For a geoculture of coexistence

Tourists visit the Areopagus rock near the Acropolis in Athens. 'The common thread between classical ancient Greek, Byzantine and modern Greek culture is the promotion of humanism and ethics,' says Professor Manos Karagiannis. [George Vitsaras/EPA]

Our world is changing rapidly and becoming more unpredictable. This historical evolution is due to at least three factors. First, the post-Cold War order is in retreat, as the West is losing its primacy in the economic, diplomatic and technological fields. Second, the concept of state sovereignty is being tested by the continued emergence of non-state armed actors in the Middle East, sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Thirdly, globalization is turning local and regional crises into global ones, with unmanageable consequences.

Due to its geographical location, Greece is at the heart of a geopolitical arc of instability that starts in the Middle East and ends in the Black Sea. The Russo-Ukrainian war continues with unabated intensity, with no prospect of an immediate ceasefire. In the Gaza Strip, Israeli forces are destroying the infrastructure of Hamas and at the same time...

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