The incoming Biden Administration ushers in a new era for Greece-Turkey relations ARTICLE When it appeared certain that the scales of the US presidential election of November 3rd, 2020, were tipping in favor of Joe Biden, there began to appear a wave of news stories, particularly in the Greek daily and weekly press By Ioannis Papadopoulos
Convicting Golden Dawn ARTICLE Today is a historic day, not only for Greece but with a european impact. More than five years after the start of one of the most important trials in the late history of Greece, a convicting judgment was passed.
Is there a solution to the Aegean dispute? ARTICLE The disputes over the Aegean Sea clearly constitute the “core” of Greek-Turkish relations. Each side claims to be exclusively in the right, and that the other side is always being provocative and in the wrong. By Thodoros Tsikas
After (?) the pandemic: democracy and (in)security the next day ARTICLE "It is much better to be feared than loved", we read in an apostrophe of the Prince by Machiavelli. Thus, fear ensures obedience. The conscious assignment of rights living space in the name of threat brought forward by freedom. If people are afraid, then even external compulsion is not that indispensable. By Dimitris Christopoulos
A very predictable curveball ΑΡΘΡΟ For many, the current depression is expected to be harsher than the historical Great Depression of 1929. The simultaneous collapse of both offer and demand is causing an economic downtrend of indefinite duration, that is highly dependent on the course of the pandemic in the following months. By Christos Laskos
Mazedonien Konflikt: Wütende Kundgebungen und nationalistische Sackgasse ARTICLE Das „mazedonische Problem“ ist Gegenstand und Ergebnis einer aufgeregten öffentlichen Debatte. Die Aufregung rührt auch daher, dass wir einer für beide Seiten akzeptablen Lösung noch nie so nah waren. Aber beiden Seiten fällt es schwer, den eingeschlagenen Weg der Annäherung bis zum Ende zu gehen. By Kostis Papaioannou
Greek Elections 2015: Quo Vadis, Alexis? ARTICLE Will the Greek crisis return? Will Tsipras be able to stave it off? The road to national dignity is paved with good intentions and even better proclamations. By Eleni Panagiotarea
The Greek Referendum of 5 July 2015: A series of blunders of which the largest and latest was Syriza's blunder ARTICLE How come a left-wing government in a EU country which had won a fresh electoral victory just five months ago and had the ear of its country’s lenders for a considerable time period after it came to power, is now governing a country in which long queues of citizens are continuously formed in front of ATM machines, while old age pensioners form other queues to receive a fraction of their pension? By Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos
This is about Europe and not just about Greece ARTICLE Are our leaders really incapable of bridging a gap of less than 0.5BN Euro? Co-Chairs Monica Frassoni and Reinhard Bütikofer comment on the latest developments concerning Greece. A deal between Greece and its creditors was possible just three days ago. It is still possible.
Greece: The first green government in Europe? ARTICLE There is a remarkable extent to which Syriza is in practice a Green government. First, the Greek Green Party is a part of the Syriza coalition – they got one MP elected, who was promptly promoted to deputy environment minister. Secondly, they adopted the entire Green platform: look through the policy commitments of Tsipras’ government and the manifestoes of the Green parties in the UK, and you’ll find little to separate them.