VISIT OF THE TURKISH PRIME MINISTER TO ATHENS By Lieutenant General (ret.) S. Panagopoulos The much-discussed working visit of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Athens was completed at noon last Saturday (16/5), at the head of a ten-member delegation of his Council of Ministers and a group of approximately 100 businessmen, which, in addition to its populist communication purpose, both Ankara […]
POLITICAL DIALOGUE GREECE – TURKEY By Lieutenant General (ret.) S. Panagopoulos Following the visit to Ankara of Deputy Foreign Minister Mr. Droutsas, as announced jointly with his counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu, a new effort to re-approach to bridge the differences between the two countries is beginning. Already on the sidelines of the NATO Foreign Ministers’ Ministerial Conference, […]
REVERSAL IN THE GEOSTRATEGIC POLICY OF THE USA By Lieutenant General S. Panagopoulos The US efforts to include Ukraine in its sphere of influence through NATO have failed. For two years now, the US has been facing serious difficulties, not only due to Russian resistance, but also to the internal political relations of Ukraine, with the then […]
DRAFT LAW ON SERVICE DEVELOPMENT AND HIERARCHY OF THE ARMED FORCES EXECUTIVES (ED. ISSUES OF ADMINISTRATION OF THE ED., STRATEGIC AND RELATED PROVISIONS) Under Lieutenant General (ret.) S. Panagopoulou On June 26, 2010, EL.E.S.ME sent a letter to the Political leadership of the Ministry of National Defense (Minister and Deputy Minister), as well as to the Military (General Staff of the Hellenic National Defense, General Staff of the Hellenic General Staff), in which it analyzed issues […]
previous article : Magazine issues : next article German Army Doctrine (GEA) and Thoughts on Combined Arms Presentation by Lieutenant Colonel Erik Gontermans Chief of Staff of the Army at the German Ministry of Defense Ladies and Gentlemen, In the context of this presentation, I will refer to the measures that have already been taken and the plans for the further continuation of the evolution […]