The defense and security of states are composed of many variables. These depend on their own political capabilities - and what they do to increase them, and on how neighboring countries behave always in relation to the broader international environment. The Greek nation is very close to zones of increasing fluidity. Crises and new geopolitical relationships in the Balkans and the Middle East, with high or direct American involvement, but now also with a highly competitive Russia, directly affect the course of Greece and Cyprus. In a ranking of the problems of Greek foreign policy, there is no doubt that Turkish revisionist policy remains first by far, expressed in words and deeds. The ruling elites in Greece and Cyprus, especially in recent years, wanted to relegate and downgrade it. Despite the conciliation and concessions of the Greek side, Turkish aggression remains strong, increasing entrapment and pressure.

Containing the texts:
- Kyra Adam: "Visible and invisible components of Turkish aggression in the Aegean"
- Theofanis Malkidis: "The Albanian national issue after the Cold War"
- Vasilios Grammatikas: "The experiment of Bosnia-Herzegovina"
- Panagiotis Hephaestus: "Greek national strategy - Concept, objectives, conditions for successful fulfillment: the case of the European perspective of Cyprus"
- Christos Alexandrou: "The current historical juncture of the Greek-Turkish confrontation"
- Stavros Lygeros: "Iraq, the Kurdish issue and their extensions"
- Angelos Syrigos: "After the rejection of the Annan plan"
- Kostas Venizelos: "The perennial British stance on the Cyprus issue"
- Theofanis Malkidis: "Economic relations, foreign and domestic policy, and society in modern Russia".