ΕΛΙΑΜΕΠ | The Middle East riddle

Experts

Andreas C. Hatzidiakos Research Fellow, Wider Europe Programme

Cleopatra Kitti Senior Policy Advisor; Founder of the Mediterranean Growth Initiative

Dimitris Kollias Research Fellow, Security and Space

Dimitris Kourkoulas Head, Mediterranean Programme; Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, former Ambassador of the EU

Elena Lazarou Director General

Gabriel Haritos Research Fellow, Mediterranean Programme

George Tzogopoulos Senior Research Fellow, Media; International relations; Chinese affairs

Gerasimos Tsourapas Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow, Migration Programme

Ino Afentouli Senior Policy Advisor; Head of the Observatory of Geopolitics and Diplomacy

Ioannis Alexandris Research Fellow, Wider Europe Programme, EU Enlargement Policy, geo-economics, international trade & foreign direct investments in South-East Europe

Ioannis N. Grigoriadis Senior Research Fellow, Head, Turkey Programme; Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies

John T Psaropoulos Senior Policy Advisor; Foreign Correspondent, Al Jazeera English; Hellenica creator

Katerina Sokou Non-Resident Research Fellow; Executive Director of the American Hellenic Chamber of Commerce USA; Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council

Loukas Tsoukalis President of the Board, ELIAMEP, Professor, Sciences Po, Paris, Professor Emeritus, University of Athens

Maria Gavouneli Professor, Faculty of Law, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens

Marika Karagianni Research Associate; Expert on Energy issues; Visiting Lecturer, University of Peloponnese and the International Hellenic University

Natalia Tellidou Research Fellow, Mediterranean Programme

Odin Linardatou Head of Communications

Panayiotis Ioakimidis Professor Emeritus, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Athens

Panayotis Tsakonas Senior Research Fellow, Head, Foreign Policy & Security Programme; Professor, University of Athens

Pantelis Ikonomou Research Associate; Former Inspector, International Atomic Energy Agency

Ronald Meinardus Senior Research Fellow; Coordinator of research projects on Greek - German relations

Spyros Blavoukos Head, EU Institutions & Policies Programme; Head of the 'Ariane Condellis' European Programme; Senior Research Fellow; Professor, Athens University of Economics & Business

Stavros-Evdokimos Pantazopoulos Senior Research Fellow, International Humanitarian Law, International Environmental Law, Human Rights Law

Triantafyllos Karatrantos Research Associate, Radicalisation, Terrorism, Policing Models, Security and Foreign Policy

Yannis Alexis Zepos Ambassador (ad hon.)

War Diary

Multimedia

Real FM 97.8 Tzogopoulos on the war in Iran: They don’t want it to continue, they can’t agree

George Tzogopoulos 12.05.26

Real FM 97.8 George N. Tzogopoulos: “The war continues without a clear way out”

George Tzogopoulos 07.04.26

SBS War in Iran: The Impact on Turkey

Ioannis N. Grigoriadis 07.04.26

Real FM 97.8 War in Iran: Maria Gavouneli on Trump’s address

Maria Gavouneli 02.04.26

Athina 984 Dr Triantafyllos Karatrantos on the war in Iran: the Houthis, the US, and the EU position

Triantafyllos Karatrantos 31.03.26

ERT Israel: an analysis of the different fronts in the conflict

Gabriel Haritos 22.08.25

ERT PROTO PROGRAMMA Iran-Israel War and US Involvement: The Importance of Unexpected Events

Pantelis Ikonomou 26.06.25

ERT PROTO PROGRAMMA Fears of a ballistic missile strike on a U.S. base or retaliation through terrorist attacks and cyberattacks

Triantafyllos Karatrantos 24.06.25

ERT PROTO PROGRAMMA Legal and Geopolitical Dimensions of the Israel-Iran War

Maria Gavouneli 22.06.25

ERT PROTO PROGRAMMA Developments in the Middle East and Turkey’s regional role

Ioannis N. Grigoriadis 20.06.25

Proto Programma ERT Middle East: Again in cycles of instability

George Tzogopoulos 19.06.25

Athina 9.84 The Iran-Israel conflict, US involvement and Greece’s stance

Maria Gavouneli 17.06.25

ERTNews Markets are focusing on the Middle East

Spyros Blavoukos 17.06.25

ERT PROTO PROGRAMMA The Iran-Israel conflict and wider regional impact

Triantafyllos Karatrantos 16.06.25

Proto Programma ERT Loukas Tsoukalis speaks about developments in the Middle East on Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation’s First Radio Programme

Loukas Tsoukalis 16.06.25

SKAI 100.3 What will the escalation of the Iran-Israel conflict bring?

