Responding to a Challenge

Greece's New Policy Towards Israel

Bibliographic Data

ID21156500
AuthorsEkavi Athanassopoulou (corresponding author)
Year2003
Volume3
Issue1
Pages108-125
Publication date2003-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1468-3857 • E-ISSN: 1743-9639
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/713999339
OpenAlexW2040704681
LanguageEN
Citations received6

In response to the Israeli-Turkish strategic partnership of the 1990s Greece was driven closer than ever before to Israel. By the end of the 1990s it was clear that Athens had reached a turning point in its policy towards Israel. The PASOK government wished to maintain Greece's traditionally good relations with the Arabs. Nevertheless, it was ready to risk upsetting them in the pursuit of a good relationship with Israel. The promotion of relations with Jerusalem (underdeveloped for over 40 years), was understood to serve national policy goals. It was viewed as part of Greece's strategy towards Turkey (Greece's perennial adversary), as well as of its policy of full alignment with the US and its EU partners. Developments in the regional environment and the ability of the Greek government to respond to opportunities will determine whether Greek-Israeli relations could grow in substance

Adversary · Economics · Economy · General partnership · Government (linguistics) · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Promotion (chess) · Sociology · Turkish · Balkans: History, Politics, Society · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Russia and Soviet political economy

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