America
The U.S., China, and the Real “Thucydides’ Trap”: A Distorted Compass
By ILIAS KOUSKOUVELIS Predicting the future is a very hazardous exercise in the social sciences field. Yet, often, academics, under the pressure of the moment, wander into uncharted waters. Their navigation then depends on their theoretical compass. The discussion about the possibility of a conflict between a leading world power and a rising one, presently […]
A Successful Visit: I look forward to finding ways to make Greece stronger…
Op-Ed by U.S. Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt For Ta Nea Savvatokiriako, October 20, 2017 Throughout this past week as I traveled from Chicago, attending a series of substantive discussions with lawmakers, business leaders, and representatives of the diaspora, and then to Washington, where our leaders had the chance to sit down in several different formats, I […]
Remarks by President Donald Trump at Greek Independence Day Celebration
East Room, 2:37 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: I love the Greeks. Oh, do I love the Greeks. (Laughter and applause.) Don’t forget, I come from New York. That’s all I see, is Greeks. They are all over the place. (Laughter.)
The stab in the back
By Sener Levent* The Russians are a calm and patient people. Any Russian that you may ask will tell you that “our best characteristic is our patience”. Once I asked some of them, “why patience?” They gave me as an example the writer Alexander Solzenytsin. He also, they said, was always talking about patience. The […]
President’s Obama State of the Union address
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 20, 2015 Remarks of President Barack Obama – As Prepared for Delivery State of the Union Address