Greece: It’s the geopolitics, stupid!
BY JACEK SARYUSZ-WOLSKI BRUSSELS – The eurozone decided to grant Greece a second bailout, but this does not mean that the country received a wallet full of money and that the risk of default is gone. Greece and its political elites need sober determination to implement socially difficult reforms also after the April elections. The [...]
Why did German people support Hitler? The Weimar Republic appeared to have no idea how to solve the problems of the Depression. The Nazis on the other hand promised to solve the problems (Nazism at the time was a small fringe movement seeking power through revolution…). Hitler promised most groups in Germany what they wanted. [...]
Continue reading …Proposals by a French expert regarding the delineation of territorial waters, continental shelf and EEZ in the Aegean Sea
March 13, 2012 18 Comments
Sometimes it is useful beyond the standard Greek positions on national issues, to also explore what is being discussed away from the spotilight. So we present today, the article of the French diplomat and expert in maritime affairs, Didier Ortolland entitled “The Greek-Turkish dispute over the Aegean Sea: a possible solution?” Originally published in the [...]
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By Dr. Josef Olmert Adjunct Professor, University of South Carolina Amid the ocean of reports full of both misinformation and disinformation regarding Israel’s likely plans concerning Iran’s nuclear project, not enough attention is being paid to what is already happening, as opposed to what may or may not happen. I’m referring to the interesting and [...]
Continue reading …Evolution of Turkey’s policy in the Eastern Mediterranean—Implications for US Interests
February 16, 2012 3 Comments
I have received the following details of a very important policy forum held on 6 February 2012 at the Capital Hilton Hotel just a few blocs from the White House, organized by the American Hellenic Institute. The topic of the policy forum was the “Evolution of Turkey’s policy in the Eastern Mediterranean—Implications for US Interests”. [...]
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Remember the name Kastelorizo; you heard it here first. It is the far-flung, easternmost island of Greece, 80 miles from Rhodes, 170 miles west of Cyprus, but just 1 mile off the coast of Turkey. Kastelorizo (in Greek, Καστελόριζο; or officially Megisti, Μεγίστη) is tiny, comprising just 5 square miles, plus some yet smaller, uninhabited [...]
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A most interesting, with a point of view presentation titled “Cyprus Hydrocarbons – A Presentation” was published by Harris Samaras, Chairman & CEO of Pytheas. We provide herewith extracts of the Presentation. The confirmation of significant quantities of hydrocarbons in Cyprus, (the Levantine Basin, the Nile Delta Cone, the Eratosthenes Continental Block and the Herodotus [...]
Continue reading …Finally, a piece of good news from the Middle East after almost a year of mostly bad. The Middle Eastern energy picture took a turn for the better when Cyprus announced on December 28 that natural gas had been discovered off its southern coast where exploration had been taking place since last September. American-based Noble [...]
Continue reading …Protest note of Greece against Turkey over the statements of former Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz
December 28, 2011 2 Comments
Anastasia Balezdrova The revelations of former Turkish Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz of the presence of Turkish participation in forest fires in Greece, when his predecessor Tansu Chiller was in power in the 1990s, did not surprise anyone in Greece. In an interview with the Turkish newspaper BirGün he said that only she of all Turkish [...]
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By Constantinos Hadjistassou, DPhil* More than three months have elapsed since Noble Energy began exploratory drilling in Block 12 of the Cyprus EEZ and official results pertaining to the proven natural gas play have yet to be released. Originally, the preliminary official quantities of natural gas were to be announced some 2.5 months after the [...]
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