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Libya and Cyprus: Parallel Lives Ippokratis Daskalakis December 31st, 2019 The threatened Turkish military intervention in Libya, following the formal invitation of the recognized -with many reservations and asterisks- Sarraj’s legitimate government, dominates Christmas news. Perhaps much less attention would have been paid to Ankara’s intentions and declarations if the signing of the Memorandum of […]

Libya: Spectators or Stakeholders? January 18th, 2020 The recent developments in Libya and in the Eastern Mediterranean show that the Greek-Turkish conflict gradually becomes a subset of the conflictual trajectory resulting from the wider review policy of promotion of Ankara into a regional power. This policy has multiple targets and is based on the creation […]

Hellenic Air Defence “Patriot” System in Saudi Arabia February 4th, 2020 The issue of the deployment of an Air Defence “Patriot” Battery of the Air Force in Saudi Arabia has not yet been determined by the date of publication of this article. The disposal of this system, if implemented, will constitute an unprecedented Greek participation […]

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The Azeris are an example to be imitated, and the Armenians to be avoided Ω Hippokrates Daskalakis 14 Νοεμβρίου 2020 704   After weeks of hard and bloody struggles, a Russian-mediated peace agreement was signed between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The agreement, with points probably quite unknown to us, secures the Azeris’ gains on the battlefield […]

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The Management of the Greek-Turkish Crisis should be prioritized over other Secondary Issues (Article published on 23 Oct 2020)   The dominating issue in all media lately, both printed and electronic, is the ever-increasing provocation of Turkey against Greece, in spite of the admonitions of the USA and the EU to de-escalate the tension it […]

  Former NMIOTC CommandantNATO and the EU; It does take two to Tango!   Rear Admiral (ret) George TSONGAS Hellenic Navy, thesis focused on security matters and on the formalities of the two international organizations.               The analysis that follows does not aim to refer to known facts and figures of the two international […]

                           Lessons Learned From the Nagorno Karabakh Case By Ippokratis Daskalakis – Lieutenant General (ret) and Director of Studies at HEL.I.S.S.   The bond between Greeks and Armenians date back to centuries ago. The two nations, neither of which has a brother nation are historically moving in a single geographical place and are facing existential […]

Mike Pompeo in Greece amid tensions with Turkey over gas reserves Crisis triggered by discovery of gas reserves in Mediterranean has upset uneasy relationship between geopolitical rivals   Greek warships take part in a military exercise in the eastern Mediterranean sea in August. Against a backdrop of rising tensions with Ankara, Athens has announced it […]