The visit in October of President Medvedev to Cyprus generated a lot of discussion about his initiative for a European Security Treaty, the reason being that Cyprus was the first European country to show willingness to participate meaningfully and constructively in the negotiations for its consideration. The example of Cyprus…
Read MoreThe question arises because of the deterioration of the relations between Turkey and Israel and the push given by Israel to the strengthening of its relations with Greece and Cyprus, as it is witnessed by the recent visits of P.M. Benjamin Netanyahu to Athens (August 2010) and his Foreign Minister…
Read MoreDr Yiorghos Leventis, Director of International Security Forum, took part in three consecutive congresses held in Buenos Aires. The conventions under the title Ten Days of Global Democracy in Argentina took place between 30 September and 9 October 2010. In turn the congresses included the Parlamento Latinoamericano, the Campaign for…
Read MoreDuring the last months, a strengthening in European public dialogue, an intense cultivation of views and recommendations in reference to the future of security in Europe and East Mediterranean have emerged. In most European countries this pubic dialogue is in progress something of course that does not occur in Greece…
Read MoreThere are two Dolphin-type Israeli submarines in service. The first is patrolling in the Mediterranean and the second in the Persian Gulf. The submarine in the Persian Gulf, according to expert Bharat Karnad (Research Professor in National Security Studies, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, member of the First National…
Read MoreThe trial of former Bosnian Serb General Zdravko Tolimir started on 26 February 2010. At first, it seemed that the long anticipated trial will be covered with a lot of media attention in Bosnia as well as in the neighbouring countries. Instead, the following events threw Tolimir trial in the…
Read MoreFrederic Labarre, MA Paul Kennedy, in his seminal work “The Rise and Fall of Great Powers” (1988) argued that the strategic relevance of political agents rose or fell according to their economic fortunes. This observation is also pertinent to NATO’s future as well, since the military health of the Alliance…
Read MoreI had the privilege to represent International Security Forum of Cyprus to the 34th Annual Conference of the British International Studies Association (BISA) which took place at Leicester University, 14-16 December 2009. More than 350 congress delegates from all parts of the globe presented papers analyzing in depth and breadth…
Read MoreThe Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina which is a peace agreement between Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Croatia and the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia makes distinction between two categories of citizens: “constituent peoples”: Bosniaks, Croats and Serbs) on the one hand and “others” on the other: Jews, Roma…
Read MoreThe fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 and the subsequent reunification of Germany were followed by the quick dissolution of the Warsaw Pact. Mikhail Gorbachev timely withdrew his support from the collapsing GDR. In June 1989, the former Soviet leader stated in Bonn, where he received a rapturous…
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