OPINION

06.10.2021 / 21:00 EDITORIAL

Freedom with checks

People who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus should be able to freely enjoy all aspects of social life. For them, there is no reason for any government-imposed restrictions.

06.10.2021 / 15:52 CONSTANTINE CAPSASKIS

Any European defense union has a Turkey-sized problem

The AUKUS security pact has clearly served as a rude awakening for many in the European Union leadership.

06.10.2021 / 14:53 ANDREW TZEMBELICOS

We’re in this new ‘normal’ together

As governments and citizens alike grapple with the aftermath of the wildfires in the greater Athens area and across Greece, there are some simple fixes landowners might make to help mitigate potential property damage from future wildfires.

05.10.2021 / 23:32 DIMITRI A. SOTIROPOULOS AND ALEXIA MITSIKOSTAS

Challenges to European democracies today

In European democracies today, existing institutional arrangements of controlling and influencing politics are more refined than ever in the history of contemporary democratic politics, but are very far from being perfect.

05.10.2021 / 23:08 YIOULI EPTAKILI

The ego cult of the 19%

There is no reason to believe that those who have until now refused to get a Covid-19 shot will at some point come around to the idea of getting a vaccine.

05.10.2021 / 21:15 TOM ELLIS

Opposition to parts of defense deal with France

The main party of the opposition, a status which comes with major institutional weight, has raised two objections over the agreement.

05.10.2021 / 21:00 EDITORIAL

KINAL at the ballot

After solving various procedural problems, the center-left coalition Movement for Change (KINAL) is entering the final stretch for electing a new party leader.

05.10.2021 / 12:21 ALEXANDROS P. MALLIAS

The United Nations, synergies and the Classics

Asymmetry, antagonism, anomaly: They sound Greek to me… Three words characterizing the symptoms of the asthenic ecumenical system.

05.10.2021 / 08:06 BRUCE CLARK

How to mix strength with weakness

Measuring the power of a religious leader is never easy.

04.10.2021 / 19:10 ENDY ZEMENIDES

Is America really back?

In a 1990 Atlantic Monthly piece, the most influential realist of a generation – John Mearsheimer – put forth a provocative title: “Why we will soon miss the Cold War.”

04.10.2021 / 07:57 NIKOLAS KATSIMPRAS

From 1988 to 2060, a journey to the future with a Belharra warship

How far back does 1988 feel today? Let us recollect some events from the era to give us a better feeling of the temporal distance.

03.10.2021 / 22:18 ALEXIS PAPACHELAS

Political instability through coalitions

Some people dream of coalition and weak governments – for many different reasons. But is Greece a country that can be governed with a system of proportional representation?

03.10.2021 / 21:46 EDITORIAL

Methodical work

Greece has taken some important steps in the last two years: It has reached an agreement on the delimitation of maritime zones with three of its neighbors; it has deepened its strategic alliances.

03.10.2021 / 10:13 MARIA KATSOUNAKI

The immunity of sit-ins

Very little has changed in Greek school sit-ins, an annual ritual, save that today they are being staged against the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic.

02.10.2021 / 21:40 EDITORIAL

Disappointing decision

The main opposition party has acknowledged the strategic importance of the defense agreement with France, as well as the operational needs that it will meet.