{"id":2483,"date":"2026-05-07T10:26:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T07:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coneen.gr\/the-eastern-mediterranean-as-a-hub-for-transport-energy-and-security\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T17:49:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T14:49:53","slug":"the-eastern-mediterranean-as-a-hub-for-transport-energy-and-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coneen.gr\/en\/the-eastern-mediterranean-as-a-hub-for-transport-energy-and-security\/","title":{"rendered":"The Eastern Mediterranean as a hub for transport, energy, and security."},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2483\" class=\"elementor elementor-2483 elementor-2027\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32bb410 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"32bb410\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-011adb4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"011adb4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The Eastern Mediterranean as a hub for transport, energy, and security. (First Section) <\/strong><\/p><p>The Eastern Mediterranean is evolving into a critical hub with three interconnected dimensions: transport, energy, and security. While interest is tangible, the situation is not as &#8216;mature&#8217; as it appears. Infrastructure development is uneven, energy projects are delayed or being re-evaluated, and the security aspect remains the weakest link. In simple terms: there is potential, but not yet stability.   <\/p><p>In the first section of the conference, this topic will be discussed extensively, and answers will be provided to key questions, including the following:<\/p><ul><li>Who truly controls the essential infrastructure (ports, networks, energy hubs)?<\/li><li>How sustainable are large energy projects given current costs and geopolitical tensions?<\/li><li>Is there a unified strategy among the states in the region, or do fragmented actions prevail?<\/li><li>How does the presence of major powers (USA, China, Russia) affect the balance of power?<\/li><li>Are existing security structures sufficient to protect critical maritime routes?<\/li><li>What practical role can Greece play, beyond its geographical location?<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Eastern Mediterranean as a hub for transport, energy, and security. (First Section) The Eastern Mediterranean is evolving into a critical hub with three interconnected dimensions: transport, energy, and security. While interest is tangible, the situation is not as &#8216;mature&#8217; as it appears. Infrastructure development is uneven, energy projects are delayed or being re-evaluated, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2446,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_theme","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"full-width-container","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coneen.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coneen.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coneen.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coneen.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coneen.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2483"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/coneen.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2484,"href":"https:\/\/coneen.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2483\/revisions\/2484"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coneen.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coneen.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coneen.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coneen.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}