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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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Greece seeks arms embargo, halt to EU-Turkey customs union

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...

Erdogan's heavy-handed meddling in elections in occupied Cyprus

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,...

The Turkish lobby in DC, foreign influence, and disinformation

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...

Osman Kavala, Turkey's judiciary, and the militarization of Turkish foreign policy

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...

A discussion with Ambassador Papadopoulou on Turkey's latest provocations

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...

Trump's silence on Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenian American voters, and more

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...

Turkey sends the Oruc Reis back into Greece's continental shelf

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....

Ecumenical Patriarchate calls for a new charter for the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America

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...

Greece-Turkey exploratory contacts, Turkey's illegal actions in Varosha, and more

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...

Senator Chris Van Hollen calls for sanctions against Turkey

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...

A historic decision: Greek court rules neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn a criminal organization

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...