Dimitris Rapidis

Archives for Conflict

Russia’s Geopolitical Assertiveness in Ukraine

March 7, 2014

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 unrest in Crimea deepens, EU leaders adopted a string of “sanctions” against Russia, with the most striking amongst them the cancellation of the EU-Russia Summit.… » read more

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BRICs, Conflict, English, Geopolitics, Global Europe, Global Politics

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The Ukrainian Crisis is NOT an EU Crisis

March 3, 2014

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 not properly prepared to address the issue of post-leadership crisis. None of the involving parts of the opposition have prepared the “next page” and… » read more

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BRICs, Bridging Europe, Conflict, English, Geopolitics, Global Europe, Global Financial System, Global Politics

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The Ukrainian Conundrum

January 27, 2014

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. The first and most ardent part is massively demonstrating in the streets of Kyiv and other major cities, pressing the Presidency to shift roles or… » read more

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Bridging Europe, Conflict, English, Geopolitics, Global Europe, Global Politics

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Memories That Count In Voting

January 6, 2014

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 people aged between 15-29 lived in the EU-27. The acceding country of Croatia as well as the five candidate member-states from Eastern Balkans are expected to add… » read more

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Bridging Europe, Conflict, English, EU elections 2014, EU institutions, EU integration, eu priorities, member states, Racism, Social Cohesion

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Do we actually have an agreement on Iran’s Nuclear Program?

November 24, 2013

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 space for various interpretation. The first and most powerful one came on Sunday morning (24.11.13) by the Israeli Prime Minister Mr. Netanyahu, stating… » read more

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Conflict, English, EU institutions, EU integration, Geopolitics, Global Europe, Global Politics, Middle East, Syria, US Policy

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The NSA Scandal: Look Beyond Hypocrisy

October 28, 2013

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 be considered as a “friendly country” and “ally” for the European Union, especially when rumors reveal spying even in Chancellor’s Merkel cellphone? How hypocritical is the shock… » read more

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Conflict, English, Geopolitics, Global Politics, member states, US Policy

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Law and Order in Turbulent Times

October 22, 2013

It is historically proven that whenever the political authority lacks widespread credibility and social support, governments resort to the latest ideological weapon they have, which is the exertion of the doctrine “law and order”. Pollsters in Greece show that the government is gradually losing even the last ramparts of social support, and therefore trying to… » read more

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Conflict, English, member states, Social Cohesion

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The wide and complex network of al-Qaeda

October 9, 2013

The atrocities on Nairobi’s Westgate shopping mall with the hostage crisis and the death of tens of people cannot be considered as a single event, but it has to be encompassed in a wider chain of violence and terrorism that al-Qaeda is exerting through the development of its affiliates in Africa, Southeastern Asia and Middle… » read more

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Conflict, Geopolitics, Global Politics, Middle East, Syria

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Rohani’s Concessional Approach

September 18, 2013

Iran’s newly-elected President Hassan Rohani is reportedly turned to be concessional in order to reach an agreement over the nuclear program of his country. After a long-running standoff with the West, Rohani seems to abandon the absolutism of his predecessor ex-President Ahmadinejad and try to get closer to the US demands for opacity over Iran’s… » read more

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A Strategic Shift: Russia over US in Syria Debate

September 15, 2013

In his international bestseller “The Post-American World and the Rise of the Rest”, the host of CNN’s flagship foreign affairs show “GPS” Mr. Fareed Zakaria had pointed out a preliminary study over the world after the fall of American imperialism. The author had made clear that even if other world powers, like Russia or China,… » read more

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Dimitris Rapidis

Politics | Communication | Strategic Analysis

Dimitris Rapidis is a Strategist, Publicist, and Commentator on Greek, European Politics and Latin American Politics. Has has worked at the European Parliament, at think-tanks and NGOs in EU. He is founder of Bridging Europe.

Dimitris is thoroughly involved in the analysis of the Greek financial crisis in Eurozone, the political and geopolitical shifts globally. His analyses and interviews have been featured in national, European and regional broadcasting networks, media, and journals, such as Bloomberg, Euronews, Associated Press, Al Jazeera, El Pais, Publico, El Mundo, La Razon, Sputnik, Russia Today, Newsweek, Financier Worldwide, Die Welt, Handelsblatt, BBC, Nouvel Observateur, Anadolu Agency, Hurriyet, among others. He has studied political science and international affairs at the Universities of Athens and Geneva. Dimitris is founding member of the Research Committee on Geopolitics (RC-41) of the International Political Science Association, and the Model of the European Union of the Galatasary University. He has been a guest speaker at numerous international academic and governmental conferences, summer schools and symposia in Europe.

Twitter: @rapidis


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