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Obama ends with big picture amid dwindling hope
What could Greece have expected from the visit of a US leader in the final days of his presidency, before he is replaced by someone who appears to be the antithesis in personal and policy terms? Not much. What did it get from Barack Obama’s brief stay in Athens? Probably more than it expected.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Europe (289), Politics (407), Economy (341), Society (149), Greece (519)
The Greek debt circle can be squared
From the beginning of the crisis, Greece’s debt has often been the elephant in the room. Over the last year it has taken on the form of an unsolvable equation as key decisions makers have taken positions that do not appear to overlap.
Contributor: Yiannis Mouzakis
Categories: Economy (341)
What could Trump's victory mean for Greece?
The reverberations of Donald Trump’s victory in the US elections are so great, coming after Brexit and the rise of populism and far-right extremism in Europe, that their implications for Greece pale into insignificance.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Europe (289), Politics (407), Greece (519)
Grappling with Europe's polycrisis
Things are so bad in the European Union that officials are using two Greek words, not just one, to describe it: “polycrisis”.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Europe (289)
Countering a regressive and illiberal Europe
After the Brexit vote and the collective failure to predict the impending earthquake and ‘sign of times’, it would be a mistake to carry on as if nothing had happened.
Contributors: Fabian Zuleeg, Janis A. Emmanouilidis
Categories: Europe (289), Politics (407)