Can Greece get itself out of the crisis? Problems of Reform Capacity
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Lunch debate introduced by Kevin Featherstone, Eleftherios Venizelos Professor of Contemporary Greek Studies and Director of the Hellenic Observatory, London School of Economics and Political Science. He is co-author of 'The Limits of Europeanization: Reform Capacity and Policy Conflict in Greece' (London, Palgrave, 2008) and of a number of books and articles on contemporary Greece and on the politics of the European Union. This debate is part of the "Ifri's Tuesdays in Brussels".
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Nuclear Sharing in Europe: A Contested Policy That Endures
Since the end of the Cold War, the number of US nuclear weapons stationed in Europe has fallen more than seventy-fold, yet their presence in Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Turkey remains a quiet pillar of NATO's deterrence posture. This "nuclear sharing" arrangement, central to the Alliance since its founding, has long been contested by public opinion, political parties, and civil society across Europe, without ever being abandoned by host governments. This paradox lies at the heart of the seminar: why does such an unpopular policy persist?