GGRREEEEKK SSEECCUURRIITTYY PPOOLLIICCYY IINN st TTHHEE 2211sstt CCEENNTTUURRYY TThhaannooss DDookkooss ((eedd..)) ELIAMEP Policy Paper No. 9 Copyright © 2007 HELLENIC FOUNDATION FOR EUROPEAN AND FOREIGN POLICY (ELIAMEP) All rights reserved ISBN 978-960-8356-20-7 Greek Security Policy In the 21st century Thanos Dokos (ed.) HELLENIC FOUNDATION FOR EUROPEAN & FOREIGN POLICY (ELIAMEP) 49 Vas. Sofias Av. 106 76 Athens, Greece Τel: (+30) 210 7257110 Fax: (+30) 210 7257114 e-mail:
[email protected] url: http://www.eliamep.gr _______________________________________________________________ The Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) was founded in 1988 and operates as an independent, non- profit, policy- oriented research and training institute. It functions as a forum of debate on international issues, as an information centre, as well as a point of contact for experts and policymakers. Over the years, ELIAMEP has developed into and influential think-tank on foreign policy and international relations issues. ELIAMEP neither expresses, nor represents, any specific political party view. It is only devoted to the right of free and well- documented discourse. 2 ELIAMEP Policy Paper No. 9 INTRODUCTION The study aims to provide a comprehensive overview of Greek security policy in terms of description of the regional security environment, threat assessment, defence planning, defence industry, current and future procurement decisions, participation to the European security architecture, soft security threats and challenges and policy options. The analysis of trends, threat assessment, predictions and recommendations were on a medium- to long-term basis, covering the next ten years (keeping, of course, in mind that ten years in the extremely fluid current international system is a rather long-time and many predictions and policy prescriptions may become quickly outdated and obsolete).