Syrian Government’s more than 90 letters(!) to the Security Council, the Joint Investigative Mechanism and other bodies, containing documented evidence that ISIS possessed toxic chemicals obtained from Turkey remain unanswered to this day. The latest chemical attack in Khan Shayk Hun, in Syria’s Idlib Governorate reportedly caused the deaths of…
Read MoreBoris Johnson, UK’s Foreign Secretary had a mission at the recent G7 Foreign Ministers Summit at Lucca, Italy (10-11 April 2017). He was hell bound to bring home another raft of sanctions against Russia in the aftermath of the gas attack in Syria. Turning a deaf ear to Moscow’s call…
Read MoreAnother international sporting event, the European Indoor Athletics Championships, drew to a successful close at Kombank Arena, Belgrade, Serbia yesterday. Yet the issue of doping of world class athletes remains unresolved. Despite the fact that the global anti-doping regulator seems to be singularly targeting his country’s athletes, the Russian President…
Read MoreΝεαρότερα μικρά κράτη όπως η Σλοβενία – έτος ανεξαρτησίας 1991, έκταση 20,273 τετραγωνικά χιλιόμετρα, πληθυσμός 2,064,188 – έρχονται στο προσκήνιο και μας επισκιάζουν. Με μια ευφυέστατη πρωτοβουλία η κυβέρνηση της Σλοβενίας βρίσκεται σήμερα στο προσκήνιο της διεθνούς διπλωματίας. Εξηγούμαι: η Λιουμπλιάνα προτείνει φιλοξενία της πρώτης συνάντησης των ηγετών των δύο…
Read MoreThis very informative and eloquent article analyzing Europe’s fundamental security concerns appeared in the Greek website www.troktiko2.com on 7 January 2017. The author is Ioannis Michaletos. We render it in English below as it definitely deserves to reach the widest possible international audience. Throughout the so-called Arab Spring, all reliable organizations,…
Read MoreRecently, the Syrian Army has struck major successes in Aleppo. Once again the West plays down the Syrian victory against Islamic extremist rebels, revealing its real attitude towards the Syrian crisis. Western attempts to discredit the situation are intensified. The accusations against Damascus and Moscow about alleged regular air strikes…
Read MoreThe International Security Forum, Cyprus was represented in the EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Conference by Dr. Yiorghos Leventis, Director and Mr. Zoran Ristic, Research Associate. The conference attended by about 300 international delegates was held at Crowne Plaza Hotel in Brussels on 3-4 November 2016. As an independent think tank, the…
Read MoreThere can be little doubt that the fundamental principle of fair game is violated with regard to the preparation and performance of leading athletes hailing from world athletic-cum-political powers. In the past month we witnessed the West and Russia trading accusations and recriminations regarding each other’s doping and anti-doping practices.…
Read MoreThe struggle in Syria against the terrorist organization Islamic State (IS or ISIS) has reached a new level. According to a recent agreement between Moscow and Tehran, Air and Space Forces of Russia are given the opportunity to use the Iranian Air Base Hamadan for strikes on positions and targets…
Read MoreThe West has apparently set itself the target to bring Russia to its knees, by imposing sanctions but something went wrong. A recent American edition of the Foreign Policy magazine carried an article with the telling title “Let’s Face it – Sanctions Failed.” It seems that Washington finds it increasingly…
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