The unfolding crisis in Greece, some 34 years in the making, is no surprise – and it could happen to any other country… even Australia, according to one of the nation’s pre-eminent Greek scholars.

Flinders University Professor of Modern Greek Michael Tsianikas says despite being the birthplace of democracy, Greece has had precious little experience of it, leaving it vulnerable to financial predation.

He says the same vulnerabilities could befall other nations. Read more.