Triantafyllos Karatrantos 16.06.25

Athina 9.84 “Israel will stop the war when Iran does not have nuclear capabilities”

Panayotis Tsakonas 15.06.25

ERT PROTO PROGRAMMA Iran’s nuclear program – Race for international control before a conflict

Pantelis Ikonomou 03.06.25

Proto Programma ERT Israel sticks to its original goal of eliminating Hamas

Triantafyllos Karatrantos 28.05.25

SKAI 100.3 “Loukas Tsoukalis speaks about the massacre taking place in Gaza”

Loukas Tsoukalis 22.05.25

Proto Programma ERT An analysis of Trump’s Gulf tour

Gabriel Haritos 16.05.25

Proto Programma ERT Α week of historic significance in the Middle East

Gabriel Haritos 14.05.25

Proto Programma ERT Critical period in the Middle East ahead of Trump’s tour in mid-May

Gabriel Haritos 02.05.25

Alpha TV Optimism for US-Iran nuclear talks

Gabriel Haritos 16.04.25

Alpha TV Few chances of success for the new Egyptian ceasefire proposal in Gaza

Gabriel Haritos 15.04.25

Open The new American strategy for the Middle East

Gabriel Haritos 28.01.25

ERT How likely is a Turkish-Syrian memorandum?

Marika Karagianni 15.01.25

ERT The new dynamics in Syria and the Kurdish factor

Panayotis Tsakonas 10.01.25

ERT The next day in Syria

Panayotis Tsakonas 10.01.25

YouTube & Spotify The future of Syria and the geopolitical chessboard of the Middle East – Dr Carsten Wieland

Odin Linardatou 18.12.24

iefimerida.gr Syria: After Assad, what?

Ioannis N. Grigoriadis 17.12.24

ERTNews The “next day” for minorities in Syria remains uncertain

Gabriel Haritos 15.12.24

ERT The fall of the Assad regime

Ioannis N. Grigoriadis 13.12.24

SKAI 100.3 How can Assad’s rapid fall be explained?

Triantafyllos Karatrantos 11.12.24

Proto Programma Τhe post-Assad era

Triantafyllos Karatrantos 11.12.24

ERTNews The role of Turkey in Syria

Ioannis N. Grigoriadis 09.12.24

ertnews The Syria of the future will resemble the Iraq of today

Gabriel Haritos 09.12.24

Proto Programma The situation in Syria and the risks posed for regional security

Triantafyllos Karatrantos 04.12.24

ERTNews Israel is relying on the ‘secret terms’ for the ceasefire

Gabriel Haritos 26.11.24

ertnews The Lebanon-Israel ceasefire: clearly a result of intense American pressure

Maria Gavouneli 26.11.24

ERTNews Israel on hold until Trump’s inauguration

Gabriel Haritos 10.11.24

SKAI 100,3 Triantafyllos Karatrantos speaks for October 7th

Triantafyllos Karatrantos 07.10.24

Proto Programma Maria Gavouneli speaks for the anniversary of October 7th

Maria Gavouneli 07.10.24

Naftemporiki TV What will the Arab states do if Israel strikes Iran?

Panayotis Tsakonas 04.10.24

Action24 Concern over a widespread war in the Middle East

Panayotis Tsakonas 04.10.24

Proto Programma ERT Radio What would the consequences be of an Israeli strike on Iran itself?

Panayotis Tsakonas 04.10.24

Proto Programma Israel won’t strike Iran’s nuclear facilities, either because it can’t or for fear of retaliation

Pantelis Ikonomou 04.10.24

ERT Tensions are escalating in the Middle East

Maria Gavouneli 04.10.24

Athina 98.4 “For the first time we cannot rule out the possibility of a full scale war”

Triantafyllos Karatrantos 02.10.24

ERTNews Middle East: “Escalation is inevitable: Netanyahu is leaving nothing to chance”.

Panayotis Tsakonas 26.09.24

102FM - ΕΡΤ3 Attacks in Lebanon: The role of technology in modern warfare

Triantafyllos Karatrantos 20.09.24

Parapolitika Hybrid Attacks in Lebanon: The Evolution of Military Operations and the Role of Technology

Triantafyllos Karatrantos 19.09.24

Middle East & Global Security

Triantafyllos Karatrantos, Odin Linardatou 16.08.24

“Understanding the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Causes, Responsibilities, and Prospects for Peace” – Tahani Mustafa

Odin Linardatou 10.07.24

Publications

The bill will come due: The short, medium and long-term consequences of the Iran war

