Security studies

The Labor Ministry is examining a plan that would see the securitization of major debtors' dues to the social security funds and the concession of their management to third parties.

The international security agenda and the theoretical ways to study it have expanded tremendously since the end of the Cold War. Once the strict control of the global east-west military ideological rivalry lifted, various new threats and ways to analyze them emerged. These were the issues discussed in a three-day workshop organized recently by the International Relations Council of Turkey.

Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias is continuing meetings with leading figures of U.S. congress on Wednesday.

On the third day of his visit, he will meet with the U.S. President's National Security Advisor Susan Rice at the White House.

By Vangelis Mandravelis

The selection of the state properties to enter the securitization process begins on Tuesday as the Public Properties Company’s governing board is expected to approve the tender for the contractors to manage all pending issues related to the title deeds of some 3,000 properties.