International Security Forum Director, Prof. Dr. Yiorghos Leventis, participated in the eighth EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Conference held at Palais d’ Egmont, Brussels on the 13th and 14th December 2019. The EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Conference is the annual flagship event of the European network of independent non-proliferation and disarmament…
Read MoreIn the report of the Cypriot Minister of Defence, presented last week to the Parliamentary Committee on Finance in the framework of the state budget for 2020, special attention is paid to the prospects for the development of military cooperation between Nicosia and Washington. A special working group is envisaged…
Read MoreIf no solution is found, the troubled Syrian province could turn into an Al-Qaeda Caliphate Idlib is bleeding. Radical Islamists, who lost the war in Syria, are trying to retain power in the country's north-western province at the cost of civilian lives. This is the final obstacle to attaining peace…
Read MoreMedia attention caused by the explosion in the occupied part of Cyprus in early July, finally eased down. Many controversial statements were made. Unfortunately, it seems that no account of the events offered, sorted out the causes of the incident in detail. Everyone seemed to be unworried by the allegations…
Read MoreLess than a few weeks after the announcement of the drilling results of the US company Exxon Mobil regarding Block 10 of the Exclusive Economic Zone of Cyprus, we witnessed exponential growth in Washington's attention to our small bedeviled island. Undoubtedly, the Cyprus government weighs the potential advantage. Official statements…
Read MoreΈνα ενδιαφέρον άρθρο του Χαράλαμπου Μερακλή δημοσιεύτηκε πρόσφατα στον Κυπριακό Τύπο υπό τον τίτλο Η Αντιπαράθεση Ρωσίας-Ουκρανίας στα Στενά του Κερτς (Πολίτης, 15 Ιανουαρίου 2019). Η ανάλυση του ΧΜ αρκετά εμβριθής, γι’ αυτό και θα θέλαμε να επισημάνουμε τα κύρια της σημεία προσθέτοντας και τις δικές μας κρίσεις κι απόψεις.…
Read MoreIt is no secret that the modern globalised world is increasingly dependent on the quality of states implementing international agreements that regulate relations between countries. This is of particular importance in fields such as human rights, the environment, and, of course, disarmament and Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) prohibition. On…
Read MoreΤον Οκτώβρη του 1944 οι Γερμανοί αποχωρούν από την Αθήνα και τους εορτασμούς σύντομα διαδέχονται εμφύλιες συγκρούσεις. Σήμερα, Οκτώβρης του 2018, 74 χρόνια μετά, μια Αμερικανική βάση ελικοπτέρων αποχωρεί από την Κύπρο κι ένας άλλος ‘εμφύλιος’ ξεσπά μεταξύ της εκτελεστικής και της νομοθετικής εξουσίας στη Λευκωσία ως προς τα πεπραγμένα…
Read MoreThere are about 10,000 terrorists linked with al-Qaeda on the territory of the Syrian province of Idlib. This statement was unexpectedly widely quoted in the Western media, contrary to the established tradition of representing members of illegal armed groups as "rebels" and "fighters for freedom". Perhaps the reason for the…
Read MoreThis week in the British media, disturbing reports appeared of a man and a woman hospitalized in Salisbury Hospital in the UK with symptoms of poisoning by an unknown substance. The victims were found unconscious in a private house near Salisbury. Incredibly, once again reference was made to "Novichok". In…
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