- Challenges versus Opportunities1 - Georgios CHRYSOCHOU, PhD Dimitrios DALAKLIS, PhD Abstract. The current analysis is discussing the paramount role of the Mediterranean Sea within the contemporary global maritime transport system. Additionally, it provides an evaluation of the geopolitical … [Read more...]
MARITIME ENERGY SECURITY ISSUES: THE CASE OF THE ARCTIC
Burak Şakir ŞEKER, PhD* Dimitrios DALAKLIS** Abstract. The Arctic is clearly not a recently discovered region for the discipline of international relations; its geopolitical value is extremely well acknowledged by a certain number of research efforts. Especially during the Cold War era, it was one … [Read more...]
Contemporary Maritime Security Challenges: Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling at Sea
Burak Şakir ŞEKER, PhD Dimitrios DALAKLIS, PhD Abstract. Globalization is most commonly associated with economic development and increased financial gains; maritime trade is quite often characterized as the ”back-bone” of this multi-level phenomenon. However, globalization is also linked with … [Read more...]
The Geopolitical Dimensions of the Ukrainian Crisis
Dimitrios DALAKLIS Scopul acestui articol nu este să duplice seria de evenimente care a condus la izbucnirea războiului civil în Ucraina, sau să rezume ultimele evoluţii ale confruntării militare între armata sa şi insurgenţii pro-ruşi. Luând în considerare că starea de fapt prezentă este foarte … [Read more...]
Energy Resources at the Eastern Mediterranean Basin: a Solution for the EU’s Debt Crisis or a Point of Friction?
Dimitrios DALAKLIS The so-called “classical geopolitical theories” are still valid as explanatory tools of the Mediterranean's eastern basin role in the wider context of international relations; they can also provide the necessary framework for examining the turbulent events which take place in the … [Read more...]