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A podcast on Greece, Cyprus and the region brought to you by The Hellenic American Leadership Council and Kathimerini. Hosted by Thanos Davelis.

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The Kremlin playbook: Russia's weaponization of faith and "traditionalism"

Russia is actively seeking to influence religious and traditional views to further its own agenda, pushing a narrative that Moscow stands for traditional values against a decadent West in an effort to foster division within Western societies. This is a particularly pernicious front of Russia’s malign influence campaigns, and combating it presents a uniquely difficult challenge for the United...

The war in Ukraine and Turkey's fence-sitting between the West and Russia

Turkey designated the Russian invasion as a “war” over the weekend, giving it the right under the 1936 Montreux Convention to close the Bosporus Strait - a move that’s been seen as supportive of Ukraine. Aside from this move, however, Turkey has been reluctant to join its NATO allies in taking punitive measures against Moscow such as imposing sanctions or shutting its airspace to Russian...

EU opens its doors to Ukrainian refugees fleeing Russia's invasion

More than half a million people have fled their homes to escape the war in Ukraine as heavy fighting continues across the country and as major cities remain under attack. On Sunday, EU migration commissioner Ylva Johansson said hundreds of thousands of refugees had already entered the EU, and the bloc needed to prepare for millions. In response, the EU has activated Temporary Protection for the...

Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the West: Is this the end of pax Americana?

Russian forces on Friday closed in on Kyiv, and the city was hit by missile strikes. More than 100,000 people are estimated to have fled their homes, with many fleeing for the border. The US, UK and EU have all imposed sanctions on Moscow, but stopped short of removing Russia from the international banking system, Swift. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged the West to do more to...

What Russia's invasion of Ukraine means for Greece and Europe

Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine early on Thursday, sending troops across the border from several directions and bombing targets across the country. President Biden announced new sanctions on Russia's military and economy in response to its invasion, while the EU announced it would introduce the ‘harshest’ sanctions ever. Kathimerini's Vassilis Nedos and Yiannis Palaiologos join...

Russia, Turkey, and the US's dangerous double standards

Is it time for the US to start treating the Eastern Mediterranean and Aegean as bigger than a Greco-Turkish dispute? Endy Zemenides, the Executive Director of the Hellenic American Leadership Council, argues in his latest piece for Kathimerini - “Dangerous Double Standards” - that continuing to get this wrong, and continuing to give Turkey a free pass when it comes to invasion, occupation and...

Congress reacts to the State Department over non-paper on the EastMed pipeline

The US government’s non-paper on the EastMed Gas Pipeline is back in the headlines after Representatives Bilirakis and Malliotakis sent a letter to the State Department in which they pushed back against the Biden administration’s shift in policy on the EastMed Gas Pipeline. The two members of Congress said that in canceling the project the State Department “has unilaterally taken [energy]...

Greece responds to Turkey's threats and its dispute of Greek sovereignty in the Aegean

Turkey has been escalating its rhetoric against Greece, openly disputing Greek sovereignty of its east Aegean islands. In fact, this week Erdogan threatened that Turkey is prepared to issue “a warning at the highest level” to Greece if Athens doesn’t change its position with regards to the demilitarization of the Aegean islands. Greece’s foreign ministry officially protested these comments and...

Ukraine crisis puts Turkish-Russian relations in the spotlight

Ukraine has lately been the scene of an unfolding political and military thriller that could potentially upset the existing balance in the region and have long-term consequences for Europe’s security architecture. The crisis has put Turkey and Russia’s relationship into the spotlight, especially as Turkey’s President Erdogan tries to balance Ankara’s close ties with Moscow and the West. This...

The killing of Qurayshi raises questions about Turkey's links to ISIS

Earlier this month President Biden proclaimed that the leader of the Islamic State was killed in a Syrian hideout. The raid, which took place a few kilometers from the border with Turkey, did not include Turkish forces. In fact, President Biden praised the Syrian Democratic Forces, with Kurdish fighters at its core, for their contributions in the raid. Turkey’s exclusion from the raid, and the...

Ecumenical Patriarch, Greece protest to Turkey over DJ performance at Sumela monastery

The Ecumenical Patriarch and the Greek state both sent complaints to Turkey in the wake of footage showing a DJ playing electronic music at the historic UNESCO-listed Monastery of Panagia Sumela. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew described the incident as an insult, and said that holding the event was “incompatible” with the monastery’s “religious character and its history.” Greece added that...

Turkey's latest dispute of Greek sovereignty in the east Aegean

In letters sent to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres last July and September, Turkey for the first time disputed Greece’s sovereignty over its east Aegean islands. Over the years, Turkey has attempted to establish the Aegean as a disputed area, and has brought new issues to the table such as so-called gray zones and disputing Greece’s maritime boundaries and airspace. Experts note that with...

Greece looks to counter Turkish UAVs, keeps an eye on the Russia-Ukraine crisis

Sunday’s Kathimerini featured an in-depth report on the challenges Turkey’s unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) pose to Greece’s security, and explored the ways in which Athens is working - both diplomatically and operationally - to counter their intrusions in the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean. Meanwhile, as Athens looks to deal with the challenges posed by Turkey’s UAVs, it also has its...