If It Is Astoria, It Must Be Opa! Forty Years of Greek Cuisine with Perdika Zevlakis

Jim Luce, 01.03.2010

Thought Leaders and Global Citizens

Opa! Souvlaki Restaurant, Astoria, Queens, New York City Since 1969, the year man walked on the moon, Opa! Souvlaki Restaurant of Astoria, Queens, h...

Greece and the Global Sixties

Tom Hayden, 12.20.2009

Former state senator and leader of Sixties peace, justice and environmental movements

It's important to write Greece into the history of the Sixties, and all the countries of the global South who have been neglected due to the media's preference to obsess over music, marijuana, long hair, lost bras, and the end of innocence.

Greece Evidences the Weaknesses of the Euro

Georges Ugeux, 12.16.2009

Chairman and CEO, Galileo Global Advisors

Greece is, once again, on the verge of bankruptcy and, once again, is asking its European partners for help.

Balconies: Mishka Mojabber Mourani's Extended Self in a Mediterranean Memoir

Magda Abu-Fadil, 12.14.2009

Director of Journalism Training Program at the American University of Beirut

It's a labor of love for Egyptian, Lebanese and Greek balconies, interspersed by wars, displacement, marriage, birth, death, fond family souvenirs, an...

Judah the Maccabee's Five Lessons for Barack Obama

Aaron Zelinsky, 12.11.2009

Articles Editor, Yale Law Journal

From the story of Chanukah, we see how not to fight a guerrilla insurgency. From the Maccabees, we learn how to rally a people and a nation. Here are Chanukah's five geopolitical lessons.

United Nations Food Leader On Defeating Hunger

Joseph B. Treaster, 11.29.2009

Editor, 1H2O.org, Knight Center for International Media, University of Miami

This year the number of poor people around the world struggling to get enough food for survival for themselves and their families has risen to a little more than a billion -- the highest level in 30 years.

Environmental Warfare in 10 years

Diane Francis, 11.22.2009

Editor at Large, the National Post

Oil company CEOs and Canadian, U.S. and British government officials attending the Global Business Forum in Banff last week heard a chilling forecast of military clashes if there is an environmental meltdown due to climate change.

Wine, Music, and the Terroiriste Threat

Alex Henry, 11.11.2009

Writer

Bordeaux/Burgundy: A Vintage Rivalry, is an excellent short book by Jean-Robert Pitte, who says that terroir, that principle sacred to French winemakers, isn't everything.

Toronto Film Fest Day 1: Peasants, Cats, Goats, Nymphs and War

Michael Giltz, 11.10.2009

Freelance writer and raconteur

While Cannes is still the Wimbledon of festivals, Toronto is the other one that matters most. Come here to catch the hottest films from Cannes, fall releases looking to tout themselves, and Oscar hopefuls.

Pres. Obama: Time for Washington to Do Less Abroad

Doug Bandow, 10.23.2009

Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute

The world has turned out to be a lot less malleable and willing to adjust to American preferences than the president may have thought before taking office.

Greece: Hunger Strike by 150 Detained Children a Sign of System's Failure

Human Rights Watch, 09.24.2009

Human Rights Watch is one of the world’s leading independent organizations.

Unaccompanied children who do not apply for asylum or who have been refused asylum are without regular status and subject to repeated detention or even deportation, in violation of binding international law.

The Lost Feminine

Alex Pattakos, 09.14.2009

As a Greek-American of Cretan heritage, who has been actively engaged in the process of reconnecting with my roots, I found the standing and role of women in Greek culture and society, both in their religious and secular senses, to be a very meaningful topic.

Discovering Greece: Thessaloniki is Cooler Than You

Ilana Teitelbaum, 08.14.2009

Freelance Writer and Editor living in downtown Jerusalem

Thessaloniki is far from the classic tourist fantasy of Greece: there are no nearby islands, and Delphi and Athens are far away. But it is the country's cultural capital and the epitome of cool.

Vacationing with My Ex

Arianna Huffington, 08.06.2009

My ex-husband and I recently celebrated our 12th anniversary. That's how long we've been divorced -- one year longer than we were married.

If We Ask Nicely, Can We Have Our Marbles Back?

Eleni Gage, 07.23.2009

The Greeks have been tripping all over themselves trying to be uncharacteristically polite, lest anyone think them rude because the New Acropolis Museum is also a reproach to the British Museum.

Weekly Foreign Affairs Round-Up

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet, 07.20.2009

Editors of Simple Intelligence

The Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs : What to Make of Iran's Post-Election Uproar Facts: Incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was quickly declared the...

A Traveling Muse: Loreena McKennitt to Perform in the Middle East and Mediterranean Europe

Ilana Teitelbaum, 07.10.2009

Freelance Writer and Editor living in downtown Jerusalem

McKennitt was shocked when she was invited to perform in Istanbul in 1996, which is when she first discovered her extensive fan base in the Middle East.

The Reality of Aid (II)

Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort, 10.04.2009

Author of The Monfort Plan

Only five countries (Denmark, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden) have met the United Nations' target of providing 0.7 percent of their gross national income in aid to poor countries.

Turkish Prime Minister Admits Ethnic Cleansing

Harut Sassounian, 06.28.2009

Publisher of The California Courier, a weekly newspaper based in Glendale

Erdogan is politically shrewd enough to realize that his condemnation of fascism would resonate at home and in the West, while winning him accolades and support against his powerful domestic opponents.

British House of Commons: Demanding Justice For Armenians, Not Just Genocide Recognition

Harut Sassounian, 06.20.2009

Publisher of The California Courier, a weekly newspaper based in Glendale

This continuum of massacres, genocide and deportations highlights the existence of a long-term strategy implemented by successive Turkish regimes from the 1890's to more recent times.

She Said Yes, but the Government Said No

Sylvia Sukop, 06.11.2009

For those of us in committed relationships seeking legal recognition, it's an emotionally draining, two-steps-forward, one-step-back process, state by state, country by country.