Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis offered a blunt assessment on Tuesday: “We need to prepare for the worst.” He called for a “Plan B” should the Middle East crisis continue to expand, acknowledging that while Greece may be outperforming many European economies, “that doesn’t mean it is immune to the effects of the crisis.”
Meanwhile, the Trump White House is reportedly leveraging the crisis for political positioning ahead of the US midterm elections. According to Ethnos, the administration has drawn up a classified list ranking NATO allies as “good” and “bad” — a move that has unnerved European capitals already grappling with energy insecurity and defense spending pressures. Separately, the administration has been criticized for opening the door to polar bear culling in Alaska to facilitate oil drilling, a signal that the energy crisis is being used to justify accelerating fossil fuel extraction on multiple fronts.