Andreas C. Hatzidiakos 08.04.26

Does the military confrontation between the United States and Israel with Iran constitute a turning point for the security architecture of the Middle East, and what new balance of power is emerging in the aftermath? – ELIAMEP experts’ views

Triantafyllos Karatrantos, Ino Afentouli 05.03.26

ELIAMEP Explainer: Operation Rising Lion: Israel’s pre-emptive strike on Iran and its geopolitical aftermath

Dimitris Kollias 16.06.25

The energy and maritime consequences of the ongoing war in Gaza – Marika Karagianni

Marika Karagianni 22.02.24

The Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza 2023

15.12.23

The EU and Gaza 2023: Terrorism is fought with Counter-terrorism, not Wars against Civilians – Zafiris Tzannatos

16.11.23

Adapting to New Realities: Israel’s foreign policy in post-Netanyahu times – Gabriel Haritos

Gabriel Haritos 27.10.22

Media

ERTNews Ioannis Alexandris in ERTNews on the war in Iran and its broader geopolitical implications

Ioannis Alexandris 02.04.26

To Vima Dynamics, Deadlocks, and Opportunities

Panayotis Tsakonas 30.03.26

KReport Pakistan’s Mediation and the Broader Problem in the Middle East

Pantelis Ikonomou 30.03.26

Ta Nea The War in Iran and the Kurdish Issue

Ioannis N. Grigoriadis 27.03.26

Paratiritis Thrakis The “Fragile” Israel–Iran Ceasefire and the Middle East Equation for Greece

George Tzogopoulos 11.07.25

Deutsche Welle Al-Saraa: Serving Many “Masters” of New Syria

Gabriel Haritos 01.07.25

TA NEA Homo Homini Lupus

Dimitris Kollias 26.06.25

TA NEA Israel – Iran: five critical findings

Panayiotis Ioakimidis 26.06.25

KREPORT What sort of ceasefire, and for how long, in the Middle East?

Loukas Tsoukalis 25.06.25

KATHIMERINI Trump’s Gamble

Katerina Sokou 25.06.25

TA NEA If Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini were alive…

Maria Gavouneli 23.06.25

tovima.com The Unravelling: How the Israel-Iran War Marks the Collapse of the Old World Order

Dimitris Kollias 23.06.25

aljazeera Are Israel’s attacks against Iran legal?

John T Psaropoulos, Maria Gavouneli 20.06.25

tovima.com The Middle East on the Brink: War Is Easy to Start, Much Harder to End

Ronald Meinardus 18.06.25

TA NEA Hubris or the final answer?

Panayiotis Ioakimidis 16.06.25

KATHIMERINI The New Escalation, European Security, and Greece

Triantafyllos Karatrantos 16.06.25

KReport Israeli attack on Iran: Who really rules the planet?

Pantelis Ikonomou 15.06.25

LIFO The Middle East engulfed in flames

Maria Gavouneli, Triantafyllos Karatrantos 13.06.25

ekathimerini.com The Sinai verdict and the limits of Greek diplomacy

Ronald Meinardus 12.06.25

tovima.com Crisis on the Sinai: When Sacred Ground Becomes a Foreign Policy Fault Line

Ronald Meinardus 06.06.25

Huffington Post Saint Catherine Monastery as Sisi’s strategic “Trojan Horse” in Sinai

Gabriel Haritos 03.06.25

kathimerini.gr The insoluble problem and the proper political approach

George Tzogopoulos 29.05.25

TA NEA With Netanyahu or international law?

Panayiotis Ioakimidis 28.05.25

Ta Nea U.S.–Israeli coordination

George Tzogopoulos 25.05.25

Ta Nea The U.S. Is tired of listening to him

Gerasimos Tsourapas 25.05.25

To Vima Israel and Hamas in a deadlock

Gabriel Haritos 25.05.25

To Vima Greece and the new Middle East

George Tzogopoulos 25.05.25

LIFO “Back to the era that the strong do what they can”

Triantafyllos Karatrantos 23.05.25

Peacefare.net Nuclear Iran – facts, goals and opportunity

Pantelis Ikonomou 20.05.25

TA NEA Iranian crisis and unexpected events

Pantelis Ikonomou 02.05.25

tovima.com Two Traumatized Societies, One Shared Hope: An Israeli-Palestinian Peace Mission in Athens

