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The Syrian Crisis, the Great Middle East, and Kurdish National Drama
The spring and summer of 2012 will remain large in the history of the Middle East as the boundary between the ‘Arab spring’, symbolizing the change in individual countries and… Read more
Greek Vote: Sign of Relief
After the parliamentary elections, the political parties in Greece face again a complex political puzzle. Month after having failed to form a government the Greek political leaders will need to… Read more
After the Euro and … Flood
The National Bank of Greece expects fatal consequences for the country on exit from euro If Greece leaves the euro area, living standard will crash, incomes will decrease by half,… Read more
Why is Europe in crisis?
The EU focus on fiscal deficit is completely mistaken. They are the result of the crisis, not the cause. The EuroMemorandum group expresses its critique that the European Union response… Read more
Europe: Political Uncertainty and Falling Euro
Following the elections in Greece and France, the euro continued to fall and reached a fresh four-month low on Tuesday, hitting a trough of $1.2643. It was hurt by worries that… Read more
Greece Ends the Money at the Beginning of June
The Prime Minister Lucas Papademos warned that the country may stop servicing its external debt obligations Greece will not be able to service the obligations of the State from the… Read more
What Distinguishes the Syrian From the Libyan Crisis?
Probably few people could imagine the consequences of a tragic incident in mid-December 2010 in a small provincial town in Tunisia, where brought to despair young man set fire to… Read more
The Turkish Strategy on the Syrian Crisis
The Turkish-Syrian relations, in the period after 1945, were always tensious and problematic. The Syrians still remember the role of France, which in 1938 transferred the possession of the Syrian… Read more
Japan, One Year after the Great Tohoku Earthquake
Before the great Tohoku earthquake in Japan, I thought about earthquakes as a daily nuisance and part of our daily routine without any serious consequences and effect on our lives…. Read more
The Whole Truth about Greek Bailout
Sigh of relief in Athens: the private creditors gave their consent for partial write off of Greek debt. As a result of continued negotiations, it was agreed that 86% of… Read more
