RESEARCH AREAS

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: Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) Publication date: 17 January 2021

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At least 25 people were killed and 110 wounded in an attack on Aden airport on December 30, 2020, moments after a plane carrying newly formed Saudi-backed cabinet for government-held parts of Yemen. The Yemeni government and Saudi Ambassador to Yemen Mohammed Said al-Jaber were safely transferred to Aden’s presidential Maasheeq palace. The country's internationally recognized government said the Iran-backed Houthi rebels had fired missiles at the airport and Yemen’s prime minister said that the missile attack on the airport in Aden was meant “to eliminate” the country’s new government as it arrived in Aden. Houthi officials have denied any role in the attacks and have sought to blame unspecified groups in the Saudi-led coalition. The rebel leaders have not offered any evidence or answered requests for comment to back up their claims. ..Read more

Andreas Mountzouroulias
(Editor-in- chief, pentapostagma.gr. & RIEAS Senior Advisor)

Copyright: https://www.pentapostagma.gr/ethnika-themata/6979352_ajay-kumar-pentapostagma-greece-must-establish-military-alliance-india
Reposted in RIEAS web site (www.rieas.gr) on 17 January 2021

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''India must take Greece with a special status country, as Greece is truly a gateway to Europe for India''

Ajay Kumar, chairman and Managing Director of Fox Petroleum Limited, spoke with Pentapostagma about, India, Greece, Turkey, Pakistan. He believes that alliance between Greece and India will be able to counter Turkey, China and Pakistan. Read more

A Report

Copyright: Pentapostagma,gr (24 January 2021) https://www.pentapostagma.gr/kosmos/6986744_turkey-pakistan-nexus-immediate-terrorist-threat-india-greece-experts

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The recent report of Pakistan transferring nuclear missile technology to Turkey sent shockwaves around the globe. Concurrently, it exposed the nexus between Ankara and Islamabad, which in turn has far-reaching ramifications for regional stability and security. The growing threat of terrorism as a result of this nexus is of serious concern to India and Greece. As a result of this, both nations have been looking towards deepening their strategic partnership as a way to counter Turkey and Pakistan’s sinister designs in the region. Read more

Katerina Vardalaki
(RIEAS Senior Analyst & Security Expert)

Copyright: Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) Publication date: 24 January 2021

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Ransomware is a type of infectious malware that uses encryption methods to deny access to files (Glasberg, 2016) but that definition is simple and does not include many details (Azad, 2017). It is enduring, prevalent and has been a valid concern since its first appearance in 1989. Considering that cyber crime is in its entirety human related (Penuel et al., 2013), ransomware provides a viable business model (Cartwright & Cartwright, 2019). This issue has been ignored and profusely underestimated (Funke, 2016). Consequently, it is legislated within the legal precedence of both the United States and Greece with different approaches and measures....Read more

An Analysis

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Posted at RIEAS web site (www.rieas.gr) on 31 January 2021.
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Perpetual Growth, or PG, is a wonderful theory, a sweet dream come true, the chosen baby of modern capitalism. It posits that it is capitalism that controls the inner dynamic of pushing production of everything beyond limits imposed by Nature and human endurance. “Capital” is central to PG theory. Karl Marx defined capital as the string of “Commodity-Money-Commodity,” whereas commodity is any material thing that can be produced for use by the consumer. Money is the means of allowing the exchange of “things” for profit (profit being the great bogeyman in the eyes of socialists and communists.).Read more

Strategic Report

Dionysios Dragonas
(Postgraduate Student, MSc Crisis and Security Management, Leiden University, the Netherlands & RIEAS Senior Analyst)

A. Preface

Thomas Jefferson once said that “information is the currency of democracy”. But what happens when the currency is misshaped, manipulated and dubious enough to lead to its denial? Is this when democracy collapses? This is not the case when powerful allies exist, within the spectrum of the public sphere, remaining vigilant and confronting challenges invisible to the public eye. For decades national intelligence services have incarnated a crucial role in assisting leaders to acquire and utilize information that reassures the survival of the State, by protecting it against all threats, foreign and domestic (Stout & Warner, 2018)...Read more