Expert Alan Makovsky, who was recently in Greece, joins The Greek Current to talk about the progress he is seeing in Greece-US security tie - which he described in an interview in Kathimerini as “head spinning” - and the importance of an expanded US presence in the northern Greek port of Alexandroupolis.

Endy Zemenides, HALC’s Executive Director, joins The Greek Current to discuss the prospects of the US-Greece Defense and Interparliamentary Partnership Act getting passed into US law and what this means for US-Greece relations. We also look at US policy vis-a-vis Turkey, particularly Turkey's request to purchase F-16s and the failure of the State Department to put Turkey on its special watch list of religious freedom violators.

Journalists Peter Schwartzstein and Alexander Clapp join The Greek Current to discuss their recent piece in Bloomberg - "Greece's Popular Islands Are Crowded - With Plastic" - that looks into the Aegean islands' dependency on plastic bottles, its environmental impact, and the steps that are being taken to address this problem.

Piotr Zalewski, the Turkey correspondent for The Economist, joins the Greek Current to look into the drastic decline in the value of the lira over the last months and years, Erdogan’s unorthodox economic policies and the influence he wields over the central bank, and how these developments are impacting Turkish households and consumers.

Journalist Amberin Zaman joins The Greek Current to discuss Turkey’s “war of attrition” against Syria’s Kurds and its weaponization of water amid a devastating drought. We also discuss her interview with Mazlum Kobane, the commander in chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces, who touched on - among other things - the prospects of a new Turkish incursion into the region.

Aram Hamparian, the Armenian National Committee of America’s Executive Director, joins The Greek Current to discuss the deadly clashes that took place this week at the Armenia-Azerbaijan border, the response from the US, and the key legislation that the Senate is considering to hold Azerbaijan and its ally Turkey accountable.

Lena Argiri, the DC Correspondent for ERT - the Greek Public Broadcasting Company - joins The Greek Current to analyze the latest statements from the US State Department on the S-400 issue with Turkey. A State Department spokesperson rejected Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar's proposal that a way forward on the S-400 issue could see Turkey adopt the so-called “Crete Model,” which saw the relocation of S-300 missiles from Cyprus to Greece in the late 1990s.

Expert Aya Burweila joins The Greek Current with the latest analysis on Friday's summit in Paris on Libya, which saw world leaders reiterate their commitment to ensure the success of elections that are scheduled for next month and called for the withdrawal of mercenaries and foreign forces from Libya.

Vassilis Nedos, Kathimerini’s diplomatic and defense editor, joins The Greek Current to discuss a new report by the Jewish Institute for National Security of America titled “At the Center of the Crossroads: A New U.S. Strategy for the East Med". The report highlights the geopolitical importance of the Eastern Mediterranean for the United States, and calls on Washington to expand its presence in Greece to address pressing challenges in the region.

Expert Aykan Erdemir joins The Greek Current to discuss his latest reports about Turkish airlines’ alleged role in the Poland-Belarus crisis, the news that Turkey agreed to curb migrant flows to Belarus under EU pressure, and why this is significant.