Greek authorities, benefiting from an incident similar to the one that led police to discover the 17 November terrorist gang in 2002, have swiftly rounded up six suspects who belong, police say, to the "new generation" of Greek terrorists.
Tassos Symeonides
(RIEAS Academic Advisor)
Copyright: www.rieas.gr
Greek governments cannot be accused of pursuing terrorists, suspected and/or confirmed, persistently and effectively.
Natalia Tereshchenko
(Defence & Diplomacy Expert )
Copyright: www.rieas.gr
With recent talks emerging on EU blacklisting Hezbollah and pressure to do so from countries, such as the US and Israel have marked another opportunity for Europe to strengthen its Anti-Money Laundering/Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) regulations and increase investigations on its own soil.
Amir Rapaport
(Founder and Editor in Chief of Israel Defense Magazine - an international magazine on Israeli military and defense affairs. He is a former military correspondent and commentator, an author and research associate at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA) of Bar-Ilan University)
Copyright: http://www.israeldefense.com (Publication Date on RIEAS web site: 10 May 2014)
The IDF Military Intelligence Directorate (Aman), Mossad and ISA have recently undergone far-reaching changes. The most significant changes were introduced in the IDF Military Intelligence Directorate, where almost 1,000 officers changed positions and the organizational structure has been revolutionized.
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Nickolaos Mavromates
(Security Analyst-Historian)
Editing by: George Mavromates author of "Operation Medina The Jihad and Operation Medina: The Crusade
Copyright: Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) – Publication Date: 15 October 2014
As the ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham) jihadist forces are pressing from all sides to conquer capture the Syrian Kurdish controlled city of Kobanê, a large amount of the local Kurdish population that resides there have fled to the Turkish side of the border for protection. The present situation as a whole it could be better identified by a BBC map where it illustrates the ISIS onslaught and its gains against the Kurdish fighters since September 14, 2014 when the original phases of Kobanê's siege begun..... Read more
Patrick Adams
(Strategic Analyst & RIEAS Research Associate)
Copyright: Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) Publication Date: 26 October 2014
A victory for the Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria would have a wide range of economic, social and political consequences. Economically, there would be a significant and damaging effect on the world's oil supply. Socially, not only would Iraq and Syria be affected but any country with a sizable Muslim population. Politically, there would be consequences due to the forming of new alliances between former foes and the type of the state the IS intends to Create. It is certain that if they win, the effects will be worse than the troubles in Somalia.... Read more
