> Giannis Charamidis
> Giannis Charamidis
Middle East in turmoil five months into the war: Cornered Iran raises the stakes as US loses grip on the post-war landscape
Tehran is using the Strait of Hormuz as leverage while middle eastern states are increasingly hedging against Washington as well
The Houthis, the Middle East’s “unsolved problem”: Why a thousand strikes were not enough to stop them
The US, Britain & Israel targeted infrastructure & leadership, but the threat remains - Missiles & drones threaten Saudi Arabia again, while Bab el-Mandeb is once again becoming a bottleneck
Analysis: Europe at a crossroads – Wars, wildfires, migration: Why the old continent seems unable to manage successive crises
A series of overlapping crises is exposing a continent with immense economic weight and institutional power, yet only limited ability to shape the events that will define its future—a reality that is unlikely to change anytime soon
Why Iran is in no hurry – none at all – to return to talks with the US
Tehran believes that time, pressure on global energy markets and control over the Strait of Hormuz can lead it to a deal negotiated from a position of strength - not one born of concession
From Libya to Gavdos and Crete, the unseen side of migration: “I paid to leave; I don’t want to go back—they’ll put me in jail”
The new mission by Medusa of protothema.gr does not simply document the boats leaving Libya. It traces the people, the trafficking networks, the root causes, and the political responsibilities behind a migration route that has now become firmly established, directly linking the Libyan coast with Gavdos and Crete
Life in Gaza after the Israeli bombardment: The story of the family reunited with their child after two years
Gaza today is not only a place of military conflict. It is a landscape of humanitarian deterioration unfolding in real time
