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Eastern Mediterranean Pipeline Project (EastMed)

Eastern Mediterranean Pipeline Project (EastMed)
Greek, Greek Cypriot plans in Eastern Mediterranean doomed to failure

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The Greek Cypriot Administration of Southern Cyprus (GCA) is concerned about recent steps taken by …

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  • For the last month, there have been increasing reports about the rising tension in the Eastern Mediterranean between Turkey and Greece. Although tension in the Aegean Sea is not uncommon due to several disputes in regards to maritime delimitation, this time there are broader issues. There is confusion among the international observers about the nature of this tension and it could be appropriate to note a few points on what led to it.

  • Turkey counters encirclement strategy by concluding maritime accord with Libya, unnerving inimical regional, global powers

  • Turkey and Greece have been in conflict for the last several decades. However, mainly due to a series of anti-Turkish moves made by the Greek state and the transgressed explanations made by Greek officials, tensions between the two countries have risen dramatically in recent years. As a reaction to Turkey’s improvement of its defense industry and its effective interventions in regional crises, Greece has been trying to exploit every opportunity to produce anti-Turkish policies.

  • International focus has been on the Middle East for decades and particularly on Iran, Syria, Egypt, Iraq and Libya over the past several years. However, whatever is written about the Middle East, Russia is always part of the equation.