Media & Commentary
- the state of international cooperation and global governance;
- the challenges of social protection and the green transition, especially their global dimensions;
- developments within major international organizations, especially the European Union, the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Health Organization.
Over the years, I have been interviewed by major global media outlets, including The New York Times, The Economist, BBC, the Associated Press, and Reuters.
Email alexandros.kentikelenis@unibocconi.it; for urgent requests, call +39 371 5350 186.
Kentikelenis, A. (2026). From Euroscepticism to Eurorealism. Kathimerini, 28 June; in Greek.
Bradlow, B., and A. Kentikelenis (2024). Technology transfer and green industrial transformation. Phenomenal World, 18 December.
Kentikelenis, A. (2024). Heatwaves and Greece’s economic vicious cycle. Kathimerini, 4 August; in Greek.
Kentikelenis, A., and T. Stubbs (2024). The origins of conditionality: How the IMF turned to austerity. Phenomenal World, 18 April.
Kentikelenis, A. (2023). Presumptive taxation and the road to tax justice. Kathimerini, 26 November; in Greek.
Kentikelenis, A., and L. Seabrooke (2021). New variants mean we’re only as strong as the weakest national health systems. Identifying them is hard. The Washington Post, 27 November.
Babb, S., and A. Kentikelenis (2021). People have long predicted the collapse of the Washington Consensus. It keeps reappearing under new guises. The Washington Post, 16 April.
Kentikelenis, A., and E. Voeten (2020). Biden promises to embrace multilateralism again. World leaders agree. The Washington Post, 16 December.
Kentikelenis, A. (2020). Against the Gentleman’s Agreement. Progressive International, 22 June.
Kentikelenis, A. (2019). The International Monetary Fund will select a new director. Here’s what you need to know. The Washington Post, 3 September.
Slobodian, Q., and A. Kentikelenis (2019). Everyone claims they’re worried about global finance. But only one side has a plan. The New York Times, 25 July.
Stubbs, T., and A. Kentikelenis (2017). How international financial institutions undercut human rights and impede public health. BMC On Health, 4 December.
Stubbs, T., and A. Kentikelenis (2017). The truth behind IMF’s claims to promote social protection in low-income countries. Bretton Woods Observer, 16 June.
Harris, M., and A. Kentikelenis (2017). How a basic income could help build community in an age of individualism. The Conversation, 5 April.
Kentikelenis, A., T. Stubbs, and L. King (2016). Did the IMF actually ease up on structural adjustment? Here’s what the data say. The Washington Post, 2 June.
Kentikelenis, A., T. Stubbs, and L. King (2016). The IMF has not lived up to its own hype on social protection. The Guardian, 25 May.
Stubbs, T., A. Kentikelenis, and L. King (2016). The IMF unlocks billions in aid, but from whom?. INET Blog, 5 February.
Kentikelenis, A. (2015). Is this the moment Greece’s suffering starts to ease?. New Scientist, 26 February.
Kentikelenis, A., L. King, and M. McKee (2015). The IMF’s influence on poor countries’ health systems – and Ebola, explained. The Washington Post, 6 January.
Kentikelenis, A., T. Stubbs, and L. King (2014). The IMF and Human Development: Little Progress and Worrisome Trends. INET Blog, 14 October.