Current AHIF American Journal Of Contemporary Hellenic Issues 

AHI Foundation Student Foreign Policy Trip
In his Introduction, Dr. Constantine Hatzidimitriou, comments upon the crisis caused by Russia’s unprovoked war of expansion into Ukraine which has resulted in the displacement of innocent civilians, the loss of thousands of lives, and the destruction of many cities. The first time this has occurred in Europe since WWII, with risks of a more general conflict that could involve nuclear weapons.  He goes on to discuss how the international community’s lack of action and application of the rule of law when Turkey invaded Cyprus in 1974, and continued military occupation of the island, is connected to the Ukraine crisis and impacts Greece and the Eastern Mediterranean. 

SPRING 2022 ISSUE:

  • Dedication to Dan Georgakas by Dr. Van Coufoudakis
  • Introduction by Constantine G. Hatzidimitriou
  • The Japanese at Smyrna: September 1922 by Stavros Stavridis
  • Greeks in the United Kingdom; 1455-2022 by Konstantinos P. Trimmis and Christina Marini
  • ‘Going Home’: Greeks and Cypriots in Australia (2010-2020) by Panayiotis Diamadis
·       Preserving Greek Canadian History by Sakis Gekas
  • The Continuing Value of The Blight of Asia by George Horton: An Assessment After Ninety-six Years. by Constantine G. Hatzidimitriou
  • International Law and Cultural Heritage:  Looting and Destruction in Cyprus by Panayotis G. Agelarakis.

EMERGING VOICES OF GREEK AMERICA

  • Fueling Advocacy Through Identity: Understanding the Cypriot Struggle by Sophia Athan
  • American Hellenic Institute Foundation Policy Trip: Democracies Must Stand Together by Andreas Papoutsis

POETS ON SOCIAL ISSUES

  • An Evening in Kingfisher by George Economou
  • Athens, 430 BCE by Gail Holst

BOOK REVIEWS
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  • James H. Barron. The Greek Connection: The Life of Elias Demetracopoulos and the Untold Story of Watergate (New York House, 2020). Review by Michael Smith.
  • Anna Flesor Beck. Sweet Greeks: First-generation Immigrant Confectioners in the Heartland. Champagne, Il: Illinois University Press. 2020. Reviewed by Penelope Karageorge
  • Angelos Chryssogelos. Party System and Foreign Policy Change In Liberal Democracies—Cleavages, Ideas, Competition (London and New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2021). 196 pages. Reviewed by Constantine P. Danopoulos
  • Kitromilides, Paschalis M. and Constantinos Tsoukalas (eds.): The Greek Revolution. A Critical Dictionary. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2021, pages 770. Reviewed by Maria Kaliambou

AHIF Publications

The Rule of Law Lobby: Grassroots Mobilization and the U.S. Arms Embargo on Turkey - 1974-1978

$15.00

The Rule of Law Lobby: Grassroots Mobilization and the U.S. Arms Embargo on Turkey - 1974-1978 by Van Coufoudakis, Ph. D. and Serge Hadji, Esq. focuses on the grassroots mobilization in the Greek American community following Turkey’s illegal invasion and occupation of Cyprus on July 20, 1974 through the lifting of the U.S. Arms Embargo in 1978. 

The mobilization events highlighted in the annotated Chronology record how Greek Americans reacted to the invasion of the Republic of Cyprus by Turkey in 1974. In addition to protesting vociferously and providing humanitarian assistance, the Greek American Community gradually coalesced into a lobby under the newly unfurled banner of the “Rule of Law.” This led to the remarkable accomplishment of cutting off military aid to Turkey under an Arms Embargo imposed by the US Congress.

The annotated Chronology summarizes the activities of the “Rule of Law” lobby from its genesis in 1974 following the Turkish invasion to the lifting of the Arms Embargo on Turkey late in 1978. The chronicle is based primarily on political reporting – all from public sources – on the ongoing developments, and contemporaneous illustrations. A brief annotated Bibliography supplements the historical record. 
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The Future of Hellenism in America: Selected Conference Papers

$40.00

The Future of Hellenism in America: Selected Conference Papers edited by Van Coufoudakis and a Foreword by Constantine G. Berbatis, Ph.D. and Introduction by Nick Larigakis, AHI president. The 500-page volume is a compilation of 68 selected papers presented at conferences organized by the AHIF and held annually in fourteen different U.S. cities between 2002 and 2018. The conferences on The Future of Hellenism in America aimed to provide an opportunity for critical evaluation of and reflection on Hellenism and its application and meaning to the Greek American and American community today.

The papers are organized along eight themes:

•       Defining and promoting Hellenism in the United States.

•       The role of the media.

•       The importance of participation in the political process.

•       The future of Greek American organizations.

•       Modern Greek Studies programs in American universities.

•       The teaching of the Greek language.

•       Issues affecting Greek American identity.

•       Hellenism and the role of the Orthodox Church.

 

These conference presentations showed the growth, evolution, and success of an immigrant community that confronted serious discrimination in the first quarter of the twentieth century but rose to prominence in all aspects of American life through its own efforts. Today, Greek Americans are present in and contributing to all aspects of American life, in the arts, the sciences, in business, and politics.

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AHIF Future of Hellenism in America Conference

Each year the conference is held in a different U.S. city to spread the seeds of ideas generated at the conference, and to obtain feedback from the local Greek American community on various challenges facing Hellenism in America. Conference speakers identified key challenges facing the Greek American community today and offered suggestions for the future.
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