EDITORIAL

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: @ 2022 Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) Publication date: 31 March 2022

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The Houthi militia is escalating its hostile attacks to target energy sources in Saudi Arabia and the Red Sea region. The escalation comes on the seventh anniversary of the Saudi-led coalition’s intervention in Yemen’s war.

The Saudi-led Arab coalition announced on March 25, 2022, that the Iran-backed Houthi militias in Yemen had carried out 16 attacks against the Kingdom. The coalition said that Saudi defenses shot down 12 armed drones and a ballistic missile fired at the southern and southwestern regions of the Kingdom.

The Saudi led coalition also has destroyed two explosive-laden Houthi boats on March 23, 2022, in the Yemeni ports of Saleef and Hodeidah . The coalition said that the militia was planning to use the boats in attacks on oil tankers crossing the Bab Al-Mandab Strait.... Read more

Prof Joseph Fitsanakis 
(Senior Editor, IntelNews.org)

Joseph Fitsanakis
(Professor, Intelligence and Security Studies, Director, Intelligence Operations Command Center, President, American Association of University Professors, Coastal Carolina University, USA)

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(www.euintelligenceacademy.eu) Published at RIEAS on 6 March 2022

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Amidst the unfolding Russian invasion of Ukraine, the European Intelligence Academy (EIA), an initiative of the Research Institute for European and American Studies (RIEAS), has launched its latest project, the EIA Global Watch. The EIA Global Watch is a collaboration between the EIA and the Intelligence Operations Command Center (IOCC) at Coastal Carolina University (CCU) in the United States.

This new project brings together 30 analysts in the IOCC’s Applied Intelligence internship. The internship provides training in analytical tradecraft through the real-time monitoring of current events. The project consists of six Critical Mission Centers (CMCs), each managed by a director, who supervises a support staff of senior analysts. CMCs are tasked with monitoring a developing topic on a real-time basis. They also issue periodic written and oral intelligence products, which contain current- and estimative-analysis assessments of their topics.

Currently, all CMCs have been assigned to follow the fast-changing war in Ukraine. Prior to the onset of the war, they produced current-intelligence products and trend analyses on a variety of topics, to include the civil unrest in Sudan and Kazakhstan, economic trends in Turkey and China, as well as the latest COVID-19 trends in the United States.

The EIA Global Watch project is supervised by EIA Director, Dr. John Nomikos, and managed by EIA Deputy Director for North America, Dr. Joseph Fitsanakis. RIEAS wishes to thank the IOCC and CCU for their contribution to the work of the EIA. Click on to read more

Copyright@ 2022 Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) Posted on 26 February 2022.

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RIEAS and the Embassies of Poland and Lithuania in Athens, Greece, organize a webinar on “NATO vs Hybrid Threats in the Contemporary World – the perspectives of the Eastern Flank.” Listen to webinar discussions.

Daniel Sanchez
(RIEAS Senior Advisor, Spain)

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From long time, Intelligence community was agreed with the terms of the Intelligence circle. From my side this is no longer acceptable. Our community needs to be in constantly change according with the new capabilities of the modern world. Read more

Alexander Drivas
(Strategic Analyst based in Athens, Greece)

Copyright: @ 2022 Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) Publication date: 13 February 2022

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Cyprus's geographic location is of great importance not only for the Mediterranean region but is also critical for international security. The question is: How could a small state be so important for regional and international stability in terms of security? A simplistic answer would be that at a macro-level, Taiwan plays an also disproportionate role in world politics because of its importance for both China and the U.S. Being at the crossroads among Europe, Africa, and Asia, Cyprus is an important security and energy hub and its foreign policy contributes to the peace and stability of several subregions such as MENA and Southeastern Mediterranean. What is the perception of superpowers, great powers, and middle powers towards Cyprus, and what Cyprus offers in regional stability? ... Read more