Seizing opportunities amid heightened US ties

Ambassador Alexandra Papadopoulou, deputy minister of foreign affairs of Greece, delivering remarks at Tuesday's event. [Nikos Kokkalias]

Katerina Sokou, a Theodore Couloumbis Research Fellow specializing in Greek-American relations at the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP), has unveiled her policy paper concerning the prospective trajectory of Greece's bilateral relationship with the United States. Her paper, titled "Greece-US reactions: Capitalizing on a generational high," which was presented during an event organized by ELIAMEP in central Athens on Tuesday evening, also delves into Greece's ability to harness this relationship to advance its national security objectives and obligations. 

Shared values

"The deepening cooperation between Greece and the United States is based on shared values and, importantly, aligned interests," Sokou says, adding that having shed the remaining legacies of their Cold War dependency, relations between the two NATO allies now...

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