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George Tzogopoulos

George N. Tzogopoulos is a BESA Research Associate, lecturer at the Democritus University of Thrace and visiting lecturer at the European Institute of Nice.

While the bilateral relationship is flourishing, Israel’s warming relations with Turkey is causing some concern in Athens.
As the alliance tries to find ways to remain relevant and better respond to security challenges, its relationship with Jerusalem is growing closer than ever.
Instead of cultivating illusions, Athens needs to clarify what it expects from Jerusalem and engage in sincere dialogue about mutual issues.
The national agendas of Greece and Turkey continue to clash in the Mediterranean, and as matters stand, the possibility of a breakthrough is limited.
Ankara’s moves in the Eastern Mediterranean, while risky, have partly vindicated Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Israel and Greece have nothing to lose and much to gain from a diplomatic initiative to explore Turkey’s participation in the East Med Gas Forum.
Lithuanians generally prefer to approach their own history by honoring their fighters for resisting Soviet rule, and ignoring their active collaboration with the Nazis.
The fundamental strength of American-Israeli relations is largely taken for granted, and this is slowly becoming true for American-Cypriot-relations and American-Greek relations as well.
Relations are also flourishing; last year, bilateral trade volume (including Hong Kong) was circa $16 billion. Approximately 114,000 Chinese visited Israel in 2017, an increase of 41 percent over 2016.
Bilateral trade volume is increasing. According to German statistics, German exports to Israel last year amounted to €4.3 billion and imports to €1.9 billion, which are respective increases of 8 percent and 13.7 percent over 2016.
The three nations are steadily building a democratic geopolitical bloc in the Eastern Mediterranean, exploring ways to collaborate in fields ranging from energy to communication technology and defense.
Eight years after the initial rapprochement between Greece and Israel, the bilateral partnership is stronger than ever.