Consul General Symeon Tegos, who has extensive experience working in Thrace with the Greek Foreign Ministry, joins Thanos Davelis to break down why Ankara’s accusations regarding the rights of the Muslim minority in Thrace are unsubstantiated and an attempt to reverse reality.
HALC Executive Director Endy Zemenides discusses developments in the Eastern Mediterranean and Israel’s Operation Breaking Dawn with Jonathan Schanzer, author and senior vice president of research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
Expert Alan Makovsky joins Thanos Davelis to discuss the main takeaways from Friday’s meeting between Erdogan and Putin, break down Western concerns over the deepening economic ties between Turkey and Russia – especially as they relate to sanctions – and look at the feeling in Washington as these developments unfold.
Vassilis Nedos joins Thanos Davelis to look at whether tensions could boil over between Kosovo and Serbia, and what this would mean for the region.
Steven Tagle joins Thanos Davelis to break down the demographic challenges facing Greece’s northern region of Thrace.
Expert Constantinos Filis joins Thanos Davelis to discuss German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock’s visit to Greece and Turkey, where she took a clear stance against Turkish revisionism and called out Ankara on its human rights record, and explore whether this is the beginning of a fundamental shift in Germany’s foreign policy when it comes to Turkey.
General (ret.) Taxiarchis Sardellis joins Thanos Davelis to discuss Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar’s new and wild accusations against Greece which specifically target Greece’s efforts to modernize its military, which he said shows that Athens is allegedly “up to something” against Turkey.
Wildfires have swept across Greece, and major blazes have threatened protected national forests, homes, and livelihoods as authorities issued calls for evacuations.
Endy Zemenides, HALC’s Executive Director, joins Thanos Davelis to look at Turkey’s announcement to send a new drill ship into the Eastern Mediterranean.
How can Washington best balance security interests in Europe and the Middle East while still prioritizing the Indo-Pacific?
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrived in Greece Tuesday to seal a number of agreements on energy, military cooperation, and in other fields.
Professor Henri Barkey joins Thanos Davelis to break down why a deal signed in Turkey that clears the way for exporting millions of tons of Ukrainian grain is significant and whether this is a win for Turkey, and looks at why, despite this deal, Turkish President Erdogan remains a headache for President Biden.
Dr Yannis Maniatis joins Thanos Davelis to discuss what’s at stake for Europe should Russia decide to completely cut off natural gas in the winter, look at the emergency plans on the table, and break down why Greece may be in a better position than other European counterparts in this worst case scenario.
Vassilis Nedos, Kathimerini’s diplomatic and defense editor, joins Thanos Davelis to look at what’s at stake as Turkey prepares to launch new drilling operations in the Eastern Mediterranean, and break down the key takeaways from the Greek Defense Minister’s visit to the US.
While Cyprus has become a key US partner in the Eastern Mediterranean, there is still a partial arms embargo on Cyprus as US law currently prohibits providing Cyprus with US-made weaponry.
This weekend North Macedonia’s parliament gave the government the green light to resolve a dispute with Bulgaria that paves the way for EU membership talks to begin.
Expert Steven Cook joins Thanos Davelis to look at Tuesday’s summit in Tehran, where Russia’s President Vladimir Putin will meet with the leaders of Iran and Turkey to discuss Syria and other issues. Putin’s trip comes just days after President Biden’s own tour of the Middle East.
Petros Kasfikis joins Thanos Davelis from Washington, DC to break down the details of Rep. Chris Pappas’s NDAA amendment that would prohibit the sale of F-16s or modernization kits to Turkey unless certain conditions are met, and look at what still needs to happen for this amendment to become US law.
Yannis Palaiologos joins Thanos Davelis to look into whether European countries are prepared should Russia cut off supplies of natural gas, what this could mean for Western unity in the face of Russian aggression, and what it means for Greece.
Devlet Bahceli, the leader of the ultra-nationalist MHP in Turkey and Erdogan’s junior coalition partner, recently presented a map of the Aegean that showed many Greek islands as Turkish, including Crete.
Kathimerini’s Tom Ellis joins Thanos Davelis to discuss the growing rumors that Greece is heading for early elections in the fall despite Prime Minister Mitsotakis moving to dismiss rumors of snap polls, and makes the case that this election uncertainty is damaging not only to the ruling party, but to the country.
Since the late 1960s there has been agreement among successive US administrations that Israel should have a qualitative military edge for the sake of regional peace and security.
