EURODEFENSE…DEVELOPMENTS AND PROSPECTS Lieutenant General (retd) Georgios KORAKIS As is known, the “Istanbul text” concerning Turkey’s relations with the European Union on the issue of the European military force was not put on the agenda of the recent summit held in Aachen, Belgium. There we found ourselves confronted with all the other countries […]
EUROPE AND THE CONTROL OF REGIONAL CRISIS By Panagiotis A. Gavathas*, National Defense & Security Specialist, Military Historian, Professor of French Studies The organization and formation of a special European police force, which will succeed that of the United Nations in Bosnia-Herzegovina, reflects the desire of the fifteen EU member states for the latter to acquire, […]
EUROSTRATOS – DEVELOPMENTS – PROSPECTS By Lieutenant General G. KORAKIS What will ultimately happen to the “Eurostratos”? This was the question that dominated Greek public opinion for a period of time, when it was discovered that we as a country had underestimated the dynamics created by the Istanbul text prepared by the Americans, the […]
On the European Rapid Reaction Force and its relationship with our national security by Ioannou Parisis Greece's participation in the European institutions is, without a doubt, the greatest political success of our country in the post-war era, which provides it with significant advantages. This fact is fully understood by Turkey, which […]
DEFENSE DIMENSION OF A UNITED EUROPE by Lieutenant General G. Korakis I would like to express my warmest congratulations to the War College for organizing the two-day conference which I believe will be a success. I also thank the College for the invitation and the opportunity given to the Hellenic Society for Strategic Studies (EL.E.S.M.E.) to contribute with its presentation […]