EDITORIAL

Shaul Shay
(Senior research fellow at the International Institute for Counter-terrorism (ICT) at the Interdisciplinary Centre Herzliya and former deputy head of Israel’s National Security Council)

Copyright: @ 2023 Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) Publication date: 20 August 2023

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

In May 2023, a member of the Tunisian security forces opened fire on worshipers leaving the synagogue in Djerba, killing two of them and two members of the Tunisian security forces and injuring others before being killed by the force that secured the synagogue. In June 2023, an Egyptian policeman from Sinai entered the territory of the State of Israel and killed three IDF soldiers. In both cases, the attack was carried out by a member of the security forces, who acted alone.... Read more

Ron Schleifer, PhD
(Senior lecturer at the School of Communication in Ariel University, Israel)

Copyright: @ 2023 Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) Publication date: 20 August 2023

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The results of Israel’s November 2022 democratic elections brought about an absolute parliamentary majority for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his coalition of fellow right-wing, nationalist parties, while at the same time involving losses for Israel’s left-wing camp. The Left declines to accept the new political reality as it fears major changes in the economic and bureaucratic fields, which it has managed to avoid despite the official political shift to the right when Menachem Begin came to power in 1977... Read more

Glen Segell (DPhil, FRGS)
(Professor at the University of Cambridge, and Visiting Professor and Research Fellow in the Department of Political Studies and Governance at the University of the Free State, South Africa. He is also Research Fellow at the Ezri Center for Iran & Gulf Studies, University of Haifa, Israel, and Editor of The Middle East Tracker and The London Security Policy Study. He is a Member of the Executive Committee of the Western Galilee College and serves as an Executive Advisory Board Member of the International Political Studies Association Research Committee on Armed Forces and Society. He holds the rank of Brigadier-General (Reserves) and is an expert for NATO STO)

Copyright: @ 2023 Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) Publication date: 12 August 2023

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Introduction

Iran interferes in the domestic affairs of other states in four distinct ways, sometimes a combination of these. I sum them up as Ideological affinity, Strategic convergence, Political expediency, and Transactional value. There are common elements as each has ideological, strategic, political, and logistical dimensions. .... Read more

How to Achieve a Righteous and Sustainable Solution

Dragan Petković, Ph.D.
(An Independent Analyst)

The author is the former Defense Attaché of the Republic of Serbia in Athens.
Previously, he was directly involved in the area of international military cooperation during the long period of time – for more than ten years. He has acquired his doctoral degree in the area of military-technical sciences.

Copyright: @ 2023 Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) Publication date: 8 August 2023

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Historical Frame

Misunderstandings concerning Kosovo and Metohija are deeply rooted in the past – reaching out until nowadays. Therefore, it is justified to quote the old Latin phrase: “Historia magistra vitae (est)” meaning that we should study the past if we want to predict the future. Accordingly, and looking back through time, history teaches us that under the Serbian Emperor Dušan (14th century), the Albanians were recognized as one of the equal peoples – based on social status and not on ethnicity (similar like in most of the European monarchies of that time)... Read more

Commander Demetries Grimes

(Combat decorated former US naval aviator, SECDEF Executive Fellow, and diplomat. He served as US Naval Attaché to Israel and Greece, deputy commander of the U.S. base at Souda Bay, and adviser on Ukraine and non-NATO partners to NATO’s Maritime Commander in London, UK)

Copyright: @ 2023 Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) Publication date: 29 July 2023

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“Fortune favors the bold.”
- Aristotle

For nearly half a century, Western leaders have shown an extreme lack of courage and boldness in dealing with Turkey's illegal occupation of Northern Cyprus. Turkey’s invasion and military occupation of Northern Cyprus remains a glaring, but ignored, international issue, reflecting not only the regional complexities of the Cyprus problem but also exposing the ineffective diplomacy and economic muscle of the EU and US in dealing with their rogue ally, Turkey. ...

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Shaul Shay
(Senior research fellow at the International Institute for Counter-terrorism (ICT) at the Interdisciplinary Centre Herzliya and former deputy head of Israel’s National Security Council)

Copyright: @ 2023 Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) Publication date: 23 July 2023

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

A statement from Morocco's royal palace said on July 17, 2023, that Israel recognized its sovereignty over disputed Western Sahara in a letter to King Mohammed VI from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. According to the royal palace, Israel is also "positively considering" establishing a consulate in the city of Dakhla in the Sahara. [ Morocco says Israel recognizes its sovereignty over Western Sahara, The new Arab, July 18, 2023.] ... Read more