by Patricia Lee Sharpe | Aug 31, 2015 | Monitor
By Patricia Lee SharpeThe Greek island of Kos can’t accommodate all the refugees who land on its shores. Nor can Greece alone deal with all those who turn up on its sea-washed territories.Though incessantly berated for hard-heartedness, Europe, collectively, can’t...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Aug 17, 2015 | Monitor
By Lois Woestman, Guest Contributor Dr. Lois Woestman, both a Greek and US citizen, currently works as EU-Liaison Officer at a German university. She previously worked as Lecturer and as EU-Liaison Officer for two universities in Greece, as well as a research/policy...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Jul 17, 2015 | Monitor
By Patricia H Kushlis Since Greece’s founding in the 1820s, no hard left wing party has governed the country before SYRIZA came to power in January. There’s one thing about winning an election; another about negotiating a country’s vital interests at the international...
by Patricia Lee Sharpe | Jun 30, 2015 | Monitor
A Film Review By Patricia Lee Sharpe The orchard of tangerines never gets harvested. That’s the way it is with war. People die, and the beautiful things go to waste. Tangerines, a cinematic collaboration between Estonia and Georgia, with additional support from the...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | May 16, 2015 | Monitor
By Patricia H Kushlis Even during the darkest days of the Cold War, leaders of the US and the Soviet Union met to discuss areas of agreement and disagreement to keep international conflicts from escalating out of control. Such was Secretary John Kerry’s recent...