OPINION

16.09.2021 / 19:51

Greece’s significant air power projection

Greece’s military procurement program – a thorn in Turkey’s side, described by its defense minister, Hulusi Akar, as “provocative” – is back at the fore, after the recent briefing in Parliament about the navy’s acquisition of 44 torpedoes for its Type 214 submarines.

16.09.2021 / 17:35 EDWARD NICOLAE LUTTWAK

Yes, Biden does have a strategy!

Soon after becoming vice president in 2009, Joe Biden told Barack Obama and the entire National Security Council that the United States should stop trying to build a feminist democracy in Afghanistan of all places.

15.09.2021 / 23:05

Price hikes added to explosive mix

Europe is facing yet another tough dilemma as it grapples with climate change and social unrest. European Union leaders have set very ambitious goals for the green growth transition, which are however driving up energy prices.

15.09.2021 / 23:00

Equal opportunities

At a time when real estate values are rising at a much higher rate than wages, it would be a good idea to support young people. 

14.09.2021 / 23:00

Accountability without exclusion

Democracy is based on customary and written rules alike. The prime minister’s press conference that is held every year on the sidelines of the Thessaloniki International Fair has been traditionally established as an opportunity for accountability to the media. 

13.09.2021 / 22:25

Lessons from Portugal

A recent story about the Independent Authority for Public Revenue getting ready to connect some 500,000 business cash registers to the tax collection system came as something of a shock.

13.09.2021 / 13:46 DEMETRIES GRIMES

Americans and US allies deserve accountability for Afghanistan

Twenty years after the September 11 attacks that launched the US-led allied intervention in Afghanistan, General Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr, USMC, commander of US Central Command, defeatedly stated, “We did not get out everyone who wanted to get out.” 

12.09.2021 / 23:16

Coiled-spring economy

Recorded growth shows the main goal has been achieved: The pandemic did not irreparably damage Greece’s economy.

11.09.2021 / 23:03

Imagine

Imagine a world without the terrorist attacks of September 11. Imagine a world without the pandemic, the millions of dead, the conspiracy theorists, the anti-vaxxers.

11.09.2021 / 21:51

Decision time

All experts agree that the next wave of the pandemic is imminent, with the reopening of schools and the change of weather serving as the trigger.

10.09.2021 / 23:00

Mikis Theodorakis’ victory

With his life and work, Mikis Theodorakis won the right to be regarded as “ecumenical,” as someone belonging to the whole world. He became a symbol of the Greeks. For him, as for many Greeks, “ecumenical” and “Greek” are not contradictory terms.

10.09.2021 / 22:45

Unnecessary speculation

Regardless of whether it’s the result of a poor communication strategy or is an intentional attempt to exert pressure on the unvaccinated public, the constant announcements suggesting that mandatoryvaccinations will be expanded risks undermining a measure that has already proven to be effective.

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