Greece and Geopolitics – Article by the Leader of Golden Dawn N. G. Michaloliakos

06/01/2017 22:04

Greece and Geopolitics – Article of N. G. Michaloliakos

“Greece is neither Monaco, nor Liechtenstein, not even Denmark or Luxemburg. Greece will be either great and dominant or no Greece at all.”
 

The term geopolitics is new. Its use began at the 20th century. In reality though, the geopolitics as a perception and practice were always existent, as long as there were the states. Since the ancient times they are present in the History of Nations and their rules and laws are valid, whether we like it or not!
 

The Ancient Greece at the classical period and during the era of Alexander the Great and his descendants as well, was a superpower. Similarly, the Empire of Constantinople was also a superpower. And all these thanks to geopolitical reasons. There was the Land, there was the People, there was the Dominance.
 

The fact that the Ancient Greek World constituted a superpower, not only in the aspect of civilization, but literally in every sector, is largely due to the solid and racially homogeneous people, that was demographically increased. The relation of Greeks in comparison with the people of the known at that time world was similar to a current state of two or three hundred millions. More precisely a state whose population is comparable to those of Russia, United States or the European Union. If we take into account their great development on the arms, we may estimate the size of the power of the Hellenism in that era. 
 

The crucial misfortune for the Hellenism of those times was the eternal division of our people, a division that was enormously enlarged during the era of the Peloponnesian war. The immerging question is why Athens or Sparta did not succeed in the creation of an empire, as it happened with Rome that was inferior to them in many other aspects. The really simple reason is that Athens had nearby Sparta, while Sparta had nearby Athens. On the contrary, Rome was free to progress. 
 

The Byzantine Empire was also a superpower for almost thousand years, until she lost the dominance in the seas and was forced to bestow some benefices at Venice and other nations, and later when she lost the inland of Asia Minor and the inland of Balkans, because of the expansion of Ottomans from the East and the expansion of Slavs from the North. From that point the fall was only a matter of time. 
 

The plan of Plethon Gemistos was geopolitically genius, a plan about the creation of a national state, with complete sovereignty, a land controlled and a nationally homogeneous population. A plan that, as we know from history, was never applied and cannot tell if it could ever be applied. 
 

So, every comparison with the ancient or the middle-age reality, with the current statistics is beyond inappropriate and it’s about a mistimed parallelism that is not based in any objective document, apart from the fact, a fundamental fact, that the racial continuation does exist as well at a specific geographic core. 
 

The foundation of the modern Greek State following the Revolution of 1821 was the result of the national consciousness of Greeks, a deed of the magnificent heroism of our People, but also the act of the major powers, who, however, aspired to turn Greece into a protectorate, a protectorate mainly of England that was the most loyal ally of Turkey.
 

Of course, the impetus of our Nation and the Great Idea refuted the expectations of our allegedly allies and Greece was almost transformed into a great power, a regulator and the dominant in the crucial and indispensable region of the Eastern Mediterranean!
 

The catastrophe in the Minor Asia brought in the surface the doctrine of the “small and honest Greece”, a doctrine radically opposed to the laws of geopolitics. In the region where Greece is placed, in this crucial geostrategic position, we ought to understand that a small and…honest state cannot exist.
 

Greece is neither Monaco, nor Liechtenstein, not even Denmark or Luxemburg. Greece will be either great and dominant or no Greece at all.
 

N. G. Michaloliakos

Secretary General of People’s Association – Golden Dawn

“Greece is neither Monaco, nor Liechtenstein, not even Denmark or Luxemburg. Greece will be either great and dominant or no Greece at all.”
The term geopolitics is new. Its use began at the 20th century. In reality though, the geopolitics as a perception and practice were always existent, as long as there were the states. Since the ancient times they are present in the History of Nations and their rules and laws are valid, whether we like it or not!
The Ancient Greece at the classical period and during the era of Alexander the Great and his descendants as well, was a superpower. Similarly, the Empire of Constantinople was also a superpower. And all these thanks to geopolitical reasons. There was the Land, there was the People, there was the Dominance.
The fact that the Ancient Greek World constituted a superpower, not only in the aspect of civilization, but literally in every sector, is largely due to the solid and racially homogeneous people, that was demographically increased. The relation of Greeks in comparison with the people of the known at that time world was similar to a current state of two or three hundred millions. More precisely a state whose population is comparable to those of Russia, United States or the European Union. If we take into account their great development on the arms, we may estimate the size of the power of the Hellenism in that era. 
The crucial misfortune for the Hellenism of those times was the eternal division of our people, a division that was enormously enlarged during the era of the Peloponnesian war. The immerging question is why Athens or Sparta did not succeed in the creation of an empire, as it happened with Rome that was inferior to them in many other aspects. The really simple reason is that Athens had nearby Sparta, while Sparta had nearby Athens. On the contrary, Rome was free to progress. 
The Byzantine Empire was also a superpower for almost thousand years, until she lost the dominance in the seas and was forced to bestow some benefices at Venice and other nations, and later when she lost the inland of Asia Minor and the inland of Balkans, because of the expansion of Ottomans from the East and the expansion of Slavs from the North. From that point the fall was only a matter of time. 
The plan of Plethon Gemistos was geopolitically genius, a plan about the creation of a national state, with complete sovereignty, a land controlled and a nationally homogeneous population. A plan that, as we know from history, was never applied and cannot tell if it could ever be applied. 
So, every comparison with the ancient or the middle-age reality, with the current statistics is beyond inappropriate and it’s about a mistimed parallelism that is not based in any objective document, apart from the fact, a fundamental fact, that the racial continuation does exist as well at a specific geographic core. 
The foundation of the modern Greek State following the Revolution of 1821 was the result of the national consciousness of Greeks, a deed of the magnificent heroism of our People, but also the act of the major powers, who, however, aspired to turn Greece into a protectorate, a protectorate mainly of England that was the most loyal ally of Turkey.
Of course, the impetus of our Nation and the Great Idea refuted the expectations of our allegedly allies and Greece was almost transformed into a great power, a regulator and the dominant in the crucial and indispensable region of the Eastern Mediterranean!
The catastrophe in the Minor Asia brought in the surface the doctrine of the “small and honest Greece”, a doctrine radically opposed to the laws of geopolitics. In the region where Greece is placed, in this crucial geostrategic position, we ought to understand that a small and…honest state cannot exist.
Greece is neither Monaco, nor Liechtenstein, not even Denmark or Luxemburg. Greece will be either great and dominant or no Greece at all.
N. G. Michaloliakos
Secretary General of People’s Association – Golden Dawn

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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