HO staff in the Press
The HO Staff writes regularly to the Greek and international Press. Below you will find a selection of their articles & interviews.
March 2010
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Professor Thanos Veremis gave an interview on Saturday the 13th of March, on BBC Newsweek Scotland, on the Greek Debt (link at 53 min. 20 sec.).
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Professor Kevin Featherstone gave an interview on NBC TV (USA) for the 'Nightly News' programme, that ran a report on 11 March on the Greek fiscal crisis (link).
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Professor Georges Prevelakis in his latest article (9th of March) in ‘Estia’ discusses ‘The Deconstruction of the Greek State'.
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Professor Kevin Featherstone in his regular column in the Kathimerini newspaper, on Sunday 7 March, discusses the prospects for the UK election and the apparent narrowing of the Tory lead (link).
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Professor Thanos Veremis gave an interview on CNBC's 'Your World at 10' Programme, on Greek economic crisis (Wednesday 3 March 2010) (link).
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Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis was quoted in The Wall Street Journal, on Wednesday 3 March, on the article ‘Europe's Original Sin’ (link).
February 2010
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Professor Featherstone writes an article on Greek Economic Crisis, in the Spanish newspaper ‘El Mundo’ (link).
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Professor Kevin Featherstone was quoted in New York Times, on Monday 22nd February, on European Union Commission and Greek Fiscal data (link).
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Professor Prevelakis in his article in Estia, analyses the implications of the Greek economic crisis at the domestic and European level and the historical opportunity it offers to ND to promote its reform agenda (23 February).
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Professor Thanos Veremis commented on Prime Minister Papandreou's profile, aired on BBC Radio 4, on Thursday 20th February (link).
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Professor Thanos Veremis took part in a roundtable discussion on BBC's Europe Today Programme, on Wednesday 17 February (link).
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Professor Kevin Featherstone wrote in his regular column in the Kathimerini newspaper on 14/02/2010 about the Greek Economic Crisis and the government's accountability for budget spending (link).
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Professor Featherstone writes an article in the e-journal Re-public on the need for the European Union to gain / create a new 'big idea' (link).
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Professor Prevelakis and Dr. Economides gave two interviews on the Greek debt and deficit crisis: Prof. Prevelakis at Tribune de Geneve (link) and Dr. Economides at BBC World Service, Europe Today (link).
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Professor Thanos Veremis gave an interview this morning on CNBC’s Worldwide Exchange programme (link).
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Professor Prevelakis, in his article in Estia, warns against the fear of losing the momentum for real reform both at the EU and Greek levels and continue with a 'business as usual' logic where problems are hidden under the carpet.
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Professor Featherstone, gives an interview at Greek Newspaper TA NEA on his appointment as member of the Special Committee of Non-Greek Experts to advise the Greek Government on the 'Government Modernisation' (link).
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Professor Kevin Featherstone spoke on Sky News ‘Jeff Randall Live Tonight’ on Wednesday 3 February 19:30. The programme covered the EU endorsing the new Greek budget and discussed the issues that this raises for both Greece and the EU as a whole.
January 2010
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ARD TV, Germany, interviewed Professor Kevin Featherstone about the current economic pressures in Greece and their implications for the euro-zone. 31st January 2010.
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Professor Featherstone, writes an article in the Guardian arguing that 'if Greece is to recover, it needs EU support. Politics, more than economics, will determine its fate' (link).
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Professor Kevin Featherstone talks on 'The World Tonight' 29/01/2010 at 10:00pm with Robin Lustig on the Greek Economy and Greece’s Economic Crisis and how the crisis in Greece affects the Euro-zone. See link; Professor Featherstone's interview starts at 36.25 minutes and ends at 40.35 minutes.
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Professor Featherstone, in his regular column for the Greek newspaper 'Kathimerini', wrote about 'Greece and Globalisation' and the need for the society to accept the need to adapt to external competition (link).
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HO Fellow Professor Theodore Pelagidis publishes in Financial Times a response to Martin Wolf regarding the hypocritical stance against Greece regarding the manipulation of its economic data to gain EMU entry. He also co-authored an article in the Guardian arguing that 'Greece's economic problems and euro threats are exaggerated' (link).
