The NSA Scandal: Look Beyond Hypocrisy
How much trust could you have for somebody who is regularly intercepting millions of communications between politicians, diplomats, entrepreneurs and citizens around the globe? Can the United States...
View ArticleThe European Asylum Policy: A Frayed Patchwork
The tragedy of October 3rd when 350 refugees from Eritrea carried by a shipwreck were chocked near Lampedusa in Sicily literally shocked the European Union. The President of the European Commission...
View ArticleDo we actually have an agreement on Iran’s Nuclear Program?
The Geneva talks over the future of Iran’s nuclear program came to an end on Saturday night. The outcome of the negotiations, yet being clearly underlined in the common statement, leave significant...
View ArticleInterview with Professor Sotiris Roussos, Head of CEMMIS
Sotiris Roussos is Associate Professor in the Dept. of Political Science and IR of the University of Peloponnese and Head of the Centre for Middle East, Mediterranean and Islamic Studies (CEMMIS),...
View ArticleMemories That Count In Voting
Despite frequent references over EU’s ageing population, European Commission’s Youth Report for 2012 brings some useful information. According to the data, in January 2011 around 95.2 million young...
View ArticleWho believes that Greece will exit the crisis?
Yesterday the Greek Prime Minister Mr. Antonis Samaras inaugurated the beginning of the Greek Presidency in the Council of the European Union, the rotating Presidency that every member-state assumes...
View ArticleThe Ukrainian Conundrum
Ukraine is torn into two parts: the one being strongly opposed to President Yanukovych’s pro-Russian statemanship; the other being silent or at least less opposed to closer partnership with Russia....
View ArticleThe Ukrainian Crisis is NOT an EU Crisis
The dramatic developments in Ukraine unveil some deep-rooted sovereign issues for this big and historic country. The fall of Yanukovich, while serving the demands of the majority of the people, was...
View ArticleRussia’s Geopolitical Assertiveness in Ukraine
The sovereign crisis in Ukraine has unfolded a series of retrospectives dealing with Russia’s geopolitical sphere of influence in the inner heart of Eurasia’s chessboard. In the meantime, and as...
View ArticleTumbling EU: The Lack of Risk-Assessment Towards Anti-EU Forces
There is a growing concern from both independent and politically-dependent media that the forthcoming elections for the European Parliament on May will be stigmatized by the increase of anti-EU...
View ArticleIs #Syriza wrong when objecting to new sanctions on Russia?
On Monday January 26 the European Council released the Statement of the Heads of States or Governments pointing out the growing concern on political and military developments in Ukraine. In the...
View ArticleEU lacks geopolitical strategy
The economic crisis remains a top priority for Eurozone with the current consolidation model generating much more problems than solutions. Greece has been forced to adopt a third bailout deal, but the...
View Article#ParisAttacks: The day after
Terrorist attacks in Paris late Saturday November 13 caused an unprecedented shock. Flowers, candles, profile photos, poems and kind words are nice and play a role in communicating the mobilization of...
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