KATERINA SOKOU

Stakes and rewards

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogn is trying to get as many rewards as possible for agreeing to back Sweden’s NATO accession.

The S-400s indicate the limits of change in Turkey

The revelation that Turkey rejected an American proposal to send its Russia-made S-400 missile defense systems to Ukraine came directly from the Turkish foreign minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu.

02.12.2022 / 23:42

Unlocking innovation

How do you foment competitiveness and how is local innovation linked to the global ranking of a country?

18.05.2022 / 14:17

Greece’s strong cards and the challenges

Turkey’s insistence on maintaining tensions with Greece disorients NATO.

20.04.2022 / 22:10

The Mediterranean: A sea of threats

Scientists warn that the consequences of climate change will have an asymmetrical effect on the Mediterranean coastal ecosystem.

16.03.2022 / 21:38

When idealism meets realism

There’s hardly any room for sentimentalism in international relations.

22.03.2021 / 18:46

How Turkey ended up in the dock in the US

In a brief submitted by the US Department of Justice in ongoing litigation, the Biden administration asserts that the Republic of Turkey is not immune from suit for the attacks perpetrated by Erdogan’s security detail against peaceful protesters in Washington, DC.

20.03.2021 / 11:32

White House on the Armenian Genocide: We have to acknowledge history

Τhe US administration under President Joe Biden believes it is important to acknowledge history in respect to the issue of the Armenian Genocide, a White House spokesperson has told Kathimerini.

11.09.2020 / 21:07

Requiem for a cosmopolitan dream

Attila did not seem surprised when I told him I was Greek. We were at the entrance of the Hagia Sophia museum on a rainy, cold December morning, and for the next hour, he would guide me through the most popular tourist attraction in Istanbul.

11.08.2020 / 21:16

Natalia Linos: Scientists have been under attack

The executive director of Harvard’s François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, Natalia Linos, is a social epidemiologist who has been involved in policy throughout her career, but who probably wouldn’t be running for Congress if it wasn’t for Covid-19.

15.07.2020 / 21:36

Burns: ’Disappointing’ that Trump did not discuss Hagia Sophia with Erdogan

US President Donald Trump failed to raise the issue of Hagia Sophia’s reconversion into a mosque in his call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said ambassador Nicholas Burns, who is a foreign policy advisor for former Vice President Joe Biden's 2020 campaign.

20.02.2020 / 21:06

Turkey becoming ‘more of a challenge to US,’ Biden Center director tells Kathimerini

The senior director of the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement Michael Carpenter tells Kathimerini in an interview that US-Greece ties are one of the “very few bright spots” in transatlantic relations at the moment.

10.01.2020 / 08:41

US initiative on East Med tension to focus on EEZs

An anticipated US diplomatic initiative aimed at easing mounting tension between NATO allies Greece and Turkey in the Eastern Mediterranean is expected to focus on the issue of exclusive economic zones, amid concerns regarding the maritime borders agreement signed between Ankara and the Tripoli-based Libyan government.

28.12.2019 / 11:19

East Med Act a milestone in US foreign policy

The Eastern Mediterranean Security and Energy Partnership Act is a “historic, truly transformational development,” which places Greece, Cyprus and Israel on the front line of American policy in the Eastern Mediterranean.

22.11.2019 / 13:50

Greece and its East Med, West Balkan role

The inaugural Southeast Europe & East Med conference organized by Kathimerini and the Delphi Economic Forum in Washington earlier this week aimed to present new strategies and opportunities.