On December 7th, 2017, Turkish President Erdoğan visited Athens, where he shocked the Greek government by openly talking about the revision of the Treaty of Lausanne. This treaty had been signed in 1923 by Greece, Turkey, and the victorious Allies in World War One, where the boundaries between the former…
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Hamlet Chipashvili, a well-known Georgian political scientist and for long years senior advisor to late Eduard Shevardnadze (1928-2014) predicted last October the gradual loss of the autonomous region of Ajaria to Turkey. According to Chipashvili, the financial activity of Ankara on the Georgian Black Sea coast has gone far beyond…
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By EDITOR on December 20, 2019
in Articles, Eastern Mediterranean, Eurasian Affairs, Europe, European Union, Global Security, Israel, Middle East, Middle East & North Africa: MENA, Regional Security, Uncategorized, World Affairs
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…
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Less 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…
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Ένα 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.…
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It 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…
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Τον 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…
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This 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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Ο Δρ Γιώργος Λεβέντης, Διευθυντής του Φόρουμ Μελετών Διεθνούς Ασφάλειας, στα πλαίσια επίσκεψης του στην Ελληνική πρωτεύουσα για διάλεξη στο Σπίτι της Κύπρου, Πρεσβεία της Κύπρου, Αθήνα, παραχώρησε συνέντευξη στον Γιάννη Πανταζόπουλο, δημοσιογράφο του LIFO (19 Απριλίου 2018). Διαβάστε παρακάτω τo εκτεταμένo και εις βάθος ανάλυσης κείμενο της συνέντευξης η…
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Technologies combining the best traditions of conservatism with the new digital thinking and a very peculiar interpretation of logic, normative-legal and ethical norms are now at the forefront of hybrid wars. The best confirmation of this is the activity of the White Helmets, specializing in fake chemical attacks in Syria.…
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