Episode 36 of Borderlines brings former Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou into dialogue with host Professor Katerina Linos, to share visionary insights about authoritarian threats undermining global democracy and citizen-centered solutions. Currently serving as Rapporteur for Democracy at the Council of Europe, Mr. Papandreou discusses his storied family of leaders in Greece and the United States and surviving violent coups, rightwing cabals and austerity crises. Listeners will learn about his diplomatic advances while Foreign Minister which helped humanize relations between Greece and Türkiye, and how innovating on the values of ancient Greece as the world’s first democratic state could counter today’s polarization. Mr. Papandreou made major (if ultimately unsuccessful) efforts to resolve the “Cyprus problem” – a topic Professor Linos discusses with him in this interview and during her interview with CJEU Judge Lycourgos, who similarly worked on this complex issue.

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