OPINION

20.01.2021 / 10:28 IAN BREMMER

Threat to US democracy imperils democracy the world over

Eurasia Group released our annual Top Risks at the start of the month and just like last year, the United States ranks at the top of the list. Unlike last year though, our concerns for the US extend far beyond the next calendar year.

19.01.2021 / 21:46 TOM ELLIS

Exploratory talks: Reserved expectations

In a much-debated development, Greece and Turkey are about to resume exploratory talks following a five-year lull. This new round will be held amid a tense atmosphere, mostly due to Ankara’s revisionist policy, now driven by the Blue Homeland dogma.

19.01.2021 / 21:25 EDITORIAL

No more games

No one really has any illusions about Turkey. Nevertheless, the barrage of contradictory messages coming from officials in Ankara seems to justify the projections of the more pessimistic observers.

19.01.2021 / 17:46 FILIPPOS LETSAS

Joe Biden: America’s incoming multilateral, transatlanticist president

In many respects, }Joe Biden is a known quantity on the foreign policy level.

18.01.2021 / 17:36 DAVID WISNER

Mob, riot, desecration

On 9/11 I traveled by train from Bulgaria to Greece, and then drove to Halkidiki. I had next to no idea that al Qaeda terrorists had hijacked jumbo jets full of passengers and flown into the twin towers in New York City and into the Pentagon, and were foiled by brave passengers from doing the same to the White House.

18.01.2021 / 16:05 GEOFFREY PYATT

Celebrating 200 years of friendship

When the clock struck midnight on January 1, people around the world expressed relief at reaching the end of 2020. While I shared that sentiment, I also felt the excitement of Greeks anticipating the arrival of 2021.

18.01.2021 / 15:33 NOTIS PAPADOPOULOS

Planning, not sparkle, will get us to herd immunity

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis recently estimated that some 2 million people will be vaccinated against Covid-19 by the end of March and expressed satisfaction with the current rate.

17.01.2021 / 21:41 ALEXIS PAPACHELAS

The goal is the country’s strategic autonomy

Greece must become strategically self-sufficient. Alliances are fine, but even finer, and more effective, is our own force that does not depend on others.

17.01.2021 / 21:13 EDITORIAL

Turkey and us

We are always wondering whether international developments are favorable for Greece.

17.01.2021 / 18:33 GEORGE PREVELAKIS

Between two worlds: The role of the OECD

The 21st century’s second decade was marked by numerous disputes concerning previous achievements.

17.01.2021 / 16:36 XENIA KOUNALAKI

Politicians’ pasts count in the present

When does a politician’s past come under the statute of limitations? When are their own sins expunged and when is citizens’ forgetfulness legitimate, even appropriate?

16.01.2021 / 21:33 MARIA KATSOUNAKI

Path to the podium and to catharsis

Posts full of “bravos” and “respect” flooded the internet. As a four-time Olympian, Sofia Bekatorou is used to praise. This time, however, the praise was not about her sailing prowess.

16.01.2021 / 20:41 EDITORIAL

Smart compliance

The idea that a harsher punishment would be more dissuasive was simplistic. A punishment, when excessive, risks not scaring anyone and becoming a dead letter.

15.01.2021 / 22:10 GIORGOS KOUMOUTSAKOS

The West faces the new Eastern Question

“From time immemorial Europe has been confronted with an ‘Eastern Question.’ In its essence the problem is unchanging. It has arisen from the clash in the lands of South-Eastern Europe between the habits, ideas and preconceptions of the West and those of the East. But although one in essence, the problem has assumed different aspects at different periods.”

15.01.2021 / 21:08 NIKOS KONSTANDARAS

Europe’s 1001 electors

On Saturday, 1,001 delegates of the Christian Democratic Union will elect their new leader. This will decide whether Germany’s largest political party will continue on the course that Angela Merkel charted in her country and in the European Union.