Greece, a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, isn’t a major power. But it is centrally positioned in many of the geopolitical disputes embroiling Europe, including relations with Russia and a migration flood from the Middle East and North Africa, and has its own historic, albeit dormant tensions with Turkey.
A Greece that suddenly finds itself with greatly diminished resources, or whose leaders are angry about their treatment by the European Union, could cause significant problems, diplomats say.
“I see a possibility of Greece, because of the financial problems, being unable to secure its own borders, being unable to participate in NATO and European Union missions, and underfunding their military,” said James Stavridis, formerly the top commander at NATO, now dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. “That’s extremely concerning.”
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