“Greece, with its European identity, possesses a significant amount of soft power over Turkey. It can establish itself globally as the country that is spreading the Pax Europea in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans. And not as the country that is bringing Balkan disputes and Eastern Mediterranean instability into Europe. It is a fine line, but a crucial distinction,’ writes George Pagoulatos, Director General of ELIAMEP, in his article for Kathimerini.
You can read the full article in Greek here.