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Back to SearchThe US visa that undermines Cyprus
Episode 1309
The world’s attention will be on New York later this month, as world leaders prepare for the UN General Assembly. The Cyprus problem - one of the lon…
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Turkey wary after Israel's strike on Hamas in Qatar
Episode 1308
Israel’s recent airstrike targeting Hamas officials in Qatar seems to send a clear message that it is willing to go anywhere to eliminate Hamas. This…
1 year, 1 month ago
School closures a warning about Greece's demographic crisis
Episode 1307
Earlier this month, as the new school-year kicked off around the world, Greece announced it was closing more than 750 schools as a sharp decline in b…
1 year, 1 month ago
A new level of aggression from Russia?
Episode 1306
This week a swarm of Russian heavy drones flew into Poland, a NATO member, and several of them were intercepted and shot down. The incident has raise…
1 year, 1 month ago
Greece’s role as a key US partner on energy
Episode 1305
US Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum - and chair of the influential White House National Energy Dominance Council - will be the first cabinet-lev…
1 year, 1 month ago
Is Erdogan moving Turkey closer to a Russia-style autocracy?
Episode 1304
The latest chapter in a nearly year-long crackdown on the main opposition is unfolding in Turkey, where it seems Turkish President Erdogan is using t…
1 year, 1 month ago
Greece's boldest tax reform in more than 50 years?
Episode 1303
This weekend in Thessaloniki Prime Minister Mitsotakis laid out his vision for the coming year, announcing 1.6 billion euros in tax cuts - a package …
1 year, 1 month ago
Turkey’s arms industry: Hype or reality?
Episode 1302
In July Turkey hosted the 17th International Defense Industry Fair, and over 100 countries sent representatives to see what’s behind all the hype aro…
1 year, 1 month ago
A quiet US withdrawal from the Western Balkans?
Episode 1301
With the US focused on Ukraine, the Middle East, and President Trump’s trade deals, it seems the Western Balkans are flying under the radar in Washin…
1 year, 1 month ago
Erdogan's flirt with Xi Jinping and China
Episode 1300
The Economist just ran a story about the Shanghai Co-operation Organization summit that took place, calling it Xi Jinping’s anti-American party. This…
1 year, 1 month ago