Bruce Clark

Turkey gets Ecumenical Patriarch removed from Ukraine Peace Summit statement

Published by Kathimerini on Sat, 06/29/2024 - 10:09

Earlier this month, the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew - along with many other countries and organizations - attended the Ukraine Peace Summit. Nearly 80 countries issued a statement calling for the "territorial integrity" of Ukraine to be the basis for any peace agreement to end Russia's two-year war. The Ecumenical Patriarch's signature was originally on that document.

Britain’s own goal over the Parthenon Sculptures

Published by Kathimerini on Thu, 11/30/2023 - 08:35

Bruce Clark, a contributor to The Economist and the author of the recent book "Athens, City of Wisdom", which dives into the story of Lord Elgin and the Parthenon Sculptures, joins Thanos Davelis to discuss British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's "unprecedented" decision to snub Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis over the issue of the return of the Parthenon Sculptures. 

The Treaty of Lausanne: A story of survival and ambivalence

Published by Kathimerini on Sat, 08/12/2023 - 11:01

This year marks the centenary of the Lausanne Treaty, a treaty that has survived a number of twists and turns in world history. Bruce Clark, a contributor to The Economist and the author of "Twice A Stranger: How Mass Expulsion Forged Modern Greece and Turkey" and "Athens, City of Wisdom," joins Thanos Davelis to look at what the Treaty of Lausanne has meant on either side of the Aegean.