D1.3 Eastern Mediterranean-Middle East-North Africa

8th INFORMATION SEMINAR 1st ARMY – ATHENS 11-13 NOVEMBER 2008 “DEVELOPMENTS IN THE GEOSTRATEGIC ENVIRONMENT IN THE WIDER AREA – MINORITIES AS A CAUSE OF CONFLICT BETWEEN COUNTRIES – MINORITY PROBLEMS IN GREECE AND POSSIBLE IMPACTS ON THE SECURITY OF THE COUNTRY” “CAUCASUS – CENTRAL ASIA – AFGHANISTAN” Under Vice Admiral (retd) V. Martzoukos P.N. 1. MODERN FORMATION OF INTERNATIONAL […]

8th INFORMATION SEMINAR 1st ARMY – ATHENS 11-13 NOVEMBER 2008 PRESENTATION FIRST BY Dr. STAMATIS GEORGOULIS SECURITY ISSUES IN SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE, THE CAUCASIAN COUNTRIES AND THE MIDDLE EAST INTRODUCTION These are three geopolitical subsets that present increased interest in terms of security and peace in the broader geopolitical space to which they belong. In particular, these three geographical subsets show certain similarities, they are characterized […]

8th INFORMATION SEMINAR 1st ARMY – ATA 11-13 NOVEMBER 2008 “DEVELOPMENTS IN THE GEOSTRATEGIC ENVIRONMENT IN THE WIDER AREA – MINORITIES AS A CAUSE OF CONFLICT BETWEEN COUNTRIES – MINORITY PROBLEMS IN GREECE AND POSSIBLE IMPACTS ON THE SECURITY OF THE COUNTRY” “MEDITERRANEAN SEA – MIDDLE EAST – SOUTH ASIA” Under Lieutenant General (retd) P. Leonardo It is a fact that […]

MIDDLE EAST. PALESTINE AND THE PALESTINIAN QUESTION. TWO NATIONS ON THE SAME LAND. Deputy (retd) Ioannis Baltzoi The Middle East is a historical and political region of Afro-Eurasia, without clear boundaries. The term Middle East first became widely known around 1900 in Great Britain and referred to […]

THE WAR IN GAZA. ISRAEL AGAINST HAMASH. ANALYSIS – _DEVELOPMENTS By: Deputy Prime Minister (retd) Ioannis Baltzoi Former AKAM TEL AVIV The sudden attack by Israel on Gaza, on that morning of Dec. 27, 2008, surprised many people, but not those who knew the events in the region, who […]

CHINA AND THE UYGUR MINORITY By Lieutenant General S. Panagopoulos There are 55 minorities living in China, two of which made their presence felt in 2008 during the Olympic Games in China. The first was the Tibetan minority, whose suppression of the uprising (violently in any case) by China’s repressive forces was strongly criticized by […]

PALESTINE IN TWO By Lieutenant General D. LAKAFOSIS The sporadic conflicts between Hamas and Fatah in the Palestinian unity government have never had the intensity of the last armed conflict on June 13, 2007. Hamas attacks Fatah in the Gaza Strip. It occupies Fatah's headquarters, the presidential building compound, […]

“The Fiery Month of October” By Despina Koronaios, Member of EL.E.S.ME October is a very lively month. Where to start and where to go. First, the most important issue that preoccupied Greek society. The Chennai issue. As you all have seen, we had nothing else to worry about except whether this young Albanian child […]

USA and Iraq With military operations inside Iraq against the Iraqi resistance culminating and with losses on both sides increasing, without the allied forces being able to deliver a crushing blow against the Iraqi resistance forces, - despite the finding and capture of Saddam - it is now clear that […]

CONCLUSIONS FROM THE LAST WAR IN IRAQ By Lieutenant General (retd.) D. Lakafosis David is called upon to confront Goliath. Since ancient times, small powers have found ways to offend superpowers. In all eras, the powerless have resorted to asymmetric actions, that is, to ways in which […]