Iason Athanasiadis

The attack on Thessaloniki’s mayor by angry youth is symptomatic of nation-state decay afflicting Greece and the region.

Technologies that will shape our future are already in play around us, and they will soon wreak havoc on our reality.

After six years of financial and social crisis, will the refugees trapped in Athens destroy the city or spark a rebirth?

A monastic community is slowly succumbing to the network – is that a bad thing?

Greece finds itself in the role of a Sisyphean cautionary tale, preserved within the EU in a zombie limbo.

In an era of mass inequality, can a digital panopticon banish privilege?

In a networked age, a butterfly fluttering its wings in Tunisia can trigger a geopolitical storm in Brussels.

Refugees streaming into Europe are victims and agents of a misdirected modernity that will transform our societies.

Recognising its similarities with Libya should be Greece’s first step towards avoiding a similar fate.

A conflicted Greece reveals how transnational utopias and virtual purgatories are replacing the nation state.