podlist.gr

The Greek Current
The Greek Current

Greece and the EU naval operation in the Red Sea

After a proposal by Greek Defense Minister Nikos Dendias, Greece is set to serve as the headquarters of the EU naval operation in the Red Sea against Iranian-backed Houthi militants dubbed operation Aspides. At the same time, Greece has also proposed taking command of the mission. Revecca Pedi, an associate professor of international relations at the University of Macedonia in Thessaloniki, joins Thanos Davelis to discuss this latest initiative from Athens, and break down the message it sends as Greece looks to take on more important and impactful roles in the region and within the EU. 

You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:

EU Red Sea operation HQ to be in Larissa

EU naval mission to protect ships in Red Sea set to be launched on 19 February

Students and police clash in Greece as debate rages over legalizing private universities

Clashes erupt at Greek protest against education reform

Greece hit record high green energy output last year

Πηγή

‹ Προηγούμενο Επόμενο ›

Περισσότερα επεισόδια

Russia's hybrid war and Europe's far right turn

On August 4, a drone struck the wing of a Ukrainian aircraft at Germany’s Leipzig Airport and fell onto the tarmac. It failed to explode. Two more drones were also found nearby over the next few days. All the evidence has pointed to Russia as the main culprit, with German officials highlighting how the Leipzig airport attack followed a “well-established pattern of Russian hybrid operations in...

Greece lures hedge funds and rebuilds market trust while NATO looks to put Greenland saga behind it

At the height of the last decade’s financial crisis, Greece was not only struggling to keep capital in the country, but its borrowing cost was also sky high. Today, Greece is wooing the world’s leading hedge funds with a new tax regime designed to lure investors to establish substantial operations in Athens, and we’ve already seen it persuade billionaire Chris Rokos and the hedge fund...

The Houthis and the Red Sea crisis, Turkish threats in the Aegean, and political turmoil in Serbia

This week we’re traveling around the region, moving from the Red Sea to the Balkans.While the Iran war has disrupted energy flows through the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s attention shifted to another major global chokepoint at the mouth of the Red Sea this past week, the Bab-el Mandeb Strait, as Iran-backed Houthi rebels tighten their grip over this strategic maritime route and threaten Saudi...