RESEARCH AREAS

Ioannis. Th. Mazis
(Professor of Economic Geography and Geopolitics, University of Athens, Greece),

Copyright: Papazissis Publishing Company

Note: From the book of I. Th. Mazis, Professor of Economic Geography and Geopolitics,University of Athens,Papazissis, Athens 2005 (with the special collaboration of D. Tompros & F. Apostolopoulos).

The Need to Create a National Security Council

“Let’s not kid ourselves. Good intelligence does not necessarily mean good policies. Neither do good politics lead to a good intelligence service. The steps are small, slow and steady. Fireworks are not often seen”....   Read more

Dr Nicolas Laos
(Political Analyst, RIEAS Member in the International Advisory Board)

Copyright: www.rieas.gr

Since 2008, humanity in general and the Western world in particular have become deeply aware that a peculiar crisis threatens the very foundations of the established civilization and contests old world-conceptions.

In December 2012, the U.S. National Intelligence Council’s draft “Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds” recognized that, even though, for much of the last fifty years, the international system remained stable, the first decade of the 21st century made it amply clear that the international system –as we know it today and as it is represented by such organizations as  the IMF, World Bank, WTO, WHO, OECD, United Nations and NATO– must be reformed or, otherwise, the power of its core institutions will be substantially decreased and these institutions may even become obsolete. According to the same global trends publication by the NIC, new institutions should be expected to emerge that will contribute to the reshaping of the international system with significant implications for the U.S.A. and the Western world in geopolitical, security and economic terms.

RIEAS launches the “Minas Nomikos Award for Security Research Excellence”, Click on to Read more:  Greek version   &  English version  and  Amikam  Nachmani  award

Yannis Markovits (Ph.D)
(Author of a Book titled “In the traces of the economic criminal: a handbook of theory and practice” in Greek language by University Studio Press, Thessaloniki, Greece)

Copyright: Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) (Publication Date: 03/08/ 2014)

The high profiled individuals are well-known, acceptable people, and usually serve as examples of success, achievement and accomplishment. They attract the media and  are welcomed on television shows and popular series.

Tassos Symeonides
(RIEAS Academic Advisor based in Seattle, USA)

Copyright: Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) – Publication date: 30 November 2014.

Ever since April, and a much publicized re-entry in the capital markets to secure a loan, the Greek PM Mr. Samaras has taken no breaks from advertising his government's supposed "success" in leading Greece "out of her crisis." With the exception of Mr. Samaras's narrow circle of advisers, everyone knows that this claim is bogus. In October, Mr. Samaras took another bold, but utterly inane, step in announcing that Greece was about to ditch the IMF and stand on her own two feet. The reaction from the markets was predictable: a mini panic ensued, interest rates climbed sky high, and irate EU officials made cutting remarks "off the record" about the Greek government's "unpredictability" and "lack of vision."... Read more