Nikita Triandafillidis

2 weeks ago | europinion.uk | Nikita Triandafillidis

When Richard Nixon declared that drug abuse is the public enemy number one of the U.S back in the 1970s, he unintentionally created a chain reaction of events that would haunt his administration, and all the next administrations up until this day. The problem of drug abuse and drug violence affected the U.S, but to a greater extent, it damaged the socio-economic fabrics of Colombia.

1 month ago | moderndiplomacy.eu | Nikita Triandafillidis

On April 18, Zimbabwe celebrated its 45th independence anniversary. Their independence in 1980 came with mixed emotions and resulted in a country still divided racially and economically. Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s longest-serving president, breathed his last breath in 2019, and his legacy has been a mixture of admiration for his revolutionary past and disgust for his dictatorial attitude, his racism towards whites, abuse of power, and widespread violations of human rights.

Feb 15, 2025 | europinion.uk | Nikita Triandafillidis

Tensions in the Mediterranean between Greece and Türkiye might soon escalate to a broader European friction between two traditional allies, France and Greece. Reports from late January suggest that France is willing to sell METEOR missiles to Türkiye. Nikos Dendias, the Defence Minister of Greece had a meeting with the French ambassador Laurence Auer, requesting official information about the potential sale of METEOR missiles to Greece’s adversary, Türkiye.

Nov 22, 2024 | europinion.uk | Nikita Triandafillidis

On October 30 2024, the President of the United States met with President Nikos Christodoulides of the Republic of Cyprus at the White House. It was the first official visit of a Cypriot leader since 1996. The visit had a symbolic connotation since 2024 marks 50 years of illegal Turkish occupation of North Cyprus. President Christodoulides and President Biden held a similar position regarding the subject of Cyprus, reaffirming the position of the U.S. as a reliable and strategic partner.

Sep 21, 2024 | europinion.uk | Nikita Triandafillidis

When RFK Jr. announced last month his intentions to endorse the Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump, and suspend his presidential bid, he sent political shockwaves throughout the U.S. His endorsement indicates a turn to a more unified country, a country experiencing the decline of the Democratic Party, which seems unable to grasp the political reality that surrounds it.