OPINION

30.05.2022 / 21:30 HENRI J BARKEY

Blocking NATO expansion will only harm Turkey

Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine has sufficiently alarmed Finland and Sweden for them to reverse decades-long policies and apply for immediate membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. But what appeared to be a no-brainer for the Alliance has quickly hit a roadblock in the form of Turkey’s mercurial president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

30.05.2022 / 21:15 ALEXIS PAPACHELAS

The diplomatic Bermuda Triangle

There’s a Greek song that says “love is for two.” It could have been written about Greek-American relations, except for the fact that there always – but always – seems to be a third wheel somewhere.

30.05.2022 / 13:46 KOSTAS KALLITSIS

One thing leads to another

The European Commission has decided to extend the suspension of the Stability Pact on public debt (60% of GDP) and budget deficits (3% of GDP) for one more year, until the end of 2023.

30.05.2022 / 07:50 CHRISTOS ROZAKIS

Erdogan’s revisionism

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been very busy these past few months, both on the broader international stage and in terms of Greek-Turkish relations.

28.05.2022 / 22:37 EDITORIAL

History’s outsiders

Almost half a century has gone by since democracy was restored in Greece after the 1967-74 dictatorship and there are some conversations that should have been settled by now.

28.05.2022 / 20:36 MARIA KATSOUNAKI

The great resignation

“Attracting workers” has become the new mantra being repeated, like an invocation, by those alarmed by the impact on the local labor market of the so-called “great resignation” trend.

27.05.2022 / 23:21 EDITORIAL

An opportunity for Greek universities

Addressing security on campus is not the only challenge facing Greece’s universities.

27.05.2022 / 20:15 NIKOS KONSTANDARAS

Is anyone at the wheel?

The annual World Economic Forum at Davos provided heads of state and government, businesspeople, academics and members of “civil society” with the opportunity to tackle the world’s most pressing issues at this critical time.

27.05.2022 / 11:49 KOSTIS FAFOUTIS

Party strategy as Greece heads to the next election

The terms of the political game leading up to the next general election in Greece – whenever that ends up taking place – have become much clearer following the conclusion of the congress of the PASOK-KINAL (Movement for Change) socialist party.

27.05.2022 / 08:03 SAKIS MOUMTZIS

Sending arms to Ukraine

What Russia originally thought was going to be a 48-hour cakewalk with Ukraine has now dragged on for more than three months and the fact that the country has held out as long as it has is already a defeat for Moscow.

26.05.2022 / 21:59 EDITORIAL

Calm determination

The choice not to make the troublesome behavior of our irascible neighbor the focal point of Greece’s international appearances has proven to be the correct one in practice.

26.05.2022 / 21:59 TOM ELLIS

Greece informs its allies and partners; Erdogan is irked

Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed annoyance at “third parties” becoming involved in Greek-Turkish affairs. Erdogan does not want others involved in bilateral relations with Greece because his country is seen as being the strongest of the two.

26.05.2022 / 08:42 NOTIS PAPADOPOULOS

Androulakis and PASOK’s second chance

Not even PASOK’s warmest supporters had anticipated that the party’s congress would pan out so smoothly – without whining, clashes and personal stratagems.

25.05.2022 / 23:06 EDITORIAL

A new weapon

The illicit jobs market in Greece is widely considered an incurable ailment, and many widely trumpeted cures have been tried, and failed.

25.05.2022 / 22:53 PASCHOS MANDRAVELIS

The Greek productivity paradox

Economist Robert Solow remarked that you could see the computer age everywhere except in productivity. In this country, the computer age is evident everywhere, except in our pockets.