Αμέτρητοι μύθοι γύρω από τη σπηλιά του Αγίου Μιχαήλ στο βράχο του Γιβραλτάρ. Κυριαρχεί όμως ο μύθος που υποστηρίζει ότι το συγκεκριμένο σπήλαιο ήταν οι πύλες του Άδη. Άρα και η είσοδος για τον Κάτω Κόσμο. Ακόμη ένας μύθος αναφέρει πως εκεί υπήρξε η μια από τις Ηράκλειες Στήλες,…
Read MorePRESS RELEASE MARCH 2024 The winter season that we have just left behind, November 2023 to March 2024, has been very hectic in our director’s international activities. Below is the list of in-person participations in international fora. November 2023 Dr. Yiorghos Leventis took part, upon invitation, in the 7th Southeast…
Read MoreDr. Yiorghos Leventis & Mr. Elias Hadjikoumis In 2014, brother nations (“bratskie narodi”) Russia and Ukraine, united by common cultures, mentalities, customs, traditions and closely related languages, became enemies. They have remained so for eight years now. The main reason behind this negative development has been the geopolitical game between…
Read MoreIn the year 2021, the notion of security as an overarching concept in Europe centered on a critical debate on immigration and sustainability. Both themes were the subject of national, international, and European political debates shaped by more immediate fears and anxiety stoked by the COVID pandemic. These themes were…
Read MoreTurkey is an energy hungry economy. According to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) assessment of Turkey’s energy needs in 2020, the country currently imports approximately 72% of its energy demand. The level of dependency on energy imports is overwhelmingly high for our northern neighbour inhabited by no less than…
Read MoreOften, the preoccupation with our national problem lacks international comparative analysis. It borders navel gazing. In this article, I wish to highlight Ankara’s success story in getting its own man fill in one of the UN’s top jobs along with forging of close relations with nuclear power Muslim Pakistan, a…
Read MoreΠρο πενταετίας, δημοσιεύσαμε, ένα κείμενο με τον ίδιο τίτλο σ’ αυτήν την ιστοσελίδα και στον «Φιλελεύθερο» (Οκτώβρης 2016) με αφορμή μια μικρής εμβέλειας Βρετανική αυθαιρεσία στο δασύλλιο Ξυλοφάγου. Σήμερα η Κυπριακή κοινή γνώμη κοχλάζει από αγανάκτηση για την Βρετανική στάση στις διαβουλεύσεις για την περιβόητη δήλωση – τοποθέτηση του Προέδρου…
Read MoreTheoretical Basis of the Geopolitical Thought & Practice of the Western World In the Rimland Theory, the renowned American political scientist Nickolas Spykman introduces the Inner Crescent Theory. The theory’s introduction forms the basis of America’s geopolitical thought and in extension the practice of the Western World. The Inner Crescent…
Read MoreThe issue of nuclear disarmament is seminal in world affairs. Its importance had dominated the agenda of relations between the liberal West and the communist East during the Cold War. Alas, more than a generation’s time since the fall of the Berlin Wall that signaled the end of the Cold…
Read MoreOn Tuesday 2nd of March 2021, Recep Tayyip Erdogan talked to Emmanuel Macron on a videocall. Listening to the conciliatory, if not amicable, address of the Turkish President to his French counterpart, one wonders if the Erdogan really meant his words a few months ago when he was hurling abuse…
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