I’m feeling great about my work in Athens. And then on May 26, I screw up. I have a meeting with the Greek foreign minister, Nikolaos Kotzias. It’s an interesting juxtaposition. Kammenos, the defense minister, is from a right-wing background. Kotzias, however, is a former member of the Communist Party of Greece and a Marxist scholar. Greece at this time is ruled by a coalition government, which makes for unexpected alliances.
