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The Greek Current
The Greek Current

Greece-US security ties and the deepening bonds between Athens and Washington

Expert Alan Makovsky, who was recently in Greece, joins The Greek Current to talk about the progress he is seeing in Greece-US security ties, which he described in an interview in Kathimerini as “head spinning”. This expanding defense partnership was recently on full display in northern Greece, where the port of Alexandroupolis was once again at the epicenter of a major US-Greek joint exercise just last week. We look at the significant role that an expanded US presence in Alexandroupolis can play for Greece and US strategic interests in the region, including - as Makovsky noted in his Kathimerini interview - allowing Washington to cushion itself against Ankara in case ties between the two countries deteriorate further. 

Alan Makovsky is a senior fellow for national security and international policy at the Center for American Progress, and has worked on Turkey and the region in several capacities, including as a senior staff member on the Committee on Foreign Affairs in the House of Representatives and at the State Department.

Read Alan Makovsky’s interview in Kathimerini here: Progress in Greece-US security ties ‘head-spinning’

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

Comings and goings in Alexandroupoli

Greek-US drills reflect deepening ties

Turkey’s irritation with Greece’s actions

Turkey, UAE sign cooperation agreements as they mend ties

UAE Sets Up $10 Billion Fund to Support Turkey as Ties Warm

Turkey, UAE sign investment accords worth billions of dollars

Cyprus to screen children for COVID-19 to 'save Christmas'

Cyprus announces measures to ‘save Christmas’

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