Think tank

Whatever the result of the US elections in November this year, relations between Washington and Athens will remain strong, US Assistant Secretary for Energy Resources Geoffrey Pyatt said during a group discussion at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) think tank in Washington, DC on Monday.

Cyprus and its emergence as a strategic partner and diplomatic link in the Mediterranean, as well as the issue the Turkish-occupied northern part of the island, was the main issue discussed in Washington, DC on Monday, in the context of the 5th Forum for Southeast Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean, at the American Enterprise Institute think tank.

The president of the main opposition SYRIZA on Tuesday announced the first of 29 committees the party is planning to put together to advise it on key policy matters.

In a post on X, SYRIZA leader Stefanos Kasselakis stressed that these committees will not be composed of party officials, but of individuals "from society," with expert knowledge of the issue at hand.

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Monika Sie Dhian Ho is the general director of Clingendael, the Netherlands Institute of International Relations. 

The Hellenic Foundation for European & Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) published Friday a long rebuttal to criticism it has faced lately for its alleged "soft" stance toward Turkey.

ELIAMEP provided a condensed version of its rebuttal on its Twitter account. The text of the Twitter thread follows:

The E-Kyklos think tank is organizing an online debate on Sunday titled "How the Challenge of the Pandemic Affects the Planning of the Health System," with the participation of European Commissioner for Health Stella Kyriakides.

The debate starts at 6 p.m. and can be viewed on ekyklos.gr, evenizelos.gr, Facebook and YouTube.

The Delphi Economic Forum and the E-Kyklos think tank are organizing an online debate titled "The Day After in Greek-Turkish Relations," with the participation of former foreign ministers Evangelos Venizelos and Dora Bakoyiannis and former defense minister Evangelos Apostolakis.

Because Turkey is part of NATO and integrated with global institutions, American politicians use that leverage to change its behavior in Syria, an expert at a U.S.-based think tank told.

Turkish and Azerbaijani think-tanks on Oct. 3 agreed on further cooperation on the sidelines of the 10th-anniversary meeting of the Turkic Council.