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Yesterday, Italy, Germany and the United States pushed for a cease-fire and de-escalation of tensions in Libya following a warning by Egypt over the weekend that it would intervene militarily if Turkish-backed forces attacked the strategic city of Sirte. Steven Cook, the Eni Enrico Mattei senior fellow for Middle East and Africa studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, joins our podcast to...

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Apostolos Zoupaniotis, the publisher and editor of the weekly Greek-American newspaper Greek News and a regular commentator on Hellenic issues, joins us from New York City to discuss his exclusive interview with Archbishop Elpidophoros on the Archbishop’s first year in the US, the annual travel to Greece campaign on Greek News, and the New York primaries taking place tomorrow where a number of...

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Today, HALC joins the nation in commemorating Juneteenth - marking the end of slavery in the United States, which occurred on June 19, 1865. New York State Senator Andrew Gounardes joins us to discuss the significance of this day, the discrimination faced by Greek immigrants in the early 20th century, and how our Greek-American community can honor Juneteenth, reflect on its importance, get...

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John Bolton, President Trump’s former National Security Adviser, announced that his book, “The Room Where It Happened” will be released next week. In the book, Bolton highlights President Trump's relationship with Turkey's President Erdogan, specifically as it relates to the case against Turkey's Halkbank - which was indicted for its role in the largest sanctions violations scheme in US...

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Today we’re heading to Assumption Greek Orthodox Church in Chicago, where HALC teamed up with the Metropolis and Chicago CRED to deliver roughly 4-6 tons of food donated by our local Hellenic community to the South and West sides of Chicago. HALC chairman and former Illinois State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias, Greek-American sports anchor and one of the owners of Avli restaurants Lou Canellis,...

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Last week, the owner of the Panathinaikos basketball club, one of the most widely supported teams in Greece, said he is putting the basketball club up for sale. Following his announcement, Panathinaikos formally asked to withdraw from the EuroLeague. Professor Alexander Kitroeff, a Professor of History at Haverford College, a lifelong Panathinaikos fan, and the author of the book Ελλάς, Ευρώπη...

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Late last week, the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee unveiled its version of the annual National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, where another key milestone in the #NoJetsForTurkey campaign was reached. Boris Zilberman, the Director of Public Policy & Strategy at the Christians United for Israel Action fund, an alumni of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and an expert on the...

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David Gardner, the International Affairs Editor at the Financial Times, joins us from Beirut to talk about his latest piece published in the Financial Times: "Seven Reasons why President Erdogan Looks Vulnerable". You can read the articles here: Seven Reasons why President Erdogan Looks VulnerableTwitter uncovers state-backed networks linked to China, Russia, TurkeyAnalysis of June 2020 Twitter...

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Steven Howard, the National Outreach Director at In Defense of Christians, discusses the State Department's Report on International Religious Freedom highlighting the many challenges faced by religious minorities in Turkey, the status of Hagia Sophia, and the current challenges Christians and other minorities face in the broader Middle East.

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Today Turkey rejected Egypt’s proposal for a ceasefire in Libya, while a Turkish ship suspected of carrying arms to Libya, violating a UN-imposed arms embargo, was spotted in the Mediterranean in an area monitored by EU vessels participating in Operation Irini. Angelos Athanasopoulos, the editor in chief of politics for the Greek newspaper To Vima, give us his insight into the current situation...

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Greece's Ambassador to the US, Alexandra Papadopoulou, joins The Greek Current to discuss today's "historic" maritime borders agreement signed by Greece and Italy that delimits the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) between both countries. Read the stories we discussed here:Greece and Italy sign 'historic' maritime borders accordCyprus resumes commercial flights after ending 11-week banGreece raises...

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Our lead story today is Kathimerini’s exclusive interview with the US Ambassador to Greece, Geoffrey Pyatt. Pyatt outlined plans for US investments in Greece, highlighted the US-Greek relationship and the 3+1 partnership in the Eastern Mediterranean between Greece, Cyprus, Israel and the US, and touched on Turkey’s actions in the Eastern Mediterranean.You can read the interview here: US ready...

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Nikos Konstandaras, a columnist for the Greek daily Kathimerini and an op-ed contributor in The New York Times, discusses the current migrant crisis at Greece's border with Turkey and the need for Greece to maintain the "internal border" - its commitment to justice and the rule of law - as Turkey throws its weight into the effort to undermine Greece’s image.

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Roderick Beaton is the Emeritus Koraes Professor of Modern Greek and Byzantine History, Language and Literature at King's College London. He is the author of multiple books, including, most recently, Greece: Biography of a Modern Nation, and Byron's War: Romantic Rebellion, Greek Revolution.You can purchase his book here: Greece: Biography of a Modern Nation

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Laura Kelly is a journalist covering foreign policy & cybersecurity for The Hill, and has spent extensive time reporting on the US-Turkey relationship.Andreas Akaras is counsel at Bregman, Berbert, Schwartz & Gilday, and one of the lawyers fighting for justice for the victims of the Sheridan Circle assault in 2017. Andreas is the founder of the Saint Andrew’s Freedom Forum, and is also a former...

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Read the latest briefing on the Libya conflict in NEO Magazine by HALC's Executive Director Endy Zemenides: Turkey’s Libya Gamble

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Read his article refuting genocide denialist Edward Erickson and setting the record straight: "The History that Happened: Setting the Record Straight on the Armenian Genocide"Look up his books here:Sorrowful Shores: Violence, Ethnicity, and the End of the Ottoman Empire 1912-1923Eternal Dawn: Turkey in the Age of Atatürk

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Steven Pressfield is the author of Gates of Fire, the bestselling novel on the Battle of Thermopylae, Tides of War, a novel on Alcibiades and the Peloponnesian War, and more works on Ancient Greece. Gates of Fire is one of the top 50 books on The Leader's Bookshelf, is on the Commandant’s Reading List for all ranks since 2002, is required reading for all officers in the US Marine Corps, and...

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Author Natalie Bakopoulos joins The Greek Current to discuss her book, The Green Shore, which examines the Greek military junta of 1967–1974, the resistance against it, and the 1973 Athens Polytechnic student uprising.You can purchase the book here: The Green ShoreRead Natalie Bakopoulos's article on Greek poetry here: "Resist: A Letter From Greece"

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Last week the US House of Representatives passed two historic votes. The first was an almost unanimous vote (405-11) to pass H. Res. 296 recognizing the Armenian, Greek, and Assyrian genocide. The second vote saw the House pass a bill (403-16) to impose sweeping sanctions on Turkey. The Armenian National Committee's Executive Director Aram Hamparian joinds The Greek Current to discuss these...

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