Politis
A Citizen’s Guide to Greece 2015

 
 

 
ALL ARTICLES
 

The New Cold War: Russia, NATO, and the Re-Division of Europe

By Ambassador John Koenig Note from the Editors. John Koenig is a retired career Foreign Service Officer and former US Ambassador to Cyprus. He is a member of the Honorary Board of Advisors to the Dukakis Center. The following ...
by Politis
0
Full Story »

 
 
ALL ARTICLES
 

Saying of the day: 4/3/13

“There are two Rules of Holes in politics. The first rule is well known: ‘When you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.’ The second rule is less well known: ‘When you stop digging, you are still in a h...
by Politis
0
Full Story »

 
 
ALL ARTICLES
Greece Museum

Huffington Post: Greece Immigrants Face ‘Alarming’ Increase In Attacks, Group Says

Derek Gatopoulis 7/10/12 ATHENS, Greece — A leading human rights organization is urging Greece’s new government to take “urgent action” to curb an “alarming” increase in attacks against Asian and...
by MK
0
Full Story »

 

 
ALL ARTICLES
 

No justification for violence and discrimination

By Ioanna Konstantinou Having lived the Indian reality from within, I have come to know that discrimination is based on numerous and often interrelated aspects such as religion, caste, ethnicity, disability, social status and g...
by pdcadmin
0
Full Story »

 
 
ALL ARTICLES
 

Afghanistan on the Aegean?

By Alexis Papahelas It won’t be long before the relationship between Greece and the troika starts resembling that of the United States with Afghanistan. The efficient Americans entered that historical and complex country and ...
by pdcadmin
0
Full Story »

 
 
ALL ARTICLES
 

Saying of the day: 6/17/13

“People should appreciate who gets to run for office when you have a [public financing election] system [like the one in New York City]. Librarians run for office, ex-teachers run for office — not just people who have a...
by Politis
0
Full Story »

 

 
ALL ARTICLES
 

Open Government, E-Government, and Government 2.0

The MPA program at the University of North Carolina has a really useful “Citizen’s Guide to Open Government, E-Government, and Government 2.0.”  They conclude that Open Government is here for the long haul. &...
by Politis
0
Full Story »

 
 
ALL ARTICLES
 

The crisis hits the media

From today’s NPR. “Three years of spiraling economic crisis in Greece have devastated every sector of the economy. The Greek media are among the hardest hit. Many newspapers and TV outlets have closed or are on the ...
by Politis
0
Full Story »

 
 
ALL ARTICLES
 

Fathers, sons, and political preferences

By David Wisner There is a wide ranging debate ongoing these days about the sources of political behavior, be they social or  genetic. Elias Dinas of the University of Nottingham has published a very interesting bit of researc...
by DW
0
Full Story »

 

 
ALL ARTICLES
 

The European response to the global migration crisis

By Lauren Rothschild NB Lauren Rothschild is a Freshman at Northeastern University majoring in international relations and political science and studying abroad at ACT and interning at the Dukakis Center during the Fall 2016 se...
by Politis
0
Full Story »