Andreas Papandreou

I mean, you mentioned Karamanlis as this huge figure, uh, of Greek foreign policy following, um, the, the fall of the junta and the reemergence of democracy in the country.

But of course, the other great figure, uh, of that era, uh, was Andreas Papandreou, uh, coming from the left.

And I think it, it's really interesting how, um, if you like, you know, Greece was still a NATO member, although, you know, it had sort of, as, as you rightly pointed out, it had decided to sort of withdraw from the military, uh, elements.

Um, how did that all tie together? The, you know, in, in the creation of a new Greek foreign policy, uh, in, in, in the late 1970s, early 1980s, which would see it through effectively to the end of the Cold War, and we can talk about that in a minute.

And I think that's a really important consideration, that it wasn't simply about the economics and politics of it.

There was something about the security and diplomacy of being a member of the European community which shows the sort of pivot towards Europe in Karamanlis' eyes being significant in the grander s-scheme of things historically and politically in the area.

Of course, you mentioned the rise of PASOK and Andreas Papandreou.

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