...Erik Goldstein Erik Goldstein is professor of international relations and history at Boston University. Psomiades Harry J. : Fridtjof Nansen and the Greek Refugee Crisis, 1922–1924 . Chicago : Asia Minor and Pontos Hellenic Research Center , 2011 . 160 pages . ISBN 978-1...

...George C. Georgiou This essay analyzes Cyprus's financial crisis and its potential threat to the eurozone. The focus is on the economic consequences of the terms of the bailout agreement dictated by the Troika or Eurogroup for the Cyprus economy as well as its significance for any future bailouts...

... long-term solutions to help address the acute water shortages and to further human security in the West Asia and North Africa region. Water: The One Crisis That Also Represents the Biggest Opportunity for a Middle East People’s Peace His Royal Highness Prince El Hassan...

...Van Coufoudakis Van Coufoudakis is professor emeritus of political science at Indiana University–Purdue University, Fort Wayne. Pappas Takis S. : Populism and Crisis Politics in Greece . London : Palgrave Macmillan , 2014 . 152 pages . ISBN 978-113741-057-3 . $82...

...Robbie Gramer Robbie Gramer is associate director of the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security at the Atlantic Council. Otte T. G. : July Crisis: The World's Descent into War, Summer 1914 . Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 2014 . 555 pages . ISBN 978-1-107...

.... He served as chief of the Greek Radio and TV Service of the Voice of America for thirty years. Copyright 2016 by Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2016 SYRIZA austerity Greece eurozone From Karamanlis to Tsipras: The Greek Debt Crisis through Historical and Political Perspectives...

...Thanos Catsambas This essay summarizes developments since the outbreak of the Greek economic crisis in 2010 from the perspective of various myths that dominated the public discourse from 2010 to 2016. In the author's view, the perpetuation of these myths, which was partly the result of poor...

...Constantine P. Danopoulos Copyright 2016 by Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2016 Papaconstantinou George : Game Over: The Inside Story of the Greek Crisis . Athens : Papadopoulos Publishing , 2016 . 432 pages . ISBN 978-960-569-600-9 . $19.95 (paperback). Constantine P...

...Stavros B. Thomadakis The scope of the present global financial crisis is comparable to that of the 1930s. Public policies responding to each have been very different, however. The large macroeconomic response of the past three years has averted a new Great Depression, but regulation...

...William Harris William Harris is professor in the Department of Political Studies, University of Otago, New Zealand. He is the author of The Levant: A Fractured Mosaic . Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2007 Crisis in the Levant: Lebanon at Risk William...

..., and historical factors that have helped form the modern Darfur states, focusing particularly on the rise of the Islamist movement in Khartoum. It asserts that understanding these factors is necessary to devise an effective international response to the current crisis in the Darfur region. Mediterranean Affairs...

...Njoki S. Ndungu In this essay the origins, dimensions, and implications of Kenya's election crisis of 2007 and the key actors who contributed to it are examined. The author reviews the efforts undertaken by the African Union and the former secretary-general of the United Nations, Kofi Annan...

...Evaggelos Vallianatos Judith Cochran: Educational Roots of Political Crisis in Egypt . Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2008. 233 pages. ISBN-10: 0-7391-1898-6, ISBN-13: 978-0-7391-1898-6. $65.00 (hbk). Reviewed by Evaggelos Vallianatos. Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2009 Evaggelos...

... Jan Asmussen: Cyprus at War: Diplomacy and Conflict during the 1974 Crisis . London and New York: I. B. Tauris, 2008. 364 pages. ISBN: 978-1-84511-742. $100. Reviewed by William Mallinson. Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2010 William Mallinson, a former British diplomat, is lecturer...

...George A. Papandreou The prime minister of Greece discusses the causes, dimensions, character, and contributing factors to the current global financial turmoil and points to lessons to be learned from the crisis in his own country. The essay underscores the potential consequences of inattention...

... is a member of the editorial advisory board of Mediterranean Quarterly . The Crisis in Central Asia, NATO, and the International Community Alessandro Minuto-­Rizzo International security is a problem concerning everybody, in the same way that energy...

...Nikolaos Zahariadis Contrary to the view of most analysts, Nikolaos Zahariadis argues that Greece's debt crisis is a European Union shortcoming with national and global dimensions. This does not mean that Greece's profligate spending does not play a major role in this tragedy. Zahariadis states...

...Roland Flamini Alessandro Minuto-Rizzo: The Road to Kabul: The International Community and the Crisis in Central Asia (Italian). Bologna, Italy: Il mulino, 2009. 192 pages. €16.00. ISBN 978-88-15-12736-5. Ronald Flamini is a Washington-based writer specializing in foreign affairs. His most...

...Shalendra D. Sharma What began as a downturn in the US housing sector in summer 2007 mushroomed into a global financial crisis by September 2008—the most severe since the Great Depression of the 1930s. Initially, Western European governments, including the Russian government, blamed the crisis...

... of International Monetary Fund and the European Union in Greece's domestic affairs will resolve the current crisis. Michail Choupis is a graduate student of international and European studies at the University of Piraeus, Greece. Copyright 2011 by Mediterranean Affairs, Inc...