American journalists Baker and Glasser are the authors of an insightful book about James Baker. According to Baker, “When historical tectonic plates move, you have to move with them.” After the Russian invasion, the tables change, the big players take out their notebooks and count accordingly. From the great catastrophe (Ukraine) a new triumph of the undermined liberal West is possible. First the EU who will be forced to atone for their sins. I belong to those who believe that the supranational experiment would not have “worked” if Europe had not been shaken by two world wars, which she herself started.

In our opinion, the pure position of Greece increases its authority and at the same time raises it in the transatlantic hierarchy. Next to her, the militant but unreliable leader of the new Turkey (not the version of the 90s that the political system does not seem to appreciate, because it is blowing it), continues to invest in polarization and division. Blackmail for more exchanges and autonomy space. In the conditions of an equally accelerated retreat of the West. Fighting the bias that distinguishes the distorted assessment of the leader of a regional superpower. Until he lands on reality and corrects the unnecessary risks he is taking (meaning reporting in reputable international media, this time “take it in a different way”), he continues to pursue irrational policies that deprive him of the safe advantages of changing course relative and a la carte alignment with the West. As a result, the lashes become longer and the carrots shorter. The question was asked by a powerful Western official: “Why were we weak against Turkey?” But enough with the neighbor because of the colon until the day after the election.

What does the above mean for Greece? Violent national interest forces him to synchronize with the big picture and apparently favorable events for him. Ensuring not a single inch wasted (borrowing a characterization from Mike Pompeo’s book) of the geopolitical intertwining of national with transatlantic interests. Those of the protagonists who support strategic alternatives and keep secret documents for negotiations, let them present them before the elections. Without the mask of methodologically perforated ideological narratives. It is time to break the shackles and break out of the deep-rooted ghetto of our narrow national visions. Throwing aside the contradictions of ambivalence and suspicion. A sense of measurable and social benefits. In a series of important sectoral policies that accompany the return of Greece to the map. This time as a central subject and a key factor in the regional balance of power. To reap the rewards, you need to stay energetic, financially stable and, finally, unwaveringly reliable. So it constantly claims something more than the West.

This is the opportunity that the West offers us. Let’s get into the game. I’m not at all sure how much we realized this.

Let’s not forget that if the new Turkey had the right to vote, it would have chosen Greece “Psorokostaina”. The one that went bankrupt was discredited and eventually impeached. To facilitate acceptance of its satelliteization as a country with limited and controlled sovereignty. A hugely ambitious project for a political system that, when the financial crisis hit, relinquished ownership of the reforms and turned over the drug prescription to its creditors. That is why, until Turkey changes its mind and abandons its imagined grandiosity by choosing a complex and laborious cultural transition to a Western course that is less feasible than ever today, its dossier will remain untenable for the respective prime minister. As the position of chief of staff in the White House. Baker called it the hardest and worst job in Washington. And yet he managed to set an example to follow. Not because of his ideological zeal, but because he was able to make deals through the right handling of the levers of power.

In the anarchist international arena, Greece cannot influence by criticizing from the podium. You must be allowed to join the game before you can win it. This is the opportunity that the West offers us. Let’s get into the game. I’m not at all sure how much we realized this. From now on, we must turn this into politics.

Finally, for every virtuous undertaking there is a talisman as a source of inspiration and feedback. To keep the profession of faith alive. Against the dignity of a nation that not only honors its history, but also uses the present to free its future. A genuinely Greek concept that cannot simply be attributed to another language because of its richness. A sense of honor.

Mr. Sotirios K. Serbos is Associate Professor of International Politics at the Thracian University of Democritus. Former foreign policy adviser K.O. PASOK.