The Ecumenical Patriarchate is currently being squeezed by Turkey and Russia, both of which see the spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians as an extension of Western influence that threatens their respective political ambitions.
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Earlier this year Greek Olympic gold medalist Sofia Bekatorou came forward and testified that she was sexually assaulted as a 21-year-old in 1998 by a sports official. Since then, a wave of #MeToo allegations have swept through Greece.
The HDP, the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party, is facing renewed pressure in Turkey amid rising calls for its closure by nationalist politicians in Ankara.
Michael Rubin, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, joins The Greek Current to discuss his latest op-ed “Where Will Erdogan be Buried?”, and explores the legacy of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan – who sees himself as a second Ataturk – on Turkey.
The Hellenic Navy is currently evaluating proposals for the supply of new frigates by France, the United States, the Netherlands, Germany, the United Kingdom, Spain, and Italy.
Anna Diamantopoulou joins The Greek Current to discuss the importance of the OECD and the key issues she is focusing on in her candidacy to lead the multilateral organization – from tackling climate change to confronting the challenges posed by China.
Expert David Phillips joins The Greek current to explain why a recent New York Times article is being called out by a number of experts who say it whitewashes Turkey’s occupation of Afrin in Syria.
Greece’s Minister of Development and Investment, Adonis Georgiadis, discusses investments in Greece’s infrastructure, and looks at the important role that the US is playing through the International Development Finance Corporation (DFC).
US-Turkey tensions flared following the death of 13 Turkish soldiers, police, and civilians who perished during a Turkish offensive against PKK Kurdish militants in Iraqi Kurdistan.
On Monday Greece’s Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken held their first official call, which comes as relations between the two countries are at their highest level in recent memory.
Earlier this week China’s president chaired a long-delayed 17+1 summit with Central and Eastern European countries, including Greece, amid division in the region over how to view Beijing’s growing influence. Journalist Reid Standish joins The Greek Current to break down this week’s summit.
Expert Merve Tahiroglu joins The Greek Current to discuss how President Biden’s pledge to put democracy and human rights at the center of American foreign policy is facing an early test from an increasingly authoritarian Turkey, and explore how the Biden administration has an immediate opportunity to make good on this pledge.
This week Turkey signaled that it could give ground on the S-400 missiles it purchased from Russia, with Defense Minister Hulusi Akar suggesting Turkey could adopt the so-called “Crete Model'' – which was used to solve a dispute between Greece, Cyprus, and Turkey in the 1990s over S-300s Nicosia had purchased – to deal with this issue.
On today’s episode we explore the work that the US International Development Finance Corporation – or the DFC – is doing in Greece and the Western Balkans, and how it is an important tool for the US to counter efforts by China and Russia to make inroads into this region.
Vassilis Nedos, Kathimerini’s diplomatic and defense editor, joins The Greek Current to discuss Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ visit to Cyprus and Israel on Monday, the upcoming UN initiative to restart Cyprus talks with a 5+1 summit, and the latest developments on upgrades to Greece’s F-16 fleet and navy.
William Antholis joins The Greek Current podcast to explore the lessons the US can take from Greece’s experience with populism, the US-China relationship and China’s foothold in the Mediterranean with its investment in the port of Piraeus, and Biden’s foreign policy architecture.
Harry Mark Petrakis, one of the Greek-American community’s greatest and most beloved authors, passed away on February 2 at the age of 97.
The Islamic State terror group was largely defeated through a coordinated international effort almost two years ago. A recent unclassified report by the US Treasury Department, however, points out that its networks appear to still have access to an estimated $100 million in cash reserves, adding that the Islamic State’s remnants in Syria continue to receive streams of cash from “logistical hubs” in neighboring Turkey.
On this episode we discuss the challenges the Greek economy faces as a result of the pandemic, and focus on the positive impact the European Central Bank’s emergency bond-buying program (PEPP) has had on the Greek economy.
Manfred Weber, the leader of the European People's Party group in the European Parliament and a Member of the European Parliament since 2004, joins The Greek Current to discuss the EU-Turkey relationship and where it is heading, his view on the talks between Greece and Turkey and the need for Ankara to take concrete steps to show it is serious about conflict resolution, and more.
Expert Nicholas Danforth joins The Greek Current to break down his latest policy paper, “A Mediterranean Duel: Erdogan, Sisi and the Fate of Egyptian-Turkish Relations.”
Thousands of students and teachers held peaceful demonstrations in Greece’s two biggest cities – Athens and Thessaloniki – on Thursday against proposed education reforms, even defying a weeklong ban on protests imposed as part of measures to tackle the coronavirus pandemic.
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