Articles and Op-Eds

Macron at the United Nations – ekathimerini.com – 1/10/2022

Articles and Op-Eds May 2, 2023 Comments

How much authoritarianism can a society take when they can have a measure of comparison with the free world? In Russia, citizens are reacting to Vladimir Putin’s military conscription by voicing their dissent or by queuing to exit the country. In Iran, the “guardians of morality” are shock testing their theocracy’s resilience against the resistance of brave women aspiring for…

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So Germany’s to blame for Putin. Really? – ekathimerini.com – 30/4/2022

Articles and Op-Eds May 2, 2023 Comments

Putin’s brutal invasion of Ukraine has sparked a new introspection in the West. A number of commentators, most of them writing from the US and the UK, have come up with their latest scapegoat: Germany’s to blame, they say, with its decades-long policy of appeasing Russia. Really? People love to dislike Germany. Often for good reasons. Successive Merkel administrations were…

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From 1992 to 2022: EU still seeking common foreign and defense policy – ekathimerini.com – 21/2/2022

Articles and Op-Eds May 2, 2023 Comments

Thirty years ago, in February 1992, in an idyllic city in the Netherlands, 12 leaders signed the Treaty on European Union. The Maastricht Treaty is considered the most important EU treaty, because it paved the way for the euro. However, its as yet incomplete 2nd pillar, that of a common foreign and security policy, could not be more relevant today.…

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