A periodical publication on international trends
The biannual periodical publication on international trends, With a Wide-Angle Lens, is published within the framework of the Europe, World & Left thematic area of the Nicos Poulantzas Institute.
The aim of the publication is to present to the Greek public aspects of international developments and trends, in dialogue with current affairs, but without being dependent on them. Drawing on contributions and analyses from a broad group of regular and occasional collaborators from Greece and abroad, and reflecting different approaches and points of departure—both academic and political—we seek to create precisely what the title of the publication suggests: a wide-angle lens through which to approach the rapidly changing world in which we live.
Issue #8 / December 2025
Special Feature on Gaza
Edited by: Vasiliki Lazou, Andreas Maratos
“This issue is dedicated to Gaza, a place that has become a global symbol of humanitarian catastrophe, geopolitical instability, and the profound violation of the fundamental rights of an entire people. The Palestinian question is not just another regional conflict; it is the longest-standing and most persistent open wound of the international system, a space where the right to self-determination has never been implemented and where the international order continually fails to defend its own principles.
At the heart of this failure lie Israel’s military intervention and genocidal policies, which flagrantly violate international law in the Gaza Strip. This systematic process of extermination targets not only bodies, but also the very possibility of collective life. In Gaza, “necropolitics”—as the exercise of power that decides who will live and who will be left to die within zones of absolute precarity—is manifested in an almost laboratory-like manner: as a regime in which an entire population is subjected to the permanent management of death.”
Excerpt from the editorial by Vasiliki Lazou
Contents of the Issue
Editorial
Gaza: At Ground Zero of a Global Moral Crisis
Vasiliki Lazou
An Endless Tragedy Without Catharsis
Nikolas Voulelis
The War in Gaza and the Political Crises in Iran
Sotiris Roussos
The Middle East in the Aftermath of October 7
Panos Charitos
Struggling for Islamist Hegemony in Gaza: Myths, Narratives, and the Reality of the Day After
Marina Eleftheriadou
Between Truthicide and Victimisation: The Embassy of Israel, the Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece, and the Mechanisms of Censorship
Nikos Christofis
The Crack in the Western Narrative: Why Support for the Palestinian People Is Becoming a Political Necessity
Kleoniki Alexopoulou
Gaza on Fire: Filming Hell
Konstantinos Kaimakis
Signed articles express solely the views of their authors.
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