The challenges to Greek security and the role of the National Security Council

A country which lies in a difficult neighborhood, with a rather poor tradition in crisis management and faced with a demographic crisis, tough economic obligations, chronic failures of the state apparatus, a dysfunctional educational system and a problematic mind-set in multiple areas, has few chances of achieving prosperity or even of surviving unless it introduces the necessary reforms and adjustments to meet the demands of the time.

These include preparing a strategic plan and a roadmap to achieve set goals, as well as building an effective crisis management mechanism. The complexity of contemporary national security challenges, the interaction between the different aspects of the international system and the need for effective participation in the shaping of the security architecture in our region with an active presence in the European Union, NATO and other formal and...