Karkaletsis, koji vodi atinski trust mozgova u oblasti vojne analitike, Helenski centar za evropsku i međunarodnu analitiku, i koji je vojni izaslanik na Kipru lidera Nove demokratije Antonisa Samarasa, izjavio je za SETimes: "Morali smo smanjiti svuda osim u odbrani.
Karkaletsis, who runs the Athens defense analysis think tank Hellenic Center for European and International Analyses and is the a defense envoy to Cyprus for New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras, told SETimes, "We had to cut from everywhere except defense.