King Alexander Live?

The above question asks the mermaid to seafarers in accordance with Greek tradition and remains current with respect to the formulation of Greek foreign policy in the Middle East, the backbone of the Kingdom of Alexander, especially now because of geopolitical developments.

The association of historical and cultural data of every people, such the legend of Alexander, and geopolitical developments are a reality and a smooth adoption of these two actors to promote its foreign policy in terms of cultural diplomacy depends on the political leadership of each country. Activation of the Greek cultural diplomacy is a challenge since the foundation of the modern Greek state.

The legend of Alexander the Great was and remains popular with the peoples of the Middle East leading to a source of inspiration and folklore study in each cultural context of the region: Jews, Christians and Muslims. Over the centuries the legend’s popularity has resulted in the ownership of every culture and society. In this context, the Muslim Arabs, Iranians and Turks exaravizoun / exiranizoun / ektourkizoun in fiction, often presenting as the legendary Alexander Digenis (Ellino-Irano/Arava/Tourko) in an Islamic context.

For Muslims, Alexander considered the bicornuate (Dolkarnein) of the Koran. In Islam, or theological or folkloric, Alexander regarded as prophetic, divine king, a philosopher, a fighter for the faith, to marshal the spread of Islam in the world.Starring in stories about the discovery of the Life Giving Spring and conquer peoples contrary to the divine plans. And they almost full correspondence with the progressive Christian tradition.

In Jewish tradition, Alexander also held influential position, which is indicative of the fact that today, along with the names of the Hebrew name “Alexander” (Alexander) is officially the only non-Jewish name given by the Jews (Israelis and Diaspora Jews) to offspring. According to the Talmud (31b), this custom was established in 333 BC, when Alexander conquered the lands of the Jews and is due to favorable policy treatment given to the Jews by Alexander.

The tradition of Alexander is living in these communities. On the basis of these ancient traditions, the legend of Alexander is a symbol and sometimes the embodiment of cultural ideals of the peoples government. Thus the legend of Alexander, and countless other examples of Greek culture (science, history, literature, art, archeology) is the connection between the Greek culture and those of the Middle East, making Greece powerful and attractive force in a culture geopolitically unstable region.

In dire straits around the Middle East the power of culture seems to be the power of that which remains strong when the geopolitical balance tend to be reversed because the culture is addressed directly to the hearts and minds of people and affects their daily lives. It is evident that at cultural diplomacy exists in abundance in unrealized capital of the Greek cultural heritage in the Middle East capital which may be used as a stabilizing force for the coexistence and dialogue between peoples in the region and international security if large. The use of culture in a political context is necessary for both the performance of Greek diplomacy and to geopolitical stability.Unfortunately so far the Greek state has shifted far enough to the development of cultural diplomacy as a means of promoting Greek presence in the region.

Exercise and increase its geopolitical influence in Greece in the Middle East through cultural diplomacy requires commitment, organization, planning and implementation by the Greek state which is required to meet the responsibilities of creating the geography of the region. The Greek Heritage in the Middle East looks like a sleeper, for Greece, the giant who is wholly alive in the hearts of the peoples of the region.From Greece depends on whether the giant will recover.

Given the geopolitical changes in Eastern Mediterranean and instability in the Middle East, the mermaid, in the midst of this harsh economic vortex, address that question now, not seamen, but the policy of Greece. In the Eastern Mediterranean Sea at present calm the mermaid waiting for their reply eagerly …