How Xi Jinping’s vision merges Plato’s Republic, Aristotle’s ethics, and Confucian virtue into a 21st-century model of governance.

What is the cost of the arms race, and how much of it can we bear?

In Greece, the tax bias is obvious: wage earners and pensioners pay a flat tax rate, while a sizable proportion of high incomes engage in tax avoidance. At the same time, bureaucracy acts as a second, invisible tax discouraging investment

As Europe moves closer to defense cooperation with Ankara, Turkey’s growing assertiveness and shifting strategy are reshaping regional power dynamics — with direct consequences for Greece and Cyprus.

The rearmament of Europe and Turkey’s activities in the wider region bring a question that has long exercised Greek politics back to the fore. What sort of Turkey do we want? Obviously, the question is rhetorical. No nation, Turkey or any other, is ever going to ask us what kind of country we would like […]

Ankara’s threat of war over Greece’s maritime rights is nothing more than a diplomatic bluff — and that Athens should focus on real strategic goals, not symbolic gestures

When German Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrived in Ankara this week for his first major trip outside the European Union, the symbolism was unmistakable. Aside from his inaugural visit to Washington, the Turkish capital was his first destination beyond the EU’s borders – a choice underscoring Turkey’s centrality in German foreign policy. Merz’s message was clear: […]

This opinion piece is part of To BHMA International Edition’s NextGen Corner, a platform for fresh voices on the defining issues of our time.

From Athens to Beijing to Canberra, the same truth endures: ethical leadership is the cornerstone of public trust. Scandals may differ in scale or style, but they expose a shared moral crisis—the distance between transparency and virtue, between law and conscience

Despite stable polling numbers, Greece’s ruling party seems trapped in insecurity and short-termism, while the opposition remains uninspired—leaving voters disenchanted ahead of the next election

This opinion piece is part of To BHMA International Edition’s NextGen Corner, a platform for fresh voices on the defining issues of our time.

From White House ballroom plans to foreign policy reversals, Trump’s unpredictable moves leave allies and adversaries alike adjusting strategies amid Ukraine and Gaza crises

In the age of social media, even grief has become performative — a curated performance of sadness where mourning serves the self more than the dead.

“The Greece that resists, the Greece that persists” has lost its bard. Because this was the Greece Dionysis Savvopoulos hymned in his songs for sixty plus years. When times were hard and when the livin’ was easy. Through joys and hardships. To applause and jeers. On occasions of celebration and of mourning. A Greece that […]

Greece’s recovery narrative often celebrates rising GDP growth rates and tourist arrivals. Yet these figures mask an uncomfortable truth: many Greeks still feel they are running hard but standing still

According to these sources, President Trump’s 20-point framework specifies that day-to-day governance of Gaza would be undertaken by Palestinians, under the oversight of an international transitional body - the Board of Peace - chaired by the US president

Perhaps, maybe in the end, the 13-hour workday is not a “right of the worker,” but the legalization of overwork — disguised as a cure for a system that simply doesn’t work?

The Americans view Greece as an energy hub and Alexandroupolis as the gateway for their natural gas exports to Europe

Contemporary Greek life still refuses to connect itself to the public sphere. Not only does it decline to respect or care for it—it appropriates it, shrinking it in the process.

A UN report classified the events of 16 September 2025 in Gaza as genocide. Traditional allies of Israel were shaken in their support, and within Israel itself, as well as in the global Jewish diaspora, the unified front of support was fractured