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Professor Prevelakis, in his latest article in Estia, discusses how the current Greek debt crisis may influence corruption, clientelism and future geopolitics of Greece.
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Professor Prevelakis gave an interview in Kathimerini on how Athens can learn from Paris and France regarding its current and future urban planning.
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Professor Featherstone in a regular column for the Greek newspaper 'Kathimerini' argued on Sunday 10th January 2010, that 'this year maybe the end of the beginning for Greece's credibility' (link).
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Professor Prevelakis wrote an article in Estia on 12th January 2010.
December 2009
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Professor Prevelakis wrote two articles in Estia on December 15th and December 29th 2009. For all HO staff articles please click here.
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Professor Featherstone in his regular column in the 'Kathimerini' argued that 'Armageddon' might have to be the solution to Greece's economic crisis, if a national pact is unattainable. The alarm as to the condition of the Greek economy seems stronger abroad than at home. (link).
November 2009
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Professor Prevelakis in his most recent article in Estia criticizes the choice of the EU president and suggests an alternative person for the new top EU post.
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Professor Featherstone asked in his regular column for the 'Kathimerini' newspaper (Athens) on Sunday 'Is Blair the right man for EU President?' (link).
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Professor Prevelakis in his most recent article in Estia writes on the diverging views of different European countries regarding European integration.
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Professor Prevelakis in his most recent article in Kathimerini writes on the ideology of the European centre-right and New Democracy.
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Professor Featherstone in his latest Kathimerini article entitled 'Thinking Left, but Voting Right?' argues that voters across Europe appear more committed to centre-left values than might be evident from the recent success of centre-right parties (link).
October 2009
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Professor Prevelakis in his article in Estia writes on ideological rigidity of Greek politics and society.
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Professor Prevelakis in his article in Estia writes on the lack of ideological renewal since 1974 and the potential end of 'Karamanlism' as the 'ideological' foundation of Greek politics. For all HO staff articles please click here.
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Professor Featherstone comments on the prospects for the new Greek government headed by LSE-alumnus George Papandreou in Kathimerini (link).
- HO staff comment on Greek Elections:
Professor Featherstone comments on CNN (link);
Dr Spyros Economides comments on Greek Elections at BBC World Service ‘Europe Today’ (podcast).
September 2009
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Dr Spyros Economides comments on EU's foreign policy in Telegraph. According to Dr Economides “the EU has no central focal point of national interest, which the member states have, that defines their foreign policy [...] the member states have adopted a pragmatic approach: when we can agree, we shall agree, and when we can’t, then so be it.” To read the full article please click here.
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Professor Kevin Featherstone, Director of the LSE's Hellenic Observatory, in his regular column for the 'Kathimerini' wrote on the forthcoming Greek elections and the importance of reforming the 'core' offices of the government in order to deliver reform and avoid disappointing expectations. To read the full article in Greek please click here.
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Professor George Prevelakis, HO National Bank of Greece Senior Research Fellow on Contemporary Greek Studies wrote wrote two article in ESTIA about a new way of electing MPs and about the danger for Greece and Cyprus to become 'Turkey's hostages'.
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Dr. Rebecca Christopoulou, HO Research Fellow, Ministry of National Economy, Greece (Sep 2008-Aug 2009) writes an article in Apogevmatini on the Greek labour market and its unequal income distribution which distinguishes between insiders (public sector) and outsiders (private sector).
August 2009
July 2009
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Professor Kevin Featherstone, Director of the LSE's Hellenic Observatory, in his regular column for the 'Kathimerini' wrote on Sunday 26th July about the problems of the Greek labour market and youth unemployment. To read the full article in Greek please click here.
May 2009
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Professor Kevin Featherstone, Director of the LSE's Hellenic Observatory, in his regular column for the 'Kathimerini' wrote on 31st May 2009 on the contrasting responses to political corruption scandals in the UK and Greece. 'Nothing', he wrote, 'appears to stir the revolutionary spirit of the British more than the misuse of taxpayers' money to buy horse manure and two toilet seats in the same year'. The reform agenda has opened-up in remarkable ways and Greece might take note. (link)
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The HO's Director, Professor Kevin Featherstone in his regular column for 'Kathimerini', previews the upcoming elections for the European Parliament and argues that we have too many 'Europes' - in the sense that competing and widely diverging national conceptions of what 'Europe' is and should be prevent unity. (link)
April 2009
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The HO's IAA Defence Analysis Institute Senior Research Fellow Dr. James Ker-Lindsay gave two interviews (one in Voice of America and another in The National) concerning the Turkish Cypriot parliamentary elections in northern Cyprus. In addition, he was quoted in the Guardian about the recent ECJ decision on Greek-Cypriot property rights in northern Cyprus and in the Turkish London Gazette about the recent ACGTA seminar on the Europeanization of Turkey.
