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New Atlanticist

Jun 11, 2019

US-Greek partnership will survive new elections, US ambassador says

By David A. Wemer

Ties between the United States and Greece are not at risk of weakening, regardless of the outcome of snap elections for the Greek parliament in July, Geoffrey Pyatt, the US ambassador to Greece, said at the Atlantic Council on June 11.

Elections Greece

New Atlanticist

May 20, 2019

European elections are a win, of sorts, for Greece

By Katerina Sokou

Overcoming the strains with its European partners, Greece is heading to its first European elections after the crisis with its biggest parties claiming not only to be pro-European, but also to be fighting populism.

Elections European Union

NATOat70

Apr 3, 2019

North Macedonia and Greece look forward to common NATO future

By David A. Wemer

The two Western Balkans neighbors’ reconciliation can be a “blueprint for the Balkans — the powder keg of Europe in the past — to help resolve the other very difficult disputes that still exist," Giorgos Katrougalos says.

Greece NATO

New Atlanticist

Apr 1, 2019

NATO membership for Cyprus. Yes, Cyprus.

By Damon Wilson

With NATO membership built into any settlement, Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities, along with Athens and Ankara, and in partnership with all of their European partners and NATO allies, might have more confidence in striking a deal.

Greece NATO

New Atlanticist

Mar 29, 2019

North Macedonia negates NATO skeptics

By Teri Schultz

The price of compromising was high — many citizens remain opposed to it — but the cost of not doing so, the government concluded, would have been infinitely higher. Radmila Šekerinska, the defense minister of North Macedonia, is unapologetic about that decision.

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Mar 6, 2019

Ambassador Morningstar Delivers Second Annual Prometheus Energy Lecture

By Atlantic Council

Second Annual Prometheus Energy Lecture Amb. Richard MorningstarFounding Chairman, Global Energy Center, Atlantic Council Piraeus, GreeceMarch 4, 2019

Greece

New Atlanticist

Mar 4, 2019

How to fight disinformation while preserving free speech

By David A. Wemer

Tangible solutions to counter disinformation lie “in the direction of transparency and integrity, and possibly regulation around those lines,” Daniel Fried argued.

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New Atlanticist

Feb 27, 2019

Greece’s turnaround: From Achilles’ heel to regional bedrock

By Damon Wilson

Alexis Tsipras' government has helped bring Greece back in from the cold.

Greece

New Atlanticist

Feb 5, 2019

Name deal with Greece gives Macedonia a ‘second chance’

By David A. Wemer

The name deal is “a second chance for my generation,” said Nikola Dimitrov, North Macedonia's Foreign Minister, adding, for decades Macedonia has been “locked in a waiting room.”

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New Atlanticist

Jan 25, 2019

A ‘monumental day for the Western Balkans’

By David A. Wemer

Members of the Ohrid Group provided their reactions to the passage of the Prespa deal in the Greek Parliament on January 25.

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Dimitar Bechev

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Europe Center

The Balkans Security & Defense

Staff

Denise Forsthuber

Deputy Director, Strategic Engagement and Operations

Europe Center Transform Europe Initiative

Central Europe Eastern Europe

Fellow

Andrea Montanino

Nonresident Senior Fellow

GeoEconomics Center

Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia

Fellow

Daniel E. Mouton

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

Defense Industry Defense Policy

Fellow

Jonathan R. Cohen

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

Greece Iraq

Fellow

Katerina Sokou

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Europe Center

English European Union