Crisis management is a complex and dynamic methodology that requires a multidimensional approach and primarily political handling. This is because the continuous interaction of conflicting forces that converge in a crisis constitutes the essence of politics, the art of governance, and leadership. According to the well-known Chinese proverb, "crisis situations represent both danger and opportunity." Precisely in such a framework for decision makers and recipients of (Greek) foreign and defense policy, the concept of crisis, with its dual paradoxical content, as a mental process and as a practical (negative but also opportunity) given, requires the appropriate perception and decision, with the choice of one of its connotations, the "sharp" (directness) or the "baby" (indulgence). The "baby" or the "sharp." Acuity and not acrimony.