Cleopatra Kitti, Senior Policy Advisor to ELIAMEP and Founder of the Mediterranean Growth Initiative, offers a review of Cyprus’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which concluded a few days ago. Read the ELIAMEP Explainer here.
Greece has established itself as a consistent and committed participant in the EDF. Across the 2021-2025 reference period, Greek entities participated in all annual EDF calls without interruption, logging 306 total participations from 88 unique entities. Participation levels remained relatively stable year-on-year. SMES are the backbone of Greek EDF engagement. They consistently account for the […]
Greece faces a democratic governance challenge with two dimensions: (a) low and declining citizens’ trust in political institutions, and (b) limited citizens participation in policymaking between elections. Institutional data underline the urgency of the matter. Greece faces a dual governance challenge: chronically low trust in political institutions and limited citizen participation. Data from the OECD […]
Turkey’s middle-power status is neither rhetorical inflation nor a recent discovery; it is the product of a long-standing strategic self-positioning that combines NATO-embedded military weight, geostrategic exposure, diplomatic activism, defence-industrial growth, and regional reach. Ankara’s middle-power identity is therefore not merely about prestige, but about converting vulnerability into influence and exposure into diplomatic relevance. The […]
This edited volume is the outcome of a scholarly initiative examining the impact of recent geopolitical transformations on the evolution of Turkish foreign policy. At a time when the liberal international order is increasingly contested, great-power rivalry is intensifying, and regional conflicts are reshaping global politics, Turkey has emerged as one of the consequential middle […]
As European Council President Antonio Costa reiterated during his visit to Sarajevo, enlargement is no longer simply an institutional process. It is a geostrategic investment in Europe’s peace, stability and security. Today’s EU–Western Balkans Summit in Tivat, Montenegro, offers an opportunity to move beyond a narrative that focuses exclusively on what the region must do […]
In the fourth policy paper of the collection The Iran reckoning: Essays on a war the West was not ready for, Dr. Andréas C. Hatzidiakos examines the possible post-war trajectories of Iran following the current conflict and assesses their implications for regional stability, European security, and the evolving global balance of power. Executive Summary There […]
The policy brief argues that Greece should re-establish a substantial bilateral development aid programme, as its current contribution remains particularly low compared both to its international commitments and to pre-crisis levels. Development aid is not only as an act of solidarity, but also an instrument of foreign policy, security, and public diplomacy. Greek official development […]
