EDITORIAL

Anthony Derisiotis (PhD)
(Lecturer in Turkish Foreign Policy, Department of Turkish and Modern Asian Studies, School of Economics and Political Sciences, University of Athens, GR)

Copyright: Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) Publication date: 8 November 2015

After 5 turbulent months and contrary to expectations that it will again fall short of winning the majority vote, the Justice and Development party secured 49.4% of the vote and 317 seats in the 550-seat Turkish parliament, thus securing a generous majority but not the 367 seats that would pave the road for the government to proceed to the transition to a presidential system, or the 330 seats that would allow a referendum, in line with President Erdoğan's aspirations. The Republican People's party, which is the main opposition, did not succeed substantial improvement, whereas the nationalistic MHP and the pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP) saw their votes dropping sharply...Read more

Tassos Symeonides, Ph.D.
(Academic Advisor)

Copyright: Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) Publication date: 1 November 2015

NATIONAL OVERVIEW

In 2016 Greece will enter the sixth year of the debt crisis. The Greeks economy shows no sign of revival. Socially, Greece has experienced an unprecedented collapse that continues unabated. Unemployment remains above 25 percent, with the government massaging the figures at will to prove otherwise. The average family has lost at least 40 percent of its pre-crisis income. The internal devaluation, forced upon the country by Europe and the IMF, has caused a catastrophic collapse in property values. Politically, the situation remains brittle. The Syriza government has lost its claimed identity as a "radical left" party since it accepted the third bailout in July 2015, which is now universally recognized as another debacle and an exercise of "kicking the can down the road." Opposition parties are in disarray, save the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn, and disabled as alternatives to the Syriza government...Read more

Randolph H. Pherson, Pherson Associates & John Mclntyre, ODNI

Copyright: 2009 Pherson Associates, LLC. All Rights Reserved. www.pherson.org
Republication on RIEAS web site (www.rieas.gr) on 19 October 2015

"In today's increasingly complex and interdependent world, no one person or organization has a monopoly on what is needed to get the job done."
Introduction

Since the stand-up of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) in 2005 and with the completion of the ODNI 500 Day Plan in late 2008, the Intelligence Community has laid the foundation for transforming itself into a collaborative, integrated Community that can provide mission-advantage to policymakers, warfighters, and law enforcement to protect the nation's security. Read more

Magnus Nordenman
(Deputy director of the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security at the Atlantic Council, in Washington, DC, USA)

Capt. Steven Horrell
(USN, is the U.S. Navy Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council. The opinions expressed are the author's own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Defense or the Department of the Navy).

Copyright: http://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2015/10/time-us-maritime-security-strategy-europe/122745/?oref=defenseone_today_nl
Republication at the Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) on 15 October 2015

The U.S. and its NATO allies need a new strategy for the maritime domains in and around Europe, which are contested and congested in ways that were almost unthinkable a few years ago. Fortunately, there is a good model available: the Defense Department's new Asia Pacific Maritime Security Strategy...Read more

Nikolaos Stampoulopoulos
(Founder and Creative Director of New Diaspora)

Copyright: http://www.newdiaspora.com - Republication on the Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) on 11 October 2015.

Amidst an unprecedented refugee crisis that dominates international headlines, sparks public demonstrations of both solidarity and discrimination, and even shakes the foundations of the European project, a morequiet and far less tragic migration flow continues to grow. Media and scholars often refer to it as 'the Greek brain drain', even though it has already become something much broader than that....Read more

A Letter to President Barack Obama

Copyright: Unites States Senate, Washington DC, USA – Publication Date on RIEAS web site (www.rieas.gr) on 4th October 2015.

Dear Mr. President,

As the Syrian conflict enters its 5th year with no end in sight, we respectfully request that your Administration take action to significantly increase the number of Syrian refugees who are resettled in the United States. Read more