Institute of Global Affairs

In a speech on Monday Turkey's President Erdogan not only defended the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, but went even further, stating that if Turkish troops hadn't stopped then all of Cyprus would be Turkish today.

Expert Constantinos Filis, the Director of the Institute of Global Affairs and an associate professor of international relations at the American College of Greece, joins Thanos Davelis to discuss Erdogan's latest visit to Egypt, whether Cairo is really ready to mend fences, and what these developments mean for the broader region.

Constantinos Filis, the Director of the Institute of Global Affairs and an associate professor of international relations at the American College of Greece, joins Thanos Davelis to look at what's at stake in 2024 as a record number of people head to the polls, including in the US this year, and break down what the US presidential elections could mean for Greece and the US-Greek relationship.

In about two weeks Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet in Athens, marking the third meeting in five months between the two leaders. While the frequency of their meetings and the de-escalation of tensions are positives, the absence of tensions or conflict does not mean normalization and peace.

Greece's foreign minister held a much anticipated meeting with his Turkish counterpart on Tuesday in which the two sides agreed on a "roadmap" to revive high-level contacts between their countries and seek "new approaches" to problems as part of an effort to improve ties.

Constantinos Filis, the Director of the Institute of Global Affairs and an associate professor of international relations at the American College of Greece, joins Thanos Davelis to discuss his latest piece in Kathimerini in which he makes the case that going to the International Court at the Hague is Greece's best option in order to resolve the key disputes with Turkey in the Aegean. 

Constanitnos Filis, the director of the Institute of Global Affairs and an associate professor at the American College of Greece, joins Thanos Davelis to look at what Erdogan's re-election and his new cabinet mean for Greek-Turkish relations, and spell out what it would take for any potential talks between Athens and Ankara following Greece's elections this month to be successful.

Is the coronavirus the last chance for us to bring about fundamental changes in the world, or will the taming of the pandemic give our apparently expired economic model a new lease of life?

The Hellenic Foundation for European & Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) and the Institute of Global Affairs of the American College of Greece are organizing a two-day webinar in English on "Problems and Prospects for Cooperation in the Eastern Mediterranean."
The online seminar will take place on Tuesday and on Wednesday between 5 and 6.30 p.m.