The more powerful China becomes, the clearer it is that the emulation of the West is no longer relevant. The country must chart its own path forward, and, in this regard, the legacy of the past is highly appealing.

For proponents of liberal democracy, the new year has not started on a hopeful note. I am not referring to the interventionist escapades of American media mogul Elon Musk or the imperial fantasies of the future U.S. President and his Turkish friend, Erdogan. Instead, it stems from developments in Austria, a core European country, where […]

As we took out leave of 2024, we also bade farewell to a drawn-out election cycle. Four elections between May 2023 and June 2024. With no change to the overall picture. New Democracy (ND) won all four, consolidating a supremacy that now leads it smoothly into its sixth year in government. Only the ND of […]

If some thought the Greeks’ system of values had been left in disarray by the Crisis years, they’ll have to accept that, even if it once were, everything is now largely as it was before.

While Germany’s democratic parties have refrained from finger-pointing, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) wasted no time blaming the government’s immigration policies

The government may not have changed in Greece in 2024. But the Opposition did change. And I don't think that's ever happened before.

Navigating between the two global powers increasingly looks like walking a tightrope for Europe

The president-elect says he’ll lower prices, but his other promises would raise them

I listened carefully to all the politicians, functionaries and academics who spoke at the conference on foreign policy co-organised by To Vima, the Delphi Economic Forum and the Council for International Relations (at the King George Hotel, December 12-13). And I’ll let you in on a secret. There didn’t seem to be much of significance […]

Predicting Syria’s trajectory is fraught with uncertainty, given the many volatile variables at play. Yet, among the few certainties is the stark reality that Russia and Iran are emerging as the major losers in this upheaval.

A (literally) unprecedented alliance of the Far Right and the Left has left France all at sea today, without a government or a budget.

Israel's semiconductor success stems from visionary innovation, global partnerships, and strategic government support, making it a global tech powerhouse.

Since World War II, the United States has built its global influence on the foundation of a stable, peaceful Europe—a reliable ally and vital springboard for power projection.

After six years untroubled by an Opposition, the government’s failure to provide the equal opportunities, rapid recovery and jobs that pay a living wage it promised in 2019 is rapidly losing it any final shreds of credibility.

Syria, due to its proximity to Israel and its pivotal geopolitical position, remains deeply enmeshed in the broader Middle East conflict.

The completion of the election process for the President of SYRIZA and the formalization of the foundation of Kasselakis’ new party brings to a close the cycle of party political realignments that began the day after the European elections. Party political, but not necessarily political. Because new formations and new faces (even if they’ve been […]

The numerous laissez-faire liberals in the government must be feeling somewhat uncomfortable with the government's continual interference in various markets

One region on Earth stands as a nexus for these converging threats more than any other. Though it may not yet be the primary focus of global powers, it is poised to become so

It has been a thousand and one days since Russia invaded Ukraine, and the conflict seems to have reached a critical turning point. Not necessarily on the field of battle. There, the war has evolved into a sequence of small victories and minor defeats for both sides. With no clear winners or losers. The Russians […]

The old political landscape is no more, but a new landscape has yet to take its place