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The Present Battle over Greece’s Past is Seeding New Battles in its Future
The streets of Greece have been raging with marches, violent clashes between police and protesters, and clandestine violence since the right-wing New Democracy party...
Turkey’s confrontational foreign policy in the Eastern Mediterranean
Since August 2020, Turkey has been sending several drill ships to the Eastern Mediterranean, which raised diplomatic tensions in the area. The dispute started...
The Great Game in the Mediterranean
As we have repeatedly stressed, the discovery of large gas fields off the coast of Israel, Cyprus, Egypt and Lebanon, has meant that the...
Talking Turkey With Greece: Turkey and Israel’s Marriage of Convenience
On January 25, Graeco-Turkish talks begin, at which Turkish claims to Greek island territories will be high on the agenda. Before we briefly consider...
The projection of Turkish power in the Eastern Mediterranean
The recent military conflict between Greece and Turkey over potential gas fields located in disputed waters is linked to a complex historical and political...
What New Institutions Do We Need For An International Green New Deal To Be Feasible?
As part of the Geneva Lecture Series concepted and conducted by prof. Anis H. Bajrektarevic, former Finance Minister of Greece, Professor Yanis Varoufakis centered...
Turkey’s Groundless Claims for Greek Islands in the Aegean
Turkey’s expansionism into the waters of the East Mediterranean over the last year rekindled maritime differences with Greece over the delineation of continental shelf...
“Insurgent Holidays”: Greece’s Three Annual Days of Political Violence
September to December is a time of holidays in the West, but in Greece, it is also a time of “insurgent holidays”: three specific...
Migration: Commission and Greece agree joint plan for a new reception centre in Lesvos
Today, the Commission agreed a detailed plan with Greek authorities and EU agencies to establish a new, up-to-standard reception centre on the island of...
Greece and UAE’s Strategic Cooperation: A New Regional Equilibrium in the Making
The agreement on Joint Cooperation in Foreign Policy and Defence between Greece and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a milestone for bilateral relations...