March 25th unites history and faith, reflecting Greece’s enduring identity through revolution, spirituality, and its timeless bond with the sea, offering lessons of resilience, purpose, and responsibility in a modern world
Escalating conflicts across the Middle East and beyond threaten to trigger new migration waves toward Europe, placing Greece once again at the frontline of a potential humanitarian and geopolitical crisis
Rising security scrutiny around Chinese-linked investments is reshaping Greece’s port and shipping landscape, as an espionage case injects geopolitical risk into markets already navigating shifting EU and transatlantic investment priorities
Dr. Mohamed Farid, Member of the Egyptian House of Representatives, discusses the Middle East’s uncertain post-conflict transition, weakening proxy networks, energy corridors, Red Sea security, and emerging trilateral cooperation reshaping regional power balances
Greece and Germany align on migration management, redefining Dublin returns and solidifying cooperation under the EU’s new “Pact on Migration and Asylum,” signaling a pragmatic shift in European migration governance
Vasilis Petropoulos explains how China’s hybrid influence in the Balkans and Eastern Mediterranean challenges Greece, the EU, and NATO, based on the new IIER report co-authored with Plamen Tonchev
COSCO’s dominant presence in Piraeus underscores the growing U.S.–China competition, placing Greece at the center of a strategic struggle over port control, trade routes, and geopolitical influence in the Mediterranean
Imagine boarding a train in Lisbon and disembarking in Warsaw without changing lines. This is the EU’s latest dream of integration on rails, but it’s a vision threatened by staggering costs and familiar political hurdles
Greece emerges as a key European LNG hub, combining its world-leading LNG carrier fleet with expanding regasification infrastructure and strong cooperation with the United States in natural gas transport and supply
Captain (Dr.) Gurpreet S Khurana discusses India’s evolving Indo-Pacific strategy, maritime security priorities, and the deepening India–Greece partnership amid shifting geopolitical alignments and emerging technological challenges