EDITORIAL

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: @ 2024 Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) Publication date: 7 January 2024

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The Red Sea is one of the world's most important trade routes, with its southern tip in Bab al-Mandeb strait (between Yemen and Djibouti) and its northern edge in the Suez Canal and the Gulf of Aqaba. The Bab al-Mandeb Strait is only 29 kilometers wide at its narrowest point. About 12 percent of global trade passes through the Red Sea, which connects to the Mediterranean Sea via the Suez Canal, including 30 percent of container traffic. ... Read more

Stephan Blancke PhD
(Dr. Stephan Blancke is a political scientist whose research focuses on the intelligence and clandestine activities of North Korea and China. Previously he worked in an Intelligence and Analysis Unit in the United Kingdom Home Office and was a researcher at King’s College in London. He is a contributor to Jane’s Intelligence Review, Intelligence Online, NK News and others. Since 2022, he has been an Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) in London. Dr. Blancke may be contacted through his personal website, which is available at Stephan.blancke.de/)

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Introduction

Following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, protests against the restrictive measures
taken by the authorities to contain the spread of the virus occurred in many European Union
(EU) countries from spring 2020 onwards. The protests attracted ordinary citizens as well as
a diverse crowd of conspiracy theorists, esotericists and extremists.

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Nicholas Eftimiades
( A veteran of the United States Central Intelligence Agency, the Department of State and the Defense Intelligence Agency, hardly needs an introduction. He is the author of Chinese Intelligence Operations (1994) and the seminal Chinese Espionage Operations and Tactics (2020), which is widely viewed as the standard work on the subject)

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Nicholas Eftimiades argues that China’s human intelligence (HUMINT) collection efforts are both extensive and encompassing. What is more, they present distinctive challenges for Western intelligence and security services, as well as private industries. He points out that the targets of China's commercial espionage and academic research theft often lack the organizational structure, experience, or a comprehensive legal framework to effectively counteract these threats. On the positive side, Eftimiades notes that, in the past five years, U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies have established new organizational structures and partnerships with private industries. These initiatives aim to improve communication, raise awareness of threats, provide training, and implement best practices. However, these measures should be seen as just the initial responses to navigate the evolving global intelligence landscape driven by the People's Republic of China (PRC), he argues.....  Read more

Where Erdogan and Mitsotakis’s lovefest will lead is uncertain

Robert Ellis
(Turkey analyst and commentator. He is also an international advisor at RIEAS (Research Institute for European and American Studies) in Athens).

Copyright: @ 2023 Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) Publication date: 3 December 2023

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Last Thursday Turkey opened what President Erdogan regarded as a new page with Greece. In Virgil’s “Aeneid” the Trojan priest Laocoön warns, “I fear the Greeks, even when they come bearing gifts.” In this case, it is the Greeks who had better beware.... 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: @ 2023 Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) Publication date: 3 December 2023

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The Hamas terror organization launched an unprecedented attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, under the name "Al-Aqsa Flood". Hamas fired a rocket barrage of at least 3,000 rockets into Israel and Hamas terrorists crossed the border with Israel. Around 1200 Israelis were killed and 240 were taken hostage. Following the violent attack by Hamas, Israel launched operation "Iron Swords" and declared a state of war. ... 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: @ 2023 Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) Publication date: 18 November 2023

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

The terrorist attack by Hamas on October 7, 2023 surprised Israel and allowed the terrorist organization to massacre about 1200 Israelis, most of them civilians, and to kidnap about 240 Israelis as hostages and hold them in the Gaza Strip. In response to the October 7 attack, Israel launched operation "Iron Swords" aiming to annihilate Hamas and release the Israeli hostages.... Read more