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REASSERTING THE DEMOCRATIC SELF-DETERMINATION OF GREEK PEOPLE
Greece has held a special place in the headlines recently and even more so in the past few days because of last Sunday’s referendum, which Alain Badiou referred to as an “Event.” That historic
Read More »GREECE IS FACING A HISTORICAL DILEMMA: DEMOCRACY OR OLIGARCHY?
After five months of intense negotiations between SYRIZA, the leftist Greek government, and the “institutions” formerly known as the Troika, and after spending most of last week locked in discussions with creditors which did
Read More »EUROSCEPTICISM AND THE ‘RIGHT TURN’ IN EU COUNTRIES
Nobody will be surprised with the word “euroscepticism” in the European Union today as the word has organically entered the mass media and scientific literature. The number of eurosceptics grows, even entire political parties
Read More »TURKISH CYPRIOTS ELECT MUSTAFA AKINCI AS THEIR NEW PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC
Turkish Cypriots elected independent left-wing candidate Mr. Mustafa Akıncı (68) as their fourth President of the Republic in the second round of Presidential elections yesterday. Mr. Akıncı got 60 % of the votes against
Read More »“TURKISH STREAM” PROJECT AND THE INTERESTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN EUROPEAN STATES
Russia’s “South Stream” gas pipeline project replacement by “Turkish Stream” had an impact on energy policy of importers by a number of countries in Central and South-Eastern Europe. Bulgaria was left out of the
Read More »RESURRECTION OF NABUCCO PIPELINE: REAL OR MYTH?
The energy history of East-West energy corridor has not started with Nabucco, but Nabucco was considered a crown-jewel of the Southern Gas Corridor. Nabucco Consortium was established with Ankara Agreement in 2009 by Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria,
Read More »GAS POLICY OF GREECE UNDER NEW GOVERNMENT: RUSSIA, TURKISH STREAM AND DIVERSIFICATION
Russia and Turkish Stream After the collapse of the USSR, Russia’s new political elite of early 1990s emerged with its liberal orientation, Euro-Atlantic integration aspirations and opposition to supporting anti-western governments. Whereas, Russia after
Read More »WILL THE LNG SAVE THE EUROPE?
As winter comes, the EU concerns about stability of gas supply amidst the Ukrainian crisis. That pushed EU to seek reliable sources to secure domestic gas supply. It is believed that LNG may protect
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