EDITORIAL

Emmanuel (Manos) Karagiannis
(Associate Professor in the Department of Defence Studies at King's College London. His new book, “The New Political Islam: Human Rights, Democracy and Justice” has been published by the University of Pennsylvania Press. The book examines different manifestations of contemporary Islamism. He is the author of Political Islam in Central Asia (Routledge, 2010) and Energy and Security in the Caucasus (Routledge, 2002)

Copyright: @ 2025 Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) Publication date: 8 June 2025

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Introduction

The article explores the phenomenon of mass-casualty terrorism, focusing on the 2008 Mumbai attacks and the 2015 Paris attacks. These events are analyzed through the lens of strategic surprise and Islamist ideological motivations, offering a culturalist perspective that emphasizes the role of religion in shaping terrorist strategies.... Read more

Dimitrios 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: 1 June 2025

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Imagine a silent vessel drifting through a calm-gray sea. Its radar registers nothing unusual. The crew goes about its duties. But 200 meters below, a data cable pulses with the heartbeat of global communication. Above, a drone observes. And onshore, an algorithm has already decided this ship’s risk level.

This isn’t a scary film. It’s the new face of maritime reality. In today’s world, war doesn’t always arrive with cannon fire. It arrives in signals, in shadows, in silence.... Read more

Dr. Alexander Th. Drivas (PhD)
(International Relations and international security analyst)

Copyright: @ 2025 Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) Publication date: 24 May 2025

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Every bilateral relationship takes place in a specific momentum. Time matters in International Relations Theory because the structure of the world order affects the relations among states. There is not a single doubt that we are living in a multipolar system which provides opportunities. ... Read more

Dimitrios 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: 18 May 2025

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U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent trip to the Middle East marked a sharp inflection point in American foreign policy, combining symbolic disruption with strategic recalibration. Two decisions stood out: the lifting of U.S. sanctions on post-Assad Syria and the reversal of export controls on advanced artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductor chips to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia.... Read more

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

Copyright: @ 2025 Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) Publication date: 11 May 2025

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An attack on April 22, 2025, targeting Hindu tourists in Indian Kashmir that killed 26 men has triggered a conflict between India and Pakistan. India blamed Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba, but Islamabad rejected backing the group and any involvement in the April 22 attack.... Read more

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

Copyright: @ 2025 Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) Publication date: 3 May 2025

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In April 2023 fighting broke out between Sudan’s military (SAF) under the command of President Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) under the command of Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as "Hemedti." After almost two years of war, the SAF announced full control of Sudan’s tri-city capital on March 26, 2025.[ Ali Mahmoud Ali; Jalale Getachew Birru; Nohad Eltayeb, Two years of war in Sudan: How the SAF is gaining the upper hand, ACLED, April 15,2025. ] The recapture of Khartoum city marks a watershed moment in the conflict and the SAF has now gained the upper hand. ... Read more