Ronald Meinardus 06.04.25

TA NEA Greece and Israel: The questions raised

Panayiotis Ioakimidis 04.04.25

Liberal.gr Possibility of implementing a new ceasefire agreement

Gabriel Haritos 30.03.25

Liberal.gr Middle East: Tension on all fronts with “Somaliland” a new flashpoint

Gabriel Haritos 26.03.25

Liberal.gr US and Hamas propose a new ceasefire plan

Gabriel Haritos 08.03.25

Liberal.gr Egypt’s Gaza reconstruction plan raises questions

Gabriel Haritos 04.03.25

Liberal.gr Israel reconsiders its position on the continuation of the ceasefire

Gabriel Haritos 23.02.25

Deutsche Welle How Riyadh became… the Mecca of peace

Gabriel Haritos 22.02.25

liberal.gr Middle East: Fragile situation in southern Lebanon – Unstable ceasefire progress in Gaza

Gabriel Haritos 20.02.25

liberal.gr Hezbollah’s influence reduced in the new government

Gabriel Haritos 12.02.25

ΤΑ ΝΕΑ The aftermath of two meetings concerning the Middle East

Ioannis N. Grigoriadis 10.02.25

Liberal.gr The symbolic messages sent out by the hostages’ release

Gabriel Haritos 03.02.25

Ta Nea Strategic realignments in the Middle East

Ioannis N. Grigoriadis 26.01.25

INTERNATIONAL NEW YORK TIMES_KATHIMERINI Syria’s impact on regional rivalries

Ronald Meinardus 23.01.25

Zenith Syria and Greek-Turkish relations: Ankara’s growing influence and its implications

Ronald Meinardus 21.01.25

Deutsche Welle Greece and Cyprus in the sinking sand of the Middle East

Gabriel Haritos 15.01.25

liberal.gr A free for all in Syria

Gabriel Haritos 08.01.25

Ertnews Syria: analyzing the new regime’s first steps on the international and domestic stages

Panayotis Tsakonas 08.01.25

Ertnews The axes that will shape the situation in the Middle East in 2025

George Tzogopoulos 06.01.25

Ta Nea The return of the Kurdish question

Ioannis N. Grigoriadis 06.01.25

liberal.gr Iran: The fatal dilemmas and the danger from within

Gabriel Haritos 05.01.25

Ta Nea Middle East: Walking the tightrope over instability

Triantafyllos Karatrantos 04.01.25

TO VIMA Ankara will “close” the sea between Syria and Cyprus.

Marika Karagianni 31.12.24

liberal.gr Egypt: Open fronts, red lines, and sources of destabilization

Gabriel Haritos 30.12.24

liberal.gr Jordan and the Gulf Monarchies: Uncertainties, Challenges, and Realpolitik

Gabriel Haritos 28.12.24

liberal.gr The Scenarios and Challenges in Post-War Gaza

Gabriel Haritos 26.12.24

Liberal.gr Israel versus enemies and allies and the strategy for the “new” Syria

Gabriel Haritos 24.12.24

EFIMERIDA TON SYNTAKTON Syria, a mirror of modern proxy wars

Natalia Tellidou 24.12.24

Liberal The Druze of Lebanon are opposed to a potential secession of their compatriots from the “new” Syria

Gabriel Haritos 23.12.24

INTERNATIONAL NEW YORK TIMES_KATHIMERINI Turkey’s rising influence in Syria an unstated concern for Athens

Ronald Meinardus 20.12.24

protagon.gr Israel – Turkey: Power Games in the Middle East

Gabriel Haritos 20.12.24

Deutsche Welle Time for big decisions for the Syrian Druze minority

Gabriel Haritos 16.12.24

Ta Nea Turkey and post-Assad Syria.

Ioannis N. Grigoriadis 14.12.24

Ta Nea The Middle East maelstrom, Syria and Turkey

Dimitris Kourkoulas 12.12.24

tovima.com Syria’s new power dynamics: regional upheaval and Europe’s opportunity

Ronald Meinardus 11.12.24

Ta Nea Why Lebanon?

Dimitris Kourkoulas 08.12.24

INTERNATIONAL NEW YORK TIMES_KATHIMERINI Turkey, Russia and the new phase of the war in Syria

Ronald Meinardus 06.12.24

Deutsche Welle Southern Lebanon: The ceasefire and its traps

Gabriel Haritos 04.12.24

insidestory.gr War in Gaza: The ICC warrants, the events, the speculations, and what comes next.

Stavros-Evdokimos Pantazopoulos 27.11.24

Deutsche Welle Israeli optimism for a ceasefire in Lebanon

Gabriel Haritos 26.11.24

Deutsche Welle Middle East: Russian Moves with an Eye on Ukraine

Gabriel Haritos 08.11.24

peacefare.net Mushroom clouds over the Middle East

Pantelis Ikonomou 01.11.24

ekathimerini.com Cyprus New Role in Regional Security

George Tzogopoulos 30.10.24

INTERNATIONAL NEW YORK TIMES-KATHIMERINI One year after October 7

George Tzogopoulos 07.10.24

Ta Nea October 7: “Learn righteousness…”

Panayiotis Ioakimidis 07.10.24

Ta Nea The crisis in the Middle East and Turkey’s nuclear programme

Ioannis N. Grigoriadis 06.10.24

LIFO Is chaos making a return to the Middle East?

