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Europe After The Vote

Apr 9, 2012

Greece Conference Call: 4/09/12 – Transcript

By Jason Harmala

Back to event page The Atlantic Council of the United States Conference Call: The Austere Life: The Changing Nature of Europe’s Politics and Societies Speakers: Kostas Bakoyannis, Mayor of Karpenisi, Greece; Alexis Papahelas, Managing Editor, Kathimerini Location: Washington, D.C. Date: Monday, April 9, 2012  Transcript by Federal News Service Washington, D.C. OPERATOR: This recording is […]

Europe After The Vote

Mar 27, 2012

Greece: An Effective Model for Europe’s Next Wave of Debt Restructuring? 3/27/2012 – Transcript

By Jason Harmala

Back to event page Greece: An Effective Model for Europe’s Next Wave of Debt Restructuring? Atlantic Council March 27, 2012 11:00AM ET Operator: Excuse me, everyone. We now have Ms. Anna Gelpern, professor of law at American and Georgetown University, Mr. Mitu Gulati, professor of law at Duke University, and Mr. Alexei Monsarrat, director of […]

Europe After The Vote

Mar 27, 2012

Greece: An Effective Model for Europe’s Next Wave of Debt Restructuring?

By Jason Harmala

On March 27, the Global Business and Economics Program hosted a conference call with sovereign debt experts Anna Gelpern and Mitu Gulati to discuss Greece’s private debt restructuring and the possibility of other indebted Eurozone countries following in Athens’ footsteps. Anna Gelpern is a professor of law at Georgetown and American Universities, and Mitu Gulati is a professor of law at Duke University. Their analysis of what we have learned from the Greek experience, and what we should expect going forward, provided the following takeaways.

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Europe After The Vote

Feb 15, 2012

Who Will Pay for Greece?

By Julian Lindley-French

“Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit”, Aristotle once famously wrote. He could have been talking of Greece today.

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Europe After The Vote

Nov 3, 2011

What Next for Greece After No-Confidence Vote?

By Marios Efthymiopoulos

In a period of fiscal and social turmoil, the Greek government has decided to risk its survival and the economic stability of Europe on a public referendum over the details of the most recent offer by the leaders of the Eurozone to bail out of Greece from its fiscal destruction. As a result, is it […]

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Europe After The Vote

Nov 1, 2011

Greece’s Coin Flip

By James Joyner

Many of us predicted that investor euphoria over Thursday’s Eurozone deal would soon fade. But few thought it would explode this soon.

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Europe After The Vote

Oct 3, 2011

Europe’s Imperative: Save Greece, Save Itself

By Hilda Ochoa-Brillembourg

Effective crisis resolution tragically requires a dynamic and subtle management of seemingly disparate objectives: building character versus building confidence. And “tragically” is the right adverb, because the European actors–Germany on one side, and most of Europe on the other–are clashing to destructive effect in negotiating these tradeoffs. Germany is intent on building “character” among the […]

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