After World War I, a peace settlement was reached by most of the signatory nations at the Lausanne Conference and the Straits Convention, annexed to the Treaty of Lausanne, in 1923. In 1936 at Montreux, a new Convention was signed governing the regime of the Straits, with a provision for revision in 20 years.
Read MoreThe dispute between Greece and Turkey concerning the delimitation of sea borders in the Eastern Mediterranean has become a security challenge for the whole region. The recent agreements of Greece with Italy…
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PRINCETON — Throughout her long chancellorship in Germany, Angela Merkel has repeatedly shown that she is good for a surprise.
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From the summer of 2015 until early 2016, the EU faced a massive influx of asylum seekers, most of them fleeing the conflict in Syria.
Read MoreIt is very sad that the European colours, the flag of the EU, is nowhere to be seen in the images, projected to the world, of Greek forces as they attempt to stop the human flood directed by Ankara at the land and sea frontiers of Greece.
Read MoreWe must say it again: a three or four, or even of more, days war between Greece and Turkey ―extremely intensive, over the entire space of the Aegean, and possibly expanding to Cyprus and Thrace…
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Dear Mr. Stiglitz,
It was an unpleasant surprise to hear that you participated along with other US academics in preparing a plan for Greece to exit the euro in 2015.
In a previous article (“To the Hague”, October 2019) this column warned that Greece and Turkey were rapidly converging to a point…
Read MoreIt was an unpleasant surprise to hear that you participated along with other US academics in preparing a plan for Greece to exit the euro in 2015. The feeling was even harder, since you still believe that it was “carefully set” and seem rather disappointed for not finally implemented.
Read MoreIt is not very clear to the drafter of this text how clear it is ―or if it is discernible at all―, to the EU partners of Greece and to the North Atlantic allies of both…
Read MoreLONDON — This month marks the centenary of the Treaty of Versailles, one of the agreements that brought World War I to a close.
Read MoreWhat sighs of relief were heard when the Prime Minister announced his decision to call a national election, after his party’s humiliating defeat in last month’s European Elections, were premature.
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