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Europe’s Greek Failure

Gros, Daniel, (2015), “Europe’s Greek Failure”, Project Syndicate, 9 Ιουλίου Narratives matter, especially when they are intertwined with hard interests. As Greece and its creditors court catastrophe, we are getting a clear picture of how conflicting narratives can lead to a lose-lose result. The facts are indisputable. In early 2010, when the Greek government could no longer finance itself, it turned to its European partners and the International Monetary Fund …Read More

A Pain in the Athens

Blyth, Mark, (2015), “A Pain in the Athens”, Foreign Affairs Journal, 7 Ιουλίου When the anti-austerity party Syriza came to power in Greece in January 2015, Cornel Ban and I wrote in a Foreign Affairs article that, at some point, Europe was bound to face an Alexis Tsipras, the party’s leader and Greek prime minister, “because there’s only so long you can ask people to vote for impoverishment today based …Read More

The Greek Vote and the EU Miscalculation

Friedman, George, (2015), “The Greek Vote and the EU Miscalculation“, Stratfor Geopolitical Weekly, 7 Ιουλίου In a result that should surprise no one, the Greeks voted to reject European demands for additional austerity measures as the price for providing funds to allow Greek banks to operate. There are three reasons this should have been no surprise. First, the ruling Coalition of the Radical Left, or Syriza party, is ruling because it …Read More

Η αξιολόγηση που δεν έκλεισε ποτέ

Βαρβιτσιώτη, Ελένη, Τέλλογλου, Τάσος, (2015), “Η αξιολόγηση που δεν έκλεισε ποτέ”, Κυριάκατικη Καθημερινή, 7 Ιουνίου Το ηλιόλουστο πρωινό της 7ης Νοεμβρίου 2014 στις Βρυξέλλες, ο τότε Ελληνας υπουργός Οικονομικών Γκίκας Χαρδούβελης βρίσκει στο κινητό του τηλέφωνο ένα email–ορόσημο, όπως θα φανεί αργότερα, από την τρόικα. Ηταν για πρώτη φορά τόσο σαφές ότι η αξιολόγηση δεν θα έκλεινε, καθώς η τρόικα φαινόταν να σκληραίνει τη στάση της ζητώντας την εφαρμογή όλων …Read More

External conditionality and the debt crisis: the ‘Troika’ and public administration reform in Greece

Featherstone, K., (2015), “External conditionality and the debt crisis: the ‘Troika’ and public administration reform in Greece”, Journal of European Public Policy, Vol. 22, Issue 3, pp.295-314. Levering domestic reform via external conditionality has become crucial to the rescues of European Union member states in the context of the eurozone crisis. This article examines a critical case – Greece – and a problematic sector – reform of the central state …Read More

Υπάρχει και τρίτο σενάριο

Σωτηρόπουλος Α. Δημήτρης, (2015), “Υπάρχει και τρίτο σενάριο”,  Το Βήμα, 24 Μαΐου. H εγχώρια συζήτηση για το αν θα φθάσουμε ή όχι σε συμφωνία με τους δανειστές γίνεται ως εάν υπάρχουν μόνο δύο εναλλακτικά σενάρια. Το πρώτο σενάριο είναι να υποχωρήσει η κυβέρνηση και το δεύτερο είναι να μην υποχωρήσει, αλλά να προτιμήσει τη ρήξη. Ο παραδοσιακός ελληνοκεντρισμός που διέπει τις συζητήσεις για τη θέση της Ελλάδας στην Ευρώπη και στον …Read More

Greece’s Turn to Resist a Referendum

Mohamed A. El-Erian, (2015),  “Greece’s Turn to Resist a Referendum”, BloombergView, 18 Μαΐου. In 2011, overwhelming opposition from Greece’s European partners forced Prime Minister George Papandreou to withdraw a proposal for a referendum seeking a “clear mandate” from voters to carry out European Union-backed policies. Last week, the opposite scenario unfolded: Germany suggested that the Greek government hold a plebiscite on whether to accept creditors’ demands for economic reforms or ultimately …Read More

Should Greece Pay Back Its Debt?

Ozlem Onaran (2015) “Should Greece Pay Back Its Debt?“, Social Europe Journal, 23 Απριλίου 2015.   Financial speculators are nervously asking whether Greece will pay its debt or default. Political leaders from Europe to the US and the IMF are telling the Greek government to leave aside its democratic mandate and accept further austerity as a condition for getting credit to continue to pay back its debt. But the right …Read More

Greece: On the Gredge, A Greek exit from the euro may soon become inevitable

Greece: On the Gredge, A Greek exit from the euro may soon become inevitable, The Economist, 25 Απριλίου 2015.   Eventually every long-running drama, from “Downton Abbey” to “Dr Who”, feels formulaic. So it is with Greece’s debt saga. For five years it has followed a wearily familiar script of unpayable debts, aborted reforms and 11th-hour compromises that let the country stagger on inside the single currency. That history has …Read More

Modern Greece: What Everyone Needs to Know

Kalyvas, Stathis (2015), Modern Greece: What Everyone Needs to Know, Oxford University Press. Combines the most up-to-date economic and political-science findings on the current Greek crisis with a discussion of Greece’s history Greece’s economic and political future as a member of the European Monetary Union is very unpredictable at the moment, though the decision will have great repercussions for the rest of Europe and the world Makes original historical connections between …Read More