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Today, Volkswagen and Greece announced the launch of an exciting pilot project on the Greek island of Astypalea, in the Aegean. Under the plan, the current transport system on the island will transition to electric vehicles and renewable power generation, and in the long run, Astypalea will become a model island for climate-neutral mobility. Ilias Bellos, Kathimerini’s business editor, joins us...

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Professor Henri Barkey discusses his latest piece, “How Erdogan Muscled Turkey to the Center of the World Stage”, and points out the ways Erdogan has refashioned Turkey as a revisionist power openly challenging not just its neighbors, but also fellow NATO allies like France and the US.Henri Barkey is the Cohen Professor of International Relations at Lehigh University and an adjunct senior...

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A deadly earthquake struck in the Aegean Sea between the Turkish coast and the Greek island of Samos. The quake was felt as far as Athens and Istanbul. Despite heightened tensions between the two countries, both Greek and Turkish leaders issued messages of solidarity, offering each other assistance in a move reminiscent of Greece and Turkey’s earthquake diplomacy in 1999. Journalist Alexia...

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Expert Michael Rubin, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and a former Pentagon official, joins us today to discuss his latest op-ed - “Brussels can stop Turkey’s aggression” - and explain what immediate actions he thinks European Union countries should take to check Erdogan’s aggressive behavior in the region.Read Michael Rubin’s op-eds here: Brussels can stop Turkey’s...

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HALC’s Executive Director Endy Zemenides joins us today to talk about OXI Day - the day that Greece celebrates its entry into World War II on the side of the Allies and its rejection of fascism - and the parallels we see between October 28, 1940, and today.You can read the articles we discuss on The Daily Roundup here:80th anniversary of OXI DayCharlie Hebdo: Turkey vows legal action over...

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On Monday the US recorded 74,300 new coronavirus cases as the outlook across the country continues to worsen. At the same time, Greece has also seen a dramatic rise in cases that has prompted fresh measures and localized lockdowns. Dr. Perry Halkitis joins the Greek Current to discuss these troubling trends, the current response in the US and Greece, and what to expect in the next months.You...

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Vassilis Nedos, the diplomatic and defense editor at Kathimerini, joins The Greek Current to discuss the latest developments in the Eastern Mediterranean, Greece’s diplomatic push to press its EU partners for an arms embargo against Turkey, the assistance provided by Germany, Italy, and Spain to Turkey in equipment and technological know-how, and more.You can read the articles we discuss on The...

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Following recent report by the Center for American Progress that recommends that a future US administration needs to recalibrate its relations with Turkey, expert Alan Makovsky offers his thoughts on what recalibrating US relations with #Turkey could look like. Alan Makovsky discusses what the US needs to do to re-establish leverage over Turkey, and more.Alan Makovsky is a senior fellow for...

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This week Greece stepped up diplomatic efforts to mobilize its European Union partners against Turkey, as Ankara continues its provocations in the Eastern Mediterranean near the Greek island of Kastellorizo. These diplomatic steps included a call for a halt on military exports to Turkey, a potential reevaluation of the EU’s customs union with Turkey, and an appeal for solidarity in line with...

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On Sunday, Ersin Tatar, a rightwing hardliner backed by Ankara, won a closely contested Turkish Cypriot leadership election beating incumbent Mustafa Akinci in a runoff. The election was marred by Turkey’s heavy-handed meddling in favor of Tatar. Dr. Aykan Erdemir, the senior director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies' Turkey program and a former member of the Turkish Parliament,...

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Expert Nikolas Katsimpras discusses his latest op-ed in the Greek newspaper Kathimerini focusing on Turkey’s lobbying efforts in the US, what Greece needs to be aware of, and the broader discussion in the West on combatting foreign influence and disinformation campaigns.Nikolas Katsimpras is a lecturer at Columbia University's Negotiation and Conflict Resolution program, an independent conflict...

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Ayla Jean Yackley, an Istanbul based journalist covering Turkey, joins The Greek Current to discuss two important stories. We examine the troubling move by Turkey’s judiciary to bring new indictments against Turkish philanthropist Osman Kavala and US Professor Henri Barkey, and look at the militarization of Turkey’s foreign policy. Ayla Jean Yackley’s work has featured in Al-Monitor, The...

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USCIRF held a briefing on religious freedom in Turkey on Thursday. The event highlighted recent and ongoing religious freedom concerns in Turkey, including the conversion of historic former churches such as Hagia Sophia and Chora into mosques; the targeting of religious minorities; and what these developments and practices mean for religious minorities throughout Turkey.Tugba Tanyieri Erdemir,...

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Greece’s Ambassador to the United States, Alexandra Papadopoulou, joins us to discuss the reactions to Turkey’s latest acts of provocation in the Eastern Mediterranean, the response of the United States, and what steps Brussels plans to take over the next couple of days during an EU leaders' summit.You can read the articles we discuss on The Daily Roundup here:Turkey on course to diplomatic...

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Laura Kelly, a journalist in DC who covers Turkey and foreign policy for The Hill, joins The Greek Current to break down the latest statement by the State Department slamming Turkey’s decision to send the Oruc Reis back into an area that falls within Greece’s continental shelf, her coverage of the administration’s handling of the crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh - or Artsakh - and the reaction of...

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On Sunday, Turkey announced it was redeploying the research vessel Oruc Reis to an area within Greece’s continental shelf very close to the Greek island of Kastellorizo. Greece condemned the move, calling it a “severe escalation" that undermines efforts to ease tensions in the region. Vassilis Nedos, Kathimerini’s diplomatic and defense editor, joins The Greek Current to analyze the situation....

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This week, the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarch announced it has suspended the current Charter of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, calling for a new Charter. It also decided to transfer the Metropolitan of New Jersey and suspend the Metropolitan of Boston. Professor Alexander Kitroeff joins us to discuss his take on these latest developments.Alexander Kitroeff is a Professor of...

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John Psaropoulos, an independent journalist based in Greece and Al Jazeera’s southeast Europe correspondent, joins us today to discuss the latest developments in exploratory contacts and talks between Greece and Turkey, why expectations around the talks are low, the visit to Athens and Ankara this week by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, and the reactions to Turkey’s decision to...

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Senator Chris Van Hollen discusses his concerns over Turkey’s aggressive behavior in the Eastern Mediterranean, reports that Ankara activated its Russian S-400 system, bipartisan efforts in Congress to hold Turkey accountable, and Turkey’s decision to ratchet up tensions by opening up the ghost city of Varosha, Cyprus, in violation of UN Security Council resolutions.You can read the articles we...

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In a historic decision for justice and democracy, an Athens court ruled today that the leaders of Greece's neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party were guilty of running a criminal organization, bringing to an end a trial that lasted more than five years. Yiannis Papadopoulos, a reporter at Kathimerini who has covered Golden Dawn since 2010 and was a witness for the prosecution in the trial, reports on...

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