ASIAN STUDIES

Turkey, Iran, and the Balancing of Threats in the Era of Realist Constructivism

By Prof. Dr. Aleksandar Ivanov
(University of St Kliment Ohridski Bitola, Faculty of Security, Skopje, North Macedonia)

Copyright: @ 2026 Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) Publication date: 24 May 2026

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To understand the architecture of the emerging global order, one must first look at the map of world wealth — and then at the map of the world’s seas. 
After more than a century in which the geographic center of global gross domestic product was firmly anchored somewhere between Europe and North America, the economic center of gravity is shifting inexorably back toward Asia. This eastward movement is not a historical accident. It is, rather, a return to a historical norm in which China, for centuries, accounted for roughly 20 to 25 percent of global wealth creation. ... Read more

Vladislav Belov
(Candidate of Science (Economics), Leading Researcher, Head of the Department of Country Studies and Center for German Studies, Institute of Europe (Russian Academy of Sciences)

Copyright @ 2025 Institute of European Russian Academy of Sciences (www.instituteofeurope.ru) – Article in the Journal “Analytical papers of the Institute of Europe RAS – Vol IV, No 41, 2025 (No 409)

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The paper examines current state and evolution of German–Russian relations under the coalition government of Friedrich Merz. The author argues that in 2025 the relations have entered a phase of structural confrontation shaped by deliberate political re-definition of Russia’s place in German foreign and security policy. Anchored in the post-Zeitenwende logic, Germany increasingly promotes military deterrence, expansion of military-industrial capacities, support for Kyiv regime and militarization of the Baltic–Scandinavian microregion. Read more

Prof. Dr. Ilias Iliopoulos
(He has been a Professor of the Hellenic Naval War College and of the American College of Greece – Deree. He is currently teaching at the Department of Turkish and Modern Asian Studies of the University of Athens)

Copyright: @ 2025 Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) Publication date: 27 September 2025

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Warships and warplanes of the so called People’s Liberation Army (i.e., the Armed Forces of the People’s Republic of China), have been conducting military activities, in large numbers, around Taiwan as part of a long-running intimidation tactic applied by Beijing against the island republic. ... Read more

Dr. Manju Dagar (Manu Chaudhary)
(RIEAS Senior Advisor)

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

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With the growing alliance between Pakistan and Turkey, I believe the time has come for India and Greece to join hands and act as a defensive wall against these two countries. I, along with several journalist friends from both India and Greece, have been working on this idea for quite some time to strengthen the defense cooperation between the two nations. A similar suggestion was also made by senior Greek diplomat Leonidas Chrysanthopoulos during a recent discussion.... Read more

Corporate Interview by Dr. Manu Chaudhary

Copyright @ All Exclusive Rights to Corporate Insight Magazine based in India (2025) – Reposted at RIEAS (www.rieas.gr) on 11 May 2025.

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“I forecast the Indian-Greek relationship to develop further in the future and both countries to create synergies in the areas of military defense technology, education, culture, tourism and trade.” Read more

Dr. Ilias Iliopoulos
(Dr. Ilias Iliopoulos had long been a Professor at the Hellenic Naval War College and the American College of Greece. He currently teaches at the Department of Turkish and Modern Asian Studies of the University of Athens)

Copyright: @ 2024 Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) Publication date: 14 September 2024

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The UN is proud of its Human Rights Declaration; it seems to believe though that a population of 23 million people is not entitled to enjoy these rights. Otherwise, how could someone explain the persistent refusal of the UN bureaucratic elite to expand the jurisdiction of the Human Rights Declaration over the territory of the Republic of China (Taiwan)?....  Read more