OPINION

24.01.2021 / 09:46 YANNIS VALINAKIS

A dialogue without terms, rules and guarantees?

Political romanticism, intense external pressures or electoral purposes are the only explanations as to why Greece, instead of reversing pressures and taking full advantage of the available strategic window, prefers to concede the advantage to a cornered Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

24.01.2021 / 00:11

The tyranny of ‘no to everything’

Policing. The use of the word alone makes understanding difficult. At best, it makes one grimace; at worst, it triggers the mental “repository” of the civil war, rich in unclassified material, and its post-war continuation under an authoritarian state.

23.01.2021 / 23:09

A matter of credibility

Sometimes progress is made by dealing with the mundane. The government had pledged to digitize and speed up the issue of pensions.

22.01.2021 / 22:56

The other officials

When a country is ruled by a government with a clear majority in Parliament, the administration has the main responsibility for any reforms that must be carried out. 

22.01.2021 / 22:06 DEMETRIES GRIMES

Democracy assaulted but wins in America

As I looked upon the ruins of the Athens Parthenon atop the Acropolis Hill from my favorite spot on Philopappou Hill, I reflected on the events that transpired in Washington, DC on and since January 6. 

22.01.2021 / 21:07

America is back

The six great challenges that Joe Biden listed as the “cascading crises of our era,” saying that his administration would be judged on the basis of how it handled them, are important not only for the United States but for the whole world.

22.01.2021 / 21:03

The ostrich effect

When it comes to acknowledging the problems plaguing Greece’s higher education system, there is hardly any disagreement. All sides admit that lawlessness and violence cast a long shadow over the country’s universities.

21.01.2021 / 21:19

Biden administration critical of Turkey

US Secretary of State nominee Antony Blinken gave a first inkling about the stance the Biden administration will take regarding Turkey in the hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

21.01.2021 / 20:47 GEORGE TZOGOPOULOS

American foreign policy and the Greek Revolution

The 200th anniversary of the Greek Revolution constitutes a good opportunity for Greece and the US to celebrate their historical friendship. The Greek and American struggles for independence were marked by similar causes and ideals.

21.01.2021 / 18:50

Praise where praise is due

Listening to the radio recently, I heard an interview with a prominent chef who, at the age of 58 and with numerous distinctions under his belt, is considered a pioneer of the Greek culinary scene.

21.01.2021 / 18:48

The endurance of democracy

Over the past four years, American democracy has experienced dramatic moments during which its very existence seemed to be at stake.

20.01.2021 / 21:07

The risk of waiting

Expecting a ruling party to fall like a ripe fruit from a tree is a very risky strategy for any opposition. It is convenient to believe that you don’t need to do much to climb to power and can just wait for the wrong turn, the fatal mistake that will bring the administration down; to think that, rather than having to mature yourself, you can wait for your rival to go rotten.

20.01.2021 / 21:04

Setting priorities

The epidemiological data may place limitations on what the state authorities can do, but they do not mandate their priorities.

20.01.2021 / 20:08

The platforms of wrath

The attack could have left him permanently brain-damaged. It could even have killed him. That said, the assault on the 52-year-old Athens metro station master at Omonia last Wednesday should not surprise us. Blind violence is no rarity anymore. Remember how many rude awakenings, how many times we struggled to understand acts of great brutality, much less digest them.

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