...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...

...Emmanuel Karagiannis Greece has enjoyed strong historical and cultural ties with countries and peoples of the Black Sea region for many centuries. During the 1990s, Greek governments largely ignored the region as they focused on the immediate Balkan neighborhood, which was in turmoil at the time...

...Jonathan Swarts Jonathan Swarts is associate professor of political science at Purdue University North Central, Westville, Indiana. Draenos Stan : Andreas Papandreou: The Making of a Greek Democrat and Political Maverick . London : I. B. Tauris , 2012 . 340 pages . ISBN...

... the Greek state is forced to undergo holistic austerity. This essay supports the view that Greece is a failing state: it suffers a systemic ailment and declines rapidly but has not yet reached its bottom. It can reemerge as a healthy state, but only if a “grand strategy” is applied. This essay scrutinizes...

... by Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2015 China and Greece Chinese foreign policy New Silk Road Mediterranean maritime trade New Horizons in Greek-­Chinese Relations: Prospects for the Eastern Mediterranean Marina Skordeli Greece has enjoyed diplomatic relations with China since 1972. Neverthe...

...Aristotle Tziampiris This essay presents the major factors that make up the framework in which Greek foreign policy operates and explores whether they have any connections to past centuries, especially to Antiquity. They include Greece’s consequential geographical location between East and West...

... government pledged to end austerity, reverse privatization, and reforms and to achieve at least partial debt forgiveness. A Greek departure from the eurozone was possible. A Greece adrift would leave it vulnerable to the blandishments of Russia, China, and other parties. Should such a shift occur, it would...

...Nikolaos Zahariadis Nikolaos Zahariadis is professor of political science, University of Alabama at Birmingham. Tziampiris Aristotle : The Emergence of Israeli-Greek Cooperation . Cham, Switzerland : Springer , 2015 . 186 pages . ISBN 978-3-319-12604-3 . $129 (hardcover...

.... 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...

...Theodore C. Kariotis Theodore C. Kariotis is professor of economics at Towson University, Maryland. Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2007 A Greek Exclusive Economic Zone in the Aegean Sea Theodore C. Kariotis For more than thirty...

... of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece. Copyright 2008 by Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2008 Greek-Bulgarian Relations in the Post – Cold War Era: Contributing to Stability and Development in Southeastern Europe George Voskopoulos The 1990s concluded...

.... She works as a translator and interpreter of modern Greek. Reviews Zehra F. Kabasakal Arat, ed. Human Rights in Turkey. Philadelphia: Uni- versity of Pennsylvania Press, 2007. 349 pages. ISBN 978-08122-4000-9/ ISBN-10: 0-8122-4000-6. $69.95. Reviewed by Robert J...

...Evanthis Hatzivassilou The negotiating position of an international player is strengthened when it can persuade third parties that it has reached the limits of its concessions. However, from 1945 to 2004 the Greek side (both Athens and Nicosia) managed convincingly to convey this message...

...Aristotle Tziampiris In his Clash of Civilizations , Samuel Huntington specifically predicts a rapprochement in Greek-Russian relations on account of common civilizational factors. The explanatory validity of this claim can be assessed by examining the extent and nature of the recently improved...

... is prime minister of Greece and president of the Socialist International. This essay is adapted for Mediterranean Quarterly from an address to the Council of the Socialist International, New York, 21 June 2010. A New Global Financial Architecture: Lessons from the Greek...

... work with these countries. DOI 10.1215/10474552-2010-020 Gregory L. Tzanetos: I Europaiki Diastasi ton Ellinotourkikon Sxeseon sto Aigaio kai I Geopolitiki Stratigiki tis Dysis (The European dimension of Greek-­Turkish relations in the Aegean and the geopolitical strategy of the West...

...Helen Abadzi Since the nineteenth century, Greece and Albania have been separate countries, but for about twenty-two centuries they belonged to the same state in its various forms. The ancient Greeks and Illyrians were Indo-European tribes who intermarried with pre-Hellenic populations after...

...Antonis Klapsis The essay examines the way US-Greek relations evolved during the first critical year after the collapse of the seven-year military dictatorship in Greece. It is argued that the new prime minister of Greece, Konstantinos Karamanlis, wished to promote cooperation between Athens...