Alan Makovsky, veteran Turkey analyst and senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, joins Thanos Davelis to examine how Turkish President Erdogan finally snagged an invite to the White House.
Sean Mathews, a Greece based journalist covering the broader region, and George Manginis, the academic director at the Benaki Museum, join Thanos Davelis to break down how the search for an antique can give us insight into Thessaloniki’s rich history, and look at how current efforts to shine a light on the city’s past cosmopolitanism are increasingly important in a changing region.
A few weeks ago Greece passed a law allowing the operation of private, non-profit universities, including allowing foreign private universities to set up branches in the country.
Earlier this year Kathimerini organized a three-day conference looking back at the 50 years since the restoration of democracy in Greece in 1974, or the Metapolitefsi.
Professor Roderick Beaton joins Thanos Davelis to celebrate Greek Independence Day by looking into Lord Byron’s important contributions to the Greek cause.
This past week Washington’s attention has been on Cyprus and the humanitarian corridor from Gaza, from President Biden’s letter thanking President Christodoulides, to the National Security Council’s chief of staff visiting Cyprus.
With Ukraine facing a resurgent Russia, NATO leaders have been clear that they do not and “will never recognize Russia’s illegal and illegitimate annexations, including Crimea.”
Constantinos Filis, director of the Institute of Global Affairs and an associate professor of international relations at the American College of Greece, joins Thanos Davelis to discuss Erdogan’s latest outbursts in which he stated that if Turkish troops hadn’t stopped in 1974, then all of Cyprus would be Turkish today.
Tom Ellis, the editor in chief of Kathimerini’s English edition, joins Thanos Davelis to discuss the rise of the far right and the nationalist Greek Solution, and what it could mean for Prime Minister Mitsotakis, New Democracy, and Greece’s broader political scene ahead of European elections in a few months.
Ayla Jean Yackley, an Istanbul-based journalist covering Turkey with stories in The Financial Times, Politico, and other major outlets, joins Thanos Davelis to look at why we should be paying attention to Turkey’s upcoming elections, which could be critical for the country’s politics – from the ruling party to the opposition.
Katerina Sokou, who holds the research fellowship at ELIAMEP on “Greek-American Relations” and who covered the Greek crisis from Washington, DC as a correspondent for Kathimerini, joins Thanos Davelis to break down how the Greek debt crisis provides a case study into the Obama foreign policy doctrine – the focus of her recent in-depth report […]
Greek Migration Minister Dimitris Kairidis joins Thanos Davelis to discuss the €7.4 billion aid package Egypt is set to receive from the EU to not only shore up the country’s economy, but also curb migration.
The European Commission is set to recommend that the EU open accession talks with Bosnia and Herzegovina, despite lingering ethnic divisions in the Western Balkan country.
Expert Sinan Ciddi joins Thanos Davelis to discuss the recent visits to the US by Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin, and look at whether these signal what some are calling a new momentum in US-Turkey ties in the wake of the Sweden NATO saga.
On Friday the US, EU, Cyprus, and other countries involved formally announced their backing for a sea aid corridor to provide humanitarian aid to Gaza, built around a proposal developed by Cyprus last year.
On Wednesday a Russian missile struck a few hundred meters from where Greece’s Prime Minister Mitsotakis was meeting with Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy. Ambassador Spiros Lambridis, Greece’s special envoy for Ukraine, joins Thanos Davelis to discuss this incident, the significance of Prime Minister Mitsotakis’ recent visit to Ukraine, and look into Greece’s overall efforts to support Kyiv.
This week an Albanian court sentenced Fredi Beleri, the imprisoned mayor-elect of Himare, to 2 years in prison. Beleri slammed the trial and the court’s decision as a “sham”.
When China’s Belt and Road Initiative was formally launched in 2013, it was touted as a world-spanning push to replicate the economic and political impact of the Silk Road.
In 2020 Turkey’s government changed the status of Hagia Sophia from a museum into a mosque. Now, Ankara is looking to repeat this with another important UNESCO World Heritage site, Chora Church. Dr. Elizabeth Prodromou joins Thanos Davelis to look at why preserving Chora Church is important.
Endy Zemenides, the executive director of the Hellenic American Leadership Council, joins Thanos Davelis to break down Thursday’s debate in the Senate on the Turkey F-16 deal initiated by Senator Rand Paul, the message it sends about US-Turkey ties, and more.
This past weekend SYRIZA held a four-day convention that was filled with drama and chaos, with both its identity as well as its leadership being challenged.
The current crisis in the Middle East – from Gaza to the Red Sea – is threatening the stability of Egypt, one of the most important countries in the Arab world.
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