The super-weapon of simplicity

Greece may need stability in Europe and the world so that it can make up for lost time, but everything is in flux. We may have a new government and new faces in politics, we may hope that Greece is entering a period of stability and growth, but this will depend on many factors inside and outside the country.
In Europe, the new people chosen for critical positions show that the EU wants to change neither character nor course. Events, though, will determine whether this is feasible. In Turkey, the president may remain the same but he has overturned his country's traditional course, with unpredictable consequences for Turkey, Greece and the region. On the international scene, the intense maneuvering between the United States, Russia and China complicates the situation even further.

The European Commission's new president, Ursula von der Leyen, may adopt new policies, in...