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Thanos Davelis is joined by experts Aaron David Miller, Nadine Maenza, Sinan Ciddi, and Michael Rubin as we try to make sense of developments in the Middle East – a region of particular importance to Greece and Cyprus. We dig into President Trump’s “Board of Peace,” the US abandonment of Syria’s Kurds, Iran, and more.
Defense, security, peace, and alliances are top of mind these days.
This week, we kick off with a look ahead at 2026, featuring interviews with Kathimerini Executive Editor Alexis Papachelas, Council on Foreign Relations’ Steven Cook on the protests in Iran, and analysis from Lena Argiri, Nektaria Stamouli, and Loukas Kozonis in our “Meet the Press” segment.
Since it was introduced, President Trump’s peace plan for Ukraine has put many European leaders in a bind.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan recently praised Syrians born and raised in Turkey, who speak Turkish and have returned to Syria, saying a “brother nation that speaks our same language is rising anew from the ashes.”
Steven Erlanger, the chief diplomatic correspondent for The New York Times covering Europe, joins Thanos Davelis to look at the challenges Europe’s leaders face, which include everything from the war in Ukraine – where pressure is mounting – to a sluggish economy, the far right, and America’s commitment to its security.
Diomidis Spinellis, a former Greek official now with the Athens University of Economics, joins Thanos Davelis as we take a closer look at Greece’s digital transformation and the lessons it holds for other countries looking to ditch their paper habits.
This weekend we heard Hakan Fidan say he believes Ankara and Washington will find a way to remove CAATSA sanctions “very soon”.
Ian Lesser, the vice president and Brussels chief of the German Marshall Fund of the United States, joins Thanos Davelis as we take a closer look at President Donald Trump’s new National Security Strategy and its scathing critique of Europe, which some are already calling the “mother of all wake-up calls” from Washington toward Europe.
Constantinos Filis, the director of the Institute of Global Affairs and a professor of international relations at the American College of Greece, joins Thanos Davelis as we look into the “historic” – as President Nikos Christodoulides called it – maritime deal between Cyprus and Lebanon.
Nick Malkoutzis, the co-founder of Macropolis.gr, joins Thanos Davelis to break down what’s at stake as farmers take to the streets in protest.
Henri Barkey and Endy Zemenides join Thanos Davelis as we dig into a recent interview Tom Barrack, the US ambassador to Turkey, gave to Kathimerini, where he talked about Washington’s aspiration for a “new regional ordinance” and made head-scratching comments about Greek-Turkish relations and Cyprus.
As countries around the world scramble to see who is going to win the AI race, Greece is also looking to secure its own AI future.
Harris Georgiades, the chairman of the Foreign and European Affairs Committee of the Cypriot Parliament, a former minister of finance, and the chairman of the Clerides Institute, joins Thanos Davelis as we take a closer look at the ongoing Ukraine peace talks, the parallels between what Russia is doing in Ukraine and what Turkey has done for over 50 years in Cyprus, and more.
The Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ Ryan Brobst and Justin Leopold-Cohen join Thanos Davelis as we take a closer look at Greece and Israel’s growing defense ties and the opportunities it presents for the region and the US.
Endy Zemenides, HALC’s executive director, joins Thanos Davelis as we break down the recent stories of optimism around the potential re-opening of Halki Seminary in Turkey, and look at the broader attention the Orthodox Christian world is receiving in Washington, from the Ecumenical Patriarchate to the Russian church.
Paul Stares, the director of the Center for Preventive Action and coordinator for the “Special Initiative on Securing Ukraine’s Future” at the Council on Foreign Relations, joins Thanos Davelis as we look into President Trump’s 28-point plan to end the war in Ukraine, and break down what it means for Ukraine, Europe, and NATO.
George Demacopoulos, the co-director of the Orthodox Christian Studies Center at Fordham University, joins Thanos Davelis as we look into the “Orthobro” phenomenon, the wave of new converts to the Orthodox Church in the US, and what it means for Orthodoxy.
Charles Kupchan, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and expert on Europe, joins Thanos Davelis as we look into Russia’s hybrid attacks on Europe, digging into the question of whether Russia could take these attacks a step further.
Evangelos Savva, the Ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus to the United States, joins Thanos Davelis as we break down the significance of Foreign Minister Kombos’ meeting with Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington, and look at the message it sends about ever-deepening US-Cyprus ties.
Mij Rahman, managing director for Europe at the Eurasia Group, joins Thanos Davelis as we take a closer look at how Europe’s north – France, UK and Germany – are facing growing budget deficits, debt, and political instability, while the former crisis hot spots in the south like Greece look financially healthier.
John Psaropoulos, an independent journalist and Al Jazeera’s correspondent in southeast Europe, joins Thanos Davelis to look into Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s visit to Athens on Sunday, where Ukraine signed an agreement with Greece for gas imports ahead of what’s expected to be a tough winter.
