India will be able to counter Turkey, China and Pakistan. Read more

Shaul Shay
(Senior research fellow at the International Institute for Counterterrorism (ICT) at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya and former deputy head of Israel’s National Security Council)

Copyright: Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) Publication date: 17 January 2021

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At least 25 people were killed and 110 wounded in an attack on Aden airport on December 30, 2020, moments after a plane carrying newly formed Saudi-backed cabinet for government-held parts of Yemen. The Yemeni government and Saudi Ambassador to Yemen Mohammed Said al-Jaber were safely transferred to Aden’s presidential Maasheeq palace. The country's internationally recognized government said the Iran-backed Houthi rebels had fired missiles at the airport and Yemen’s prime minister said that the missile attack on the airport in Aden was meant “to eliminate” the country’s new government as it arrived in Aden. Houthi officials have denied any role in the attacks and have sought to blame unspecified groups in the Saudi-led coalition. The rebel leaders have not offered any evidence or answered requests for comment to back up their claims. ..Read more

Raagini Sharma
(RIEAS Senior Analyst & Research Coordinator at Global Counterterrorism Council)

Copyright: Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) Publication date: 10 January 2021

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On November 2017, the concept of Indo-Pacific region came into focus with the initiative taken by four democratic countries (Japan, Australia, United States, and India) that were anxious of China’s rise. The Indo-Pacific region since then is a prominent subject of debates and discussions on International Relations and Security Studies in all the important regional and international forums. ...Read more

Patrick Quirk
(Author of a number of articles and books on national security and intelligence. He is now completing a manuscript about the Irish Republican Army’s intelligence service. He is a professor of National Security Studies at the Centre for Diplomatique and Strategic Studies, Paris. He specializes in asset location and money laundering issues. As President of Asset Location and Recovery International he has located and recovered monies in most of the world’s most secret banking havens. For more information about how he can help find hidden income and assets, visit his website: https.//assetlocationrecovery.com)

Copyright: Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) Publication date: 4 January 2021

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Introduction

Although terrorism per se has been around for hundreds if not thousands of years --even when considering revolutionary movements like the American Revolution, Russian revolution or the Spanish Civil War. This includes modern day movements of so-called radical groups be they anarchists, communists or socialists. Even during the civil war in Greece in 1946 and 1947 to 1962 communists of the Democratic Army of Greece fighting to overthrow the Greek government were often called terrorists. And more recent 19th and 20th wars of independence as in the Philippines and later in China and Vietnam it was the same thing. Usually, the revolutionary parties are called radicals and terrorists. ..Read more