EDITORIAL

Q&A

Dr. A. T. Symeonidis
(RIEAS Academic Advisor)

Copyright: Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) Publication date: 6 December 2020

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

Election 2020 is over. It goes down in history as the most controversial of the post-WWII era. What are some immediate conclusions from this battle at the polls?
Election 2020 confirmed the deep, and unbridgeable, fissures paralyzing American society today, which Joe Biden et.al. won’t be able to manage, let alone correct. With Covid-19 upending the economy, sending millions to most likely long-term unemployment (or underemployment in the best case), and promising massive social malaise and dislocation for the foreseeable future, no politician, however capable, could right the boat in time. ..Read more

John M Nomikos
(RIEAS Director)

Copyright: Sodobni Vojaski Izzivi – Contemporary Military Challenges – Ministry of Defense, Slovenia. Reposted at RIEAS web site (www.rieas.gr) on 29 November 2020.

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

One of the biggest challenges of our time is the rise of asymmetric warfare threats. NATO and the EU are targeted by cybercrime syndicates, politically motivated non-state actors, and sophisticated state actors. Hostile cybercrime undermines all levels of society in NATO and the EU states, threatening political, economic, civil, and military security. Greece faces similar threats. This article focuses on the Greek cybersecurity strategy and analyses the causes and consequences of the terrorism organized, illegal immigration nexus in Greece, and how essential it is to highlight the importance of collective intelligence sharing among the Greek security and intelligence community. Read more

Brief Q & A

Dr. A. T. Symeonidis
(RIEAS Academic Advisor)

Copyright: Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) Publication date: 21 November 2020

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

As the world reels under the raging pandemic, governments face critical questions of stability and, even, survival. National security is one of these questions and carries particular primacy. What are the key ingredients of trying to respond to this challenge?

First off, we need to understand that Covid-19 won’t go away for quite some time. There are conflicting theories on the persistence of the pandemic; even with an effective vaccine coming online imminently (first half of 2021) administrative, organizational, storage, and supply problems will consume months of preparing for universal vaccination. In the meantime, Covid-19 will continue to hammer our societies, keep filling graveyards, and overpower health systems. And the pandemic has already caused such enormous economic and social dislocation that many lesser-endowed states are on the brink of collapse. .. 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: 14 November 2020

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

Europe is challenged by a “double threat” made up of a new wave of “lone wolf” Islamist terror attacks and the Covid-19 pandemic. French President Emmanuel Macron hosted an online summit a week after Kujtim Fejzulai a convicted ISIS supporter killed four people in a shooting rampage in the heart of Vienna, following last month's attacks in France on a church in the city of Nice and the beheading of a teacher in a Paris suburb two weeks before that. ... Read more

Dr. Tassos Symeonidis
(RIEAS Academic Advisor)

Copyright: Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) Publication date: 8 November 2020

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The recent Islamist outrages in France and Austria have again pushed the bitter crisis of Islamofascism to the fore. In the wake of the gruesome beheading of history teacher Samuel Paty by a Chechen terrorist, President Macron promised to mobilize France against “Islamist separatism”—and a similar message came from Austrian chancellor Sebastian Kurtz after the Islamist gunman rampage in Vienna. ..Read more

Robert Ellis
(Member of the advisory board at Vocal Europe in Brussels)

Copyright: https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/opinion/turkey-intensifies-its-stranglehold-on-cyprus/

Reposted at RIEAS web site on 29 October 2020

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

For those who have worked for and believe in the reunification of the troubled island of Cyprus, the outcome of Sunday’s presidential election in the TRNC (Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) is a major setback. The TRNC is itself a fabrication, a self-declared republic, to justify what in fact is Turkey’s 82nd province. Read more