Category: Press (En)

”Hybrid wars” When Russia first was engaged in war with Georgia and later with Ukraine, quite a few were talking about the return of “cold war”. When again President Obama and the US declared war against the Islamic caliphate, as many talked about war against terrorism. In both cases thoughts are automatically directed to events of the past. In the

“The Endgame?” It is perhaps the first time since the dictatorship until today, I, as an active citizen, strongly feel like posing this excruciating question to my fellow citizens: ND or SYRIZA? At other times such dilemma would have been fun just as in a game with two players. This time, however, the threat can take us to the endgame,

The “Wreck” and SYRIZA The electoral period was marked by an unpleasant event at the outset. It was the fire in the ship, “Norman Atlantic”, the dead and the missing people. This event could be used as a sad metaphor. The ship is the country heading to the destination: Europe and the end of the Memorandum. And the fire is

“On Moral Education” In a recent lecture, I mentioned the word “genocide” and I realized that youths in the audience responded by talking about “constructed ideologies” such as mentioned and when I talked about ethics of memory. So I found the opportunity to elaborate my thoughts, as I quote here. In summary, I believe that morality is not the matter

“The hubris of populist-sophists” Populism is a movement that thrived in the early 20th century in Russia, and since then until today it has become a political tool in the world. A basic advantage is its easy adaptability of the wishes of the crowd. That is to say, if the people ask for extraordinary and unfeasible things, populist politicians immediately

The Diplomat Mr. Xi Jinping   Welcoming the Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe, on 10 November impressively for the first time, the Prime Minister of China, Xi Jinping, demonstrated a remarkable diplomatic skill. It is no coincidence. Let’s take a look at the progress so far, and it shows that this is the philosophy of the political practice. Despite

My article, which was published at Elefteros Typos December 18th, titled “Homeland and Consciousness’’ Homeland and Consciousness The word “homeland” is a notion that burdens and is often used with different perspectives. Usually this is done based on political beliefs. However despite the polygenic characteristic of the word, there is something in it that remains unchanged. Homeland is the open

My article, which was published at Paraskinio December 13th, titled ” Cameron and Immigration” Many European leaders, particularly in Paris and Berlin, were annoyed by the position of Cameron for curved and controlled immigration, especially that of Eastern Europe. The attitude of the British Prime Minister was characterized rather improper by the political sphere. The oppositions have already gone through

” The strategy of Putin’’ It was in February 2007, during the annual conference on international security that Vladimir Putin introduced the doctrine of New- Russia. This was the same logic that he repeated a number of times before, and also in the last G8 meeting in Sochi, because of the penalties that his country had due to its policy

” Asian and European Diplomacy “ On November 4, much to the surprise of the Western countries, China and Japan resumed the political, economic and military dialogue, at the meeting between Chinese President, Xi Jiping, and Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe. In September 2014, the Japanese government announced the nationalisation of the Senkaku islands, of which ownership is also claimed

THE POLITICS OF OBAMA After so many years spent in the US presidency, it would be useful to make a close observation of the US President’s foreign policy to date. As regards the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with his movements being indecisive, gave no solutions and rather complicated the situation. He stated that it would solve the problem in one year. Yet,

“The torture of the animals” A few days ago in France, an animal lover recorded with the camera how violently the animals are killed in a slaughterhouse in order to become our food, and then uploaded to the internet. It created a great sensation immediately, and was responded quickly and decisively both by the public and the authorities. According to