EDITORIAL

Greek FM Dendias drops a mini bomb smack in the middle of Ankara

Copyright: @ 2021 https://theperiscope.substack.com/p/surprising-day-in-the-greek-turkish
Posted at RIEAS web site (www.rieas.gr) on 18 April 2021.
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The tense history of Greek-Turkish relations took an abrupt turn for the worse during a televised news conference involving the Greek and Turkish FMs following their meeting in Ankara on April 15, 2021.

With Turkish FM Mevlut Cavusoglu listening in surprised disbelief, his Greek counterpart, Nikos Dendias, delivered a blow-by-blow list of Greek grievances, related to Turkey’s illegal and provocative maneuvers in the Aegean coupled with routine threats of war against her neighbor and NATO “ally.”

Addressing his Turkish counterpart as his “dear friend Mevlut,” Dendias coolly enumerated Turkey’s violations of international maritime law, her long history of warlike provocations in the Aegean, her using illegal immigration floods to blackmail Greece, and her standing threat of declaring war if Hellas chooses to extend its territorial waters from 6 to 12 miles, as it is her right under the 1982 UNCLOS, which Turkey refuses to sign.... Read more

Dr Vasiliki Maria Tzatzaki
(Legal Advisor, Hellenic Ministry of Environment and Energy)

Copyright: Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) Published on 18 April 2021.

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Forests are indispensable for human life and life on the planet. They provide environmental, economic and social benefits to the society and they address challenges, such as climate change and water scarcity. The importance of protecting our forests is recognized by the international community. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals urge states to protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss. ... Read more

Leo Lin
(RIEAS Senior Analyst)

Abhishek Verma
(PhD Candidate, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Neru University, India)

Copyright: Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) Published on 10 April 2021.

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The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a vast network of railways, energy pipelines, highways, and streamlined border crossing westward and southward to Pakistan, India, and the rest of Southeast Asia (Chatzky, 2020). The project was first unveiled by Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013, which was identified as a significant element of Beijing's effort to improve ties and stimulate growth and development along its geographic periphery. Read more

Strategic Monograph

Raagini Sharma
(RIEAS Senior Analyst)

Copyright: @ 2021 Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) – Published on 5 April 2021.

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1. Abstract

For any economy to grow, prosper and sustain, energy is significant. Energy security has three facets though different in their approaches yet vital to overall grading it quantitatively and qualitatively, these facets focus on the acceptability of resources, sustainability of supply and the affordability of the resources. Energy goods will undoubtedly continue to play a role in sustaining and enhancing our way of life. By controlling energy resources, the country can also consolidate its own security and strengthen the potential for self-sufficiency, helping them lessen the country's vulnerability and dependence on other countries' energy resources...Read more

Senator Leonidas P. RAPTAKIS
(District 33, Rhode Islands, USA)

State Senator calls the move “a play from the authoritarian playbook” that displays contempt for American democracy and freedom of speech

Copyright: @ 2021 Senator Leonidas P. Raptakis (https://www.leoraptakis.com)

Posted at RIEAS web site (www.rieas.gr) on 1st April 2021

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(Coventry, RI 3/25/21) As an Hellenic-American legislator, Rhode Island State Senator Lou Raptakis (D-33) annually introduces a resolution recognizing Greek Independence Day and celebrating the strong relationship between Greece and the United States. But this year, his work has attracted the attention of the Turkish Consul General in Boston, Ceylan Özen Erişen, who wrote to the Senate President asking to block the measure.
Read more: Senator Leonidas P Raptakis Letter & Turkish Consulate Letter in Boston

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

Copyright: @ 2021, Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) – Publication date: 28 March 2021.

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Abstract

Intelligence services constitute the backbone of national security in democratic societies. Military coups pose an eternal threat for democracies. From the combination of the aforementioned phrases derives the logical assumption that coup prevention holds the primacy of prioritization of national intelligence services. Buying that assumption triggered the composition of the present paper. In this regard, the essay is concentrated on a country that has a long history of overthrown regimes; Turkey. From 1960 to 2016, Turkish society has undergone 5 military coups, five of them “successful”. However, the latest coup, that of 2016, is to be characterized as a failed attempt, as, the Turkish President R. T. Erdogan, managed to maintain his authority, overcoming the threat of the establishment of a military regime. Verily, a series of questions are brought about in the aftermath of the events of July 2016, in terms of the role of intelligence services prior, during and after the coup attempt. To this end, the present paper accounts for an attempt to evaluate the role of the National Intelligence Services of Turkey (MIT) in the failure of the military coup attempt of July 2016... Read more