Search Results for: Steve Bakalis
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Elections
Athens Defies Male-Dominated Politics in Greece
Athens has defied male-dominated politics in Greece by electing 15 female councilors out of a total of 26 in the…
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Analysis
Greece and Singapore: A Comparison of Economic and Democratic Freedom
Like Singapore which is a gateway to Southeast Asia, Greece has similar strategic advantages as a gateway to Europe, leading…
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Arts & Culture
Australia’s Greek Film Festival Celebrates 30 Years
It was back in 1992 that the Antipodes Board, the Cultural Arm of the Greek Community of Melbourne (GCM), decided…
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Australasia
A tale of two Greek-Australian diaspora poleis
The Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne’s (GOCM) Board of Management has recently commenced a comprehensive review of its Articles of…
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Education
University rankings and reforms
Eight Greek universities were included in the latest QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) global university rankings against the background of lively debates…
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Analysis
Plato’s Allegory of the Cave and the diaspora ‘innocent fraud’
John Kenneth Galbraith in his book “The Economics of Innocent Fraud” portrayed his lifetime of experience in the public and…
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Arts & Culture
Leadership challenges and opportunities for Greek universities
The empirical and academic literature shows that good management of public organizations, such as universities, requires that they must be…
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Business
Digital currencies, Dimitra, and civil liberties
The pre-election climate in Greece is “electrified” and the dialogue extends to the creation of a monetary policy centered on…
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Australasia
Transnational representation of Greek political parties
The transnational side of politics in general has not been extensively explored, but a recent study makes reference to the…
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Analysis
Risks of ignoring past experiences, best practices in pension reforms
Based on international evidence, pension systems face headwinds due to demographic and other shifts. In France the government has indicated…
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Corruption
Eva Kaili’s Freudian Slip and the Minimum Wages in Qatar
The problem that arose with Eva Kaili goes beyond any bribes, and constitutes a “thorn” for the Greek state coupled with…
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Analysis
Export democracy to the Greek diaspora – an oxymoron!
Australia is a beacon of democracy, and has embedded similar values and an institutional framework to those of the ancient…
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Australasia
What is fated is impossible to escape
Tο πεπρωμένο φυγείν αδύνατον – The Temple of Boom Downunder “The only coarser ship that ever passed this way was…
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Australasia
Lobbying ethnic voters: The case of the Greek community of Melbourne
Ethnic voters drifting away from the two main political parties is one of the messages that emerged from the last…
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Australasia
Rethinking the role of the diaspora as a key part of a development strategy for Greece
“Diaspora Engagement in Times of Severe Economic Crisis: Greece and Beyond” is a timely and important SEESOX Diaspora contribution – an original work…
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Greek Reports (Ελληνικά)
Η ήπια δύναμη των Νέων Αργοναυτών
H συζήτηση για το μεταναστευτικό πρόβλημα έχει επικεντρωθεί σχεδόν αποκλειστικά στην αυξανόμενη εισροή προσφύγων στη χώρα μας, κυρίως μέσω της…
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