Maria Gavouneli, Triantafyllos Karatrantos 04.10.24

Kathimerini War calculations and US elections

Katerina Sokou 02.10.24

Ertnews Who will succeed Hassan Nasrallah?

Gabriel Haritos 29.09.24

Athina 9,84 The conflict in Lebanon was a given: it was just a matter of time

Triantafyllos Karatrantos 29.09.24

Proto Programma ERT The two wars between Ukraine and Gaza are linked

Pantelis Ikonomou 16.09.24

Ta Nea Who was more correct, Talleyrand or Marx?

Loukas Tsoukalis 15.09.24

Ertnews Protests in Israel a relief valve for tensions

Gabriel Haritos 03.09.24

Deutsche Welle Why is Netanyahu becoming more popular?

Gabriel Haritos 28.08.24

Ertnews The differences between Israel and Egypt in the spotlight

Gabriel Haritos 22.08.24

Kathimerini The geopolitical background to current affairs today

Pantelis Ikonomou 22.08.24

Deutsche Welle Crisis in Israel-Egypt Relations

Gabriel Haritos 22.08.24

Πρώτο Πρόγραμμα ΕΡΤ The many dimensions of the conflict in the Middle East

Triantafyllos Karatrantos 13.08.24

Το Βήμα There is a point of no return

Maria Gavouneli 11.08.24

Το Βήμα Greece in an unstable environment

George Tzogopoulos 11.08.24

Καθημερινή The Middle East and the risks for the West

Triantafyllos Karatrantos 11.08.24

Καθημερινή The Middle East and the US elections

Katerina Sokou 07.08.24

Τα Νέα Middle East: risks for Greece

Panayiotis Ioakimidis 05.08.24

Πρώτο Πρόγραμμα ΕΡΤ Israel – Iran: the risk of regional conflagration

Triantafyllos Karatrantos 05.08.24

Αθήνα 9.84 The wheels of conflict continue to turn in the Middle East

Maria Gavouneli 01.08.24

Τα Νέα Israel’s responsibility

Panayiotis Ioakimidis 01.08.24

Πρώτο Πρόγραμμα ΕΡΤ What does Haniyeh’s death mean for Hamas?

Triantafyllos Karatrantos 31.07.24

Ertnews Climate of Readiness in Israel and Lebanon

Gabriel Haritos 30.07.24

ΕΡΤ 4rd ELIAMEP – ACG Summer Academy: The Mediterranean in the spotlight

10.07.24

Events

Closed roundtable discussion on: “Greece and Cyprus amid the crisis in the Middle East”

Ino Afentouli, Elena Lazarou 23.03.26

Crises in Focus – Online Discussion Series: The Middle East in Crisis

Elena Lazarou 10.03.26

Crises in Focus – Online Discussion Series: Syria in Crisis

Ioannis N. Grigoriadis 05.02.26

Crises in Focus – Online Discussion Series: Τhe Arctic in Crisis

22.01.26

Crises in Focus – Online Discussion Series: Venezuela in Crisis

Elena Lazarou 22.01.26

Crises in Focus – Online Discussion Series: Iran in Crisis

Ioannis N. Grigoriadis 19.01.26

Closed discussion with Ambassador Alexandre Stutzmann

Loukas Tsoukalis, Elena Lazarou 15.10.25

Closed Roundtable Discussion with Ambassador Stephan Klement

Pantelis Ikonomou 04.06.25

Roundtable discussion with Ambassador Amir Weissbrod

Maria Gavouneli 24.04.25

Panel Discussion on “Beyond Conflict: Israeli and Palestinian Perspectives on Europe’s Role in a Political Solution”

Maria Gavouneli, Ronald Meinardus 27.03.25

“Ambassadors Circle”: Meeting with H.E. the Ambassador of Egypt in Greece

Maria Gavouneli 19.12.24

Roundtable discussion with Ms. Nomi Bar-Yaacov

Loukas Tsoukalis, Maria Gavouneli 07.10.24

4th ELIAMEP – ACG Summer Academy: Bridging Perspectives: Training Young Leaders Across the Mediterranean

31.01.24

Online discussion: “India-Europe corridor – a necessity for the Mediterranean – Can it survive the Middle East conflict?”

Cleopatra Kitti, Dimitris Kourkoulas 26.10.23

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