Political Developments
The EastMed from Below: Why Low Geopolitics Matter
One of the paradoxes of geopolitics in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East regions is that, despite their inherent complexity, they are often interpreted through too simplistic explanations to understand [...]
Natural Gas in the Eastern Mediterranean: The Regional Destabilizer and the Quest for a Security Provider
The relatively newly-found natural gas reserves in the Cypriot Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), coupled with the much more significant findings in Israel and Egypt generated over-excitement and disproportionate optimism [...]
Can East Med Gas Resources Help Resolve the Cyprus Issue?
The discovery over a period of seven years, (2008-2015) of approximately 2,56 trillion cubic meters (tcm) of natural gas beneath the waters of the Exclusive Economic Zones of Cyprus [...]
Cyprus Problem and the Day After: From Conflict Management to Crisis Management
This short piece intends to initiate a new research agenda for the Cyprus Problem. An extended literature, as well as a number of reports and analyses, focus on alternative [...]
The Middle East: Back to Basics
The region of the Middle East is supplying us with top news headlines practically on daily basis, and unfortunately, most of them are of tragic nature. The frequency and [...]
Jordan, Palestine at the Crossroads of the East Mediterranean’s Energy Roadmap and the