1554: City of São Paulo founded in Brazil 1565: Battle of Talikota: The Deccan Sultanates destroy Vijayanagar’s army and the last Hindu kingdom of Southern India 1840: American naval expedition under Charles Wilkes is first to identify Antarctica as a new continent 1949: First Israeli election won by David Ben-Gurion’s Mapai party 1971: Military coup […]
By Konstantina Nikou, Analyst KEDISA The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has long counted on the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) support to counter potential threats in the Middle East. The two allies have worked closely to push back impending democratic changes during the Arab uprisings, and both are broadly opposed to political Islam. The UAE […]
By Spyros Tsaparas, Junior Analyst KEDISA Introduction After the end of the Second World War and the victory of the Allied Powers, the post war period was based on founding principles to avoid another devastating conflict. Stemming from classical international relations theory, the Liberal post war period upheld trade between states as a tool of […]
A proposal by a professor at Athens’ National Technical University (NTUA) to seek NATO funding has sparked controversy over a 25-year-old regulation prohibiting research financed by international military alliances.
41: Claudius succeeds his nephew Caligula as Roman Emperor after the latter’s assassination by officers of the Praetorian Guard 1848: James Marshall finds gold in Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, California 1857: University of Calcutta is founded as the first full-fledged university in South Asia 1899: Rubber heel for boots or shoes is patented by American Humphrey […]
By Stephen Rapp, Senior Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict at the Blavatnik School, as part of the International Peace Programme.
The Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Energy and Agriculture, as well as the Deputy Minister for Research, of the Republic of Cyprus will visit Abu Dhabi on Friday as part of efforts to further deepen and strengthen bilateral relations between the Republic and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Foreign Minister, Constantinos Kombos, said on Thursday, following a […]
North Star Entertainment is banking on Athens’ steadily rising tourism flows to support visitor demand at the Voria hotel and entertainment complex under construction in Maroussi, northern Athens, where the Mont Parnes casino is due to be relocated from its current site, further out north, on Mount Parnitha.
971: War elephant corps of the Southern Han defeated at Shao by crossbow fire from Song Dynasty troops forcing the Southern Han state to submit to the Song Dynasty. First regular war elephant corps in the Chinese army. 1368: In a coronation ceremony, Zhu Yuanzhang, aged 40, ascends to the throne of China as the […]
By Martin Banks MEPs say that the EU needs to “strengthen its global partnerships and enhance its threat deterrence.”
