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Greece to Modernize Military Bases Used by U.S. Forces

U.S.A.F. F-15 Jets Arrive in Greece for Exercises Amidst Tension with Turkey

By Angelos Athanasopoulos The transformation of Alexandroupolis into a “new Souda” is perhaps the most basic change that can be expected after the completion of negotiations that are in full for the new amendment of the bilateral Mutual Defense Cooperation Agreement (MDCA). The geographic position of Alexandroupolis (and of Thrace more broadly), as well as the emerging axis toward Varna, Bulgaria, has become extremely valuable for US (and NATO) strategic planning as an alternative route to the Straits of the Bosphorus, given the importance of the Black Sea. Naturally, Washington’s plann...

  Thank you, Markos and let me start by saying thanks to The Economist for having me back.  This is my fifth government roundtable, but most importantly it’s my third time having the honor of appearing with Minister Panagiotopoulos. In preparation for today, I did something I don’t often do, which is I went back and I looked at what did I say two years ago?  That was just a couple of days after the Mitsotakis government came to office.  My headline there was that we, the United States, are committed to taking the already strong U.S.-Greece relationship to the next level.

Greece to procure four new frigates for the Hellenic Navy. Credit: Hellenic NavyGreece has accepted proposals from the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, France, and Italy for four new frigates to bolster its Hellenic Navy.Greece could potentially use up to 5 billion euros to invest in frigates from the American Multi-Mission Surface…