The Turkish invasion of northern Syria and its successful military outcome for Turkey, while the inability to establish an intense and well-organised EU response on this issue, highlighted the very low power that the EU holds to influence any geopolitical developments in the Middle East neighbourhood. This EU weakness is based on geopolitical mistakes in
In Hong-Kong from June until today, China’s patience is being tested by radicalised activists, not daring the Chinese government to implement methods of suppressing mass population. In Iraq for almost a month the country’s youth is on the streets protesting angry over the inadequacy of the rulers, corruption and lack of perspective having killed 150
Today and officially Mario Draghi delivers the leadership of the ECB to her new president, Christine Lagarde. The achievements of the “Super Mario” of this great ECB leader that functioned during his tenure as a new Charlemagne by ensuring that the euro area unity is implemented in its monetary policies, can be summarised in the
The ever-increasing political pressure at global level and the sensitivity of an increasing proportion of citizens on the planet to take immediate measures to slow down climate change for the worse, force the governments of many states which their economies is based on exporting and trading of hydrocarbons to develop alternative industries and markets with
In this day and age, a country’s cyber-security in protecting its companies and organizations identified as critical infrastructures is the cornerstone for this country to achieve its full transition to the digital age and in such a way that can be fully protected from the action of malicious and directed cyber lone wolves or cyber
The speed of convergence between the countries of the world which is based on constantly evolving technology identifies the transition to another new era that is constantly renewed at a high rate. The rapid adjustment or non-adjustment of countries to the new technological challenges is also the tool of a country that determines whether a
The big winner in Syria appears to be Russia and the Russian President Vladimir Putin. The American promises made with the agreement between Michael Pence and Erdogan are of little importance given the withdrawal of US soldiers from Syria, indicating that the U.S. has been self-marginalized in the region without being able to change the
The Greek government, in cooperation with the EU-Commission, should make a derogation in respect of a specific asset of the Greek state which is wrongly led to a long-term lease scheme with a very low price and a correspondingly small expected benefit to the Greek state, in relation to its value and the prevailing macroeconomic
In detail, when we try to utilize an asset, we always look at the optimal, the maximum return that can bring the exploitation of the public property in question, always within the financial and macroeconomic conditions prevailing in the given period in the economy. Unfortunately, the aggregate of the Greek state real estates is mortgaged
Chile’s authorities find it difficult to control the situation amid massive protests, looting, arson and violent incidents from Friday 18/10/2019 where the Chilean government announced the imposition of emergency measures for the most part of country for a period of 15 days. These measures include a curfew in the capital city of Santiago, urging citizens
