The assembly Greece - USA, as reflected in the last year, is expected to receive a new impetus from the political change that has taken place in superpower affairs, with the assumption of leadership by Joe Biden.
In fact, it is estimated that the strategic characteristics that the Greek side has given to this relationship will be further stimulated by the wind of change that is blowing in American politics.
The new President of the United States, as reported in Parliament the Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, «is a experienced politician who knows our region and its sensitivities like few others, while proceeding with prudence and stable and non-negotiable values».
The long acquaintance between Mitsotakis and Biden
It is a common secret that the bilateral relations between the two countries are going to be significantly strengthened in the coming period, as evidenced by the excellent communication channels that the Greek diplomacy maintains with the staff of the 46th President of the United States.
«With a sense of renewed optimism, we look forward to further strengthening the ties and friendship between our two nations," the Prime Minister said in a post in which he warmly congratulated Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris», government sources stressed.
The two leaders have a long-standing acquaintance and during his visit to Athens in 2017, the Kyriakos Mitsotakis had, as leader of the opposition, a long meeting with the then vice-president of the government Obama, at the offices of New Democracy on Piraeus Street.
Present at this meeting was Michael Carpenter, a member of the new US President's inner circle of foreign policy associates.
Carpenter is seen as a strong candidate for the position of Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia, a «portfolio» that includes Greece.
Experienced diplomat, with frequent public statements in favour of Greek positions - as was the case in the first phase of the crisis with Turkey last summer.
Just like the new US president, who has used harsh rhetoric against the Turkish provocativeness.
The Greek «keys» to the White House
The Greek accesses to the new... White House are reinforced by the methodically cultivated relations between close associates of Kyriakos Mitsotakis and «like-minded» members of the Biden team.
Two of them will play a leading role in the new State Department. These are the Anthony Blicken but also the former resident of Athens and former US Ambassador to the Greek capital, Nicholas Burns.
Both have an open channel of communication with two important members of the Prime Minister's staff. Thanasis Bacola, advisor to Kyriakos Mitsotakis on issues concerning Greece's relations with the EU and the US and the Alexandra Papadopoulou, the most experienced member of Greek diplomacy, former diplomatic advisor to the Prime Minister and current ambassador of our country in Washington.
It is also clear that another ally is the first female vice president of the United States, Kamala Harris, but also the «Second Lord», that is, her husband Douglas Emhoff, who is recorded as a supporter of Greek positions in the expatriate community.
The American shift
Η Athens However, apart from the additional positive prospects created by the change in the US presidential office, he does not overlook the fact that in the last 12 months in US foreign policy there has been a significant shift away from the model of equal distances, despite the warm - on a personal level - relationship of the Donald Trump with the Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
What experienced officials decode as support for the US deep state and was reflected: first, in the successive visits of the head of US diplomacy Mike Pompeo.
In addition, through the joint exercises of the Armed Forces Greece and the USA.
Furthermore, with the strong message of the passage of the aircraft carrier Eisenhower south of Crete at a critical juncture for the Greek-Turkish relations.
Also, with the decision for a permanent docking of warship USS Hershel «Woody» Williams at the American base of Souda and of course with the American vote of confidence in the Greek economy, with the mammoth investment of Microsoft, the equally large funding of the Pfizer in the project in Northern Greece etc.
This framework, according to the same media sources, creates and more importantly raises a powerful American «shield» against the Turkish aggression.
