GLOBAL ISSUES

Prof. Dr. Ilias Iliopoulos
(He has been a Professor of the Hellenic Naval War College and of the American College of Greece – Deree. He is currently teaching at the Department of Turkish and Modern Asian Studies of the University of Athens)

Copyright: @ 2025 Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) Publication date: 27 September 2025

Note: The article reflects the opinion of the author and not necessarily the views of the Research Institute for European and American Studies

Warships and warplanes of the so called People’s Liberation Army (i.e., the Armed Forces of the People’s Republic of China), have been conducting military activities, in large numbers, around Taiwan as part of a long-running intimidation tactic applied by Beijing against the island republic. ... Read more

Vladislav Belov
(Candidate of Science (Economics), Leading Researcher, Head of the Department of Country Studies and Center for German Studies, Institute of Europe (Russian Academy of Sciences)

Copyright @ 2025 Institute of European Russian Academy of Sciences (www.instituteofeurope.ru) – Article in the Journal “Analytical papers of the Institute of Europe RAS – Vol IV, No 41, 2025 (No 409)

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The paper examines current state and evolution of German–Russian relations under the coalition government of Friedrich Merz. The author argues that in 2025 the relations have entered a phase of structural confrontation shaped by deliberate political re-definition of Russia’s place in German foreign and security policy. Anchored in the post-Zeitenwende logic, Germany increasingly promotes military deterrence, expansion of military-industrial capacities, support for Kyiv regime and militarization of the Baltic–Scandinavian microregion. Read more

Nico Prucha
(Affiliated Researcher at the Austrian Institute for International Affairs (OIIP), Ph.D. Candidate, University of Vienna).

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Published in form of a video and a transcript by the “nukhbat al-i’lam al-jihadi” media group on the mainstream jihad forums in September 2008. Read more

Mr. Salman Taseer, governor of Pakistan's Punjab province and a senior politician of Pakistan People's Party, was assassinated by a guard of the elite Punjab Police Unit responsible for his protection. It is most unfortunate and sad that Taseer had to pay the ultimate price for announcing that he was going to request the President of Pakistan to use his prerogative and save Asia Bibi, an impoverished Christian woman, sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy against the Prophet of Islam. After having sieved Taseer with 26 bullets, the cold-blooded killer Malik Mumtaz Husain Qadri said that he has killed Taseer because the latter wanted to bring about reformation in the Blasphemy Law, which he deemed a dark law.

Anita Rai
(Author, Jihad and Terrorism)

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Osama bin Laden is dead. Islamist terrorism, is nonetheless alive and kicking.

US Navy Seals sealed his fate and buried him at sea. The fight against terrorism is however, far from over. This century is going to be shaped by how we fare in this war and how heavy the cost will be in terms of invaluable lives, both military service members and civilians. Muslim supremacists have thrust this war upon the free world and in order to survive we have to fight back. Human hearts should welcome the news of Osama’s elimination. Somehow the concept and clear identification, of good and evil and a clear difference between the two are lost upon many people.

Ioannis Chapsos
(Commander, Hellenic Navy (PhD Cand), Hellenic Supreme Joint War College Instructor, Global Security specialist)

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While the UN resolution 1973 called on member states and regional organizations to “… take all necessary measures... to protect civilians and civilian populated areas under threat of attack in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya …”, the civilians in the East coast, the Horn of Africa, are experiencing the absolute “human insecurity”. The citizens of the failed state of Somalia, amidst the decade long civil war, have to cope with terrorist groups, organised crime networks, piracy, poverty and complete absence of human rights. More recently a famine stemming from a prolonged draught, cause the death of hundreds of people in a daily basis. Yet, the international community remains in apathy and the famous “Responsibility to Protect” doctrine can not be implemented, since it refers only to the protection of “… populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity…” .....  Read more