Greece has no shortage of political saviours. What it desperately needs is competent leadership, measurable results and institutions strong enough to hold power accountable, regardless of who happens to exercise it
Israel’s defence partnership with Greece could unlock European procurement opportunities, but only if shared industrial authority replaces exclusive control over future systems, turning technological cooperation into lasting commercial and strategic advantage
Sinan Ülgen, director of Istanbul-based EDAM, examines Türkiye’s response to Greece’s strategic alignment with Israel, maritime disputes around Crete, the Cyprus electricity interconnection, and the shifting balance of power across the region
Chinese shipyards initially attracted Greek orders through lower prices. Today, building capacity, improving quality and technical flexibility increasingly influence where Greek shipowners place newbuilding orders and plan fleet renewal
Chios does not simply live beside the sea. For generations, it has turned geography, family and maritime tradition into something deeper: an inheritance carried across oceans and brought home again
As Xi Jinping again invokes the “Thucydides Trap” in Washington, Peking University professor Xiaoyu Lu tells GeoTrends why China–U.S. conflict remains avoidable — and examines Taiwan, the Middle East, Europe and Piraeus
Greece owns ports at the crossroads of three continents. Geography creates opportunity, not power. The decisive question is what happens after cargo leaves the quay
An island of fewer than two thousand permanent residents is quietly testing a question increasingly relevant across the Aegean: can a place develop without monetising away the qualities that made development possible?
The Mecca Pact gave the Sunni bloc a treaty. Across the water, Greece, Israel and Cyprus already run one of their own. Egypt sits between them, and NATO underwrites neither
Ten years after COSCO took control of Piraeus, the port stands transformed — but shifting trade routes, tougher EU scrutiny and Mediterranean competition are rewriting the terms of its next decade
