Giorgos Aloimonos and XrimaPlus discuss with FORESIGHT's Director for Global Economic Affairs and former senior U.S. diplomat on the current and emerging economic affairs

A practical but thorough analysis on the obstacles and opportunities for development and investments in Greece [ We are sorry the analysis is available only in Greek at this time ]

For much too long, this crisis -- which Europe now unanimously admits is a systemic one -- was approached as if it was a symptom of the failure of one country: Greece. Rather than treat Greece as the weakest link in a chain that would be tested to its limits, the eurozone chose to view it as the font of all Europe’s woes. The fact that a more comprehensive strategy to tackle the euro’s weakness is now being sought is tantamount to an admission that the wrong strategy was adopted.

Alexander Billinis is a Greek-American who has a lifelong interest in Byzantine history and its continuing, though little known, relevance to today’s world. His point of view is greatly influenced by being part of the Diaspora, which makes him both an insider and outsider to the Balkan region where Byzantium’s successors experience a rather complicated and frustrating existence.

Bad politics has had a significant role in these crisis, both in Italy and Greece: let's leave that out for a while so that Politics with the capital P can truly come back in the near future.