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,…
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PRESS 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…
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By Morris Mottale on November 10, 2021
in Africa, Articles, Eastern Mediterranean, Eurasian Affairs, European Union, Middle East & North Africa: MENA, Migration, Non EU, Regional Security, Turkey
In 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…
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Theoretical 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…
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On 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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On December 7th, 2017, Turkish President Erdoğan visited Athens, where he shocked the Greek government by openly talking about the revision of the Treaty of Lausanne. This treaty had been signed in 1923 by Greece, Turkey, and the victorious Allies in World War One, where the boundaries between the former…
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By EDITOR on December 20, 2019
in Articles, Eastern Mediterranean, Eurasian Affairs, Europe, European Union, Global Security, Israel, Middle East, Middle East & North Africa: MENA, Regional Security, Uncategorized, World Affairs
International Security Forum Director, Prof. Dr. Yiorghos Leventis, participated in the eighth EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Conference held at Palais d’ Egmont, Brussels on the 13th and 14th December 2019. The EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Conference is the annual flagship event of the European network of independent non-proliferation and disarmament…
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Less than a few weeks after the announcement of the drilling results of the US company Exxon Mobil regarding Block 10 of the Exclusive Economic Zone of Cyprus, we witnessed exponential growth in Washington’s attention to our small bedeviled island. Undoubtedly, the Cyprus government weighs the potential advantage. Official statements…
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Ένα ενδιαφέρον άρθρο του Χαράλαμπου Μερακλή δημοσιεύτηκε πρόσφατα στον Κυπριακό Τύπο υπό τον τίτλο Η Αντιπαράθεση Ρωσίας-Ουκρανίας στα Στενά του Κερτς (Πολίτης, 15 Ιανουαρίου 2019). Η ανάλυση του ΧΜ αρκετά εμβριθής, γι’ αυτό και θα θέλαμε να επισημάνουμε τα κύρια της σημεία προσθέτοντας και τις δικές μας κρίσεις κι απόψεις.…
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Ο Δρ Γιώργος Λεβέντης, Διευθυντής του Φόρουμ Μελετών Διεθνούς Ασφάλειας, στα πλαίσια επίσκεψης του στην Ελληνική πρωτεύουσα για διάλεξη στο Σπίτι της Κύπρου, Πρεσβεία της Κύπρου, Αθήνα, παραχώρησε συνέντευξη στον Γιάννη Πανταζόπουλο, δημοσιογράφο του LIFO (19 Απριλίου 2018). Διαβάστε παρακάτω τo εκτεταμένo και εις βάθος ανάλυσης κείμενο της συνέντευξης η…
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