- The HO's Director, Professor Kevin Featherstone has written an article in the Kathimerini on the results of an international study regarding the OECD countries reform capacity organised by the German Bertelsmann Stiftung Institute, To read the article please click here.
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HO's Director Professor Kevin Featherstone writes a article in the Greek Newspaper Kathimerini about the Greek Prime Ministers' role in Greek political system and the characteristics of Greek governance.
March 2009
January 2009
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Professor Nicos Christodoulakis (NBG Fellow 2008-9) writes an article in Kathimerini about the Greek response to the global economic crisis. Please click here to read it.
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Dr Spyros Economides comments on the implications of the US elections in US foreign policy. Please click here and here to access the articles.
December 2008
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HO staff comment on the situation in Greece
14/12/08, I Kathimerini
Prof. Kevin Featherstone, Director of the Hellenic Observatory, LSE, wrote an extended article entitled 'The Deeper Causes of the Greek Crisis' in ' I Kathimerini', the leading Greek newspaper on Sunday. He argued that there is a 'systemic problem of governance' in Greece, which requires a shift of cultural attitudes to enable the rhetoric of reform of the state and the liberalisation of society to become reality. Greeks need to face up to the contradictions in their own social attitudes, between craving a European 'modernity', and sustaining traditional habits of favours and accepting petty corruption. http://news.kathimerini.gr/4dcgi/_w_articles_columns_100024_14/12/2008_296003
10/12/08 22:47 (Bloomberg)
Greek Policemen Held in Shooting That Sparked 5 Days of Riots Two Athens policemen charged with the shooting of a teenager that touched off five days of rioting were ordered to remain in jail pending trial, as a previously planned general strike shut down much of Greece and disrupted travel. Kevin Featherstone, director of the Hellenic Observatory at the London School of Economics, said the riots were rooted in anger at both parties over a culture of corruption. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601092&sid=aj4RRl1kpiIw&refer=italy
BBC World
Europe Today
Dr Spyros Economides, senior lecturer in International Relations and European Politics and deputy director of Hellenic Observatory, commented on the current situation in Greece. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p001msxp/Europe_Today_09_12_2008/ (at 34mins)
BBC ‘News 24’, BBC World TV News, BBC World Radio
Professor Kevin Featherstone, Director of the Hellenic Observatory and Eleftherios Venizelos Chair in Contemporary Greek Studies commented on the current situation in Greece.
Sky News, Channel 4 News
Professor Nicos Christodoulakis, National Bank of Greece Senior Research Fellow at the Hellenic Observatory, commented on the current situation in Greece. He was also interviewed for BBC's 'Newsnight' Programme and BBC World Service Radio
Channel 4 News/ More 4 News
PhD student Sotiris Zartaloudis, Hellenic Observatory, commented on the current situation in Greece.
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HO Deputy Director, Dr. Spyros Economides in the Greek Newspaper 'Ta Nea' on the influence of economy on international relations. To read it, please click here.
November 2008
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Article by HO's Director on US elections: Prof. Kevin Featherstone wrote an article on US elections published in the Greek Newspaper 'Kathimerini'. To read it please click here.
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Interview by HO's Deputy Director on US elections: Dr. Spyros Economides gave an interview in the Greek newspaper 'Kathimerini' on US elections. To read it please click here.
August 2008
- An article by Dr. Vassilis Monastiriotis on the recent international financial turmoil and the Greek economy appeared in Apogevmatini (Greek Daily) on 28 September 2008. To read it click here.
December 2007
- Professor Kevin Featherstone gave an interview to the Greek newspaper 'TA NEA' on Saturday 15th December 2007. To read the interview please click here and here.
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