The great advantage of this book is its timeliness and the breadth of its subject matter. Specifically, it objectively addresses global economic and geopolitical developments, upheavals and rearrangements, the health crisis of the coronavirus, the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the Greek-Turkish geopolitical crisis (Thrace, Aegean, Cyprus, Eastern Mediterranean), energy problems, and climate change in a comprehensive and various manner, without blinders and ideologies. Issues concerning mainly Greece, Turkey, the European Union, the USA, China, Russia, and other major powers on the political and economic international stage are analyzed.

It also examines the ways in which international economic relations interact and influence each other within the context of a globalized economy, under conditions of rapid technological development, while simultaneously facing climate and health crises.” (Professor Ioannis Th. Mazi)

This work will be useful for students of economics and political studies, researchers, scientists, academics, and generally intellectuals, journalists, diplomats, politicians, economists, businesspeople, financial and political actors, private and public entities, and services dealing with Turkey as a whole and specifically with its economy and economic trajectory over time, especially in recent years.

However, it will also be significant for anyone wishing to be informed, to enrich their knowledge, and to seek conclusions, policy proposals, and solutions to current issues that plague the Greek, European, and generally international economy during a time of crisis and uncertainty.

The health crisis that broke out at the beginning of 2020 with the COVID-19 pandemic creates new, uncharted data in the international economy. It disrupts international trade and business relations and leads to a serious and deep economic crisis with an unknown duration and rapid, unpredictable consequences on political, economic, and social levels.

The Russia-Ukraine war that began in 2022 exacerbates the beleaguered international economy, leading to a rapid rise in the prices of natural resources, causing a significant energy crisis. It contributes to the increase in the prices of raw materials, manufactured goods, and subsequently inflation, slows down economies, and fosters valid concerns about a global food crisis that will primarily impact the weaker social strata.

Globalization, the advancement of cutting-edge technologies, the digital economy, and the biosciences, climate change, and relentless geo-economic, geopolitical, energy, and business rivalries give immense momentum to global developments, rapidly altering the data, making the future unpredictable, uncertain, and exciting, and confirming Heraclitus's saying that “everything flows”... (From the presentation on the back cover of the book)