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    • Why Athens is Burning

    Why Athens is Burning

    Thursday, 11 Dec 2008

    Read more about the cultural background for the riots in Greece in this op ed in the International Herald Tribune.

    Stathis N. Kalyvas is an associate of the Centre for the Study of Civil War at PRIO.

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