http://eliamep.blogactiv.eu Official Blog of the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:07:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There is little new in this round of discussion of a new financial transactions tax (FFT). One exception is that some prominent European leaders have expressed support for it. Although the agreement is broad brush and does not contain important details. Another is that relatively more of the discussion is ... http://blogs.eliamep.gr/en/dodd/commentary-on-the-new-round-of-proposals-for-a-tax-on-a-wide-array-of-financial-transactions/ This year’s Halki International Seminars focused on the role of the transatlantic institutions in helping local stakeholders address security challenges in the Middle East, the Black Sea and Southeastern Europe. In the interview that follows, Prof. Sh. Feldman discusses his views on the Middle East issue. ShareThis http://blogs.eliamep.gr/en/admin/israel-and-palestine-the-prospects-of-a-two-state-solution-interview-with-prof-sh-feldman-brandeis-university/ ShareThis http://blogs.eliamep.gr/en/admin/greek-turkish-relations-comment-by-dr-ian-lesser/ For small European countries such as Greece, being headline news is not a blessing. It usually means that they have suffered a major natural disaster or are wrestling with political, economic or social turmoil. Greece today is front and center in a storm of bad news. Greece’s problem is mainly economic ... http://blogs.eliamep.gr/en/couloumbis/theodore-couloumbis-greece-at-a-crossroads/ The events of the past weeks have shown us that the loudest advocates of “rescue” packages for Greece are analysts and economists from the financial sector. Although they usually prefer singing from the hymn sheet of free market liberalism, they are now reciting the lyrics of “supporting” and “rescuing” Greece. Their ... http://blogs.eliamep.gr/en/bastian/jens-bastian-who%e2%80%99s-calling-for-a-greek-bailout/ As discussions continue on EU’s “rescuing” of Greece, one cannot help but carefully consider as to how events unfolded over the last few decades in Greece, Europe and internationally in such a way that the financial/economic integrity and existence of institutions and countries’ stability has been questioned. Greece is a ... http://blogs.eliamep.gr/en/anthonyr/refocusing-greek-energies-in-the-context-of-a-new-global-monetary-arrangement/ When Prime Minister George Papandreou announced after the special European Union Council meeting in Brussels last week that the International Monetary Fund is providing “technical expertise” to the government, some commentators inside and outside Greece seemed to be caught by surprise. They should not have been. There was great speculation during ... http://blogs.eliamep.gr/en/bastian/jens-bastian-all-on-board-the-eu-ecb-and-imf-go-to-work-with-the-government-in-athens/ In Iran the Islamic Revolution (1979) is the most significant political development in the second half of the twentieth century and the event which led to the formation of the political system of the Islamic Republic of Iran. It is commemorated annually with a march to the Freedom ... http://blogs.eliamep.gr/en/evangelos/the-commemoration-of-the-islamic-revolution-and-the-struggle-for-power-in-iran/ Greece has attracted in recent weeks a great deal of rather unwanted and unsavoury attention due to its ailing state finances. The EU Council Meeting of 11 February fell short of announcing a bailout package; it stressed, however, European support for the Greek governments’ fiscal austerity programme and underlined that ... http://blogs.eliamep.gr/en/grigoriadis/could-the-greek-crisis-turn-into-an-opportunity/ ‘Greek misery’, ‘Hellenic precipice’ or unwelcome comparisons with Dubai and Iceland, who both cannot repay their debts. Truly, the headlines about Greece since the start of the New Year could hardly be more telling. They are similar to a Greek tragedy. However, the final act has yet to be completed ... http://blogs.eliamep.gr/en/bastian/how-%e2%80%98systemically-relevant%e2%80%99-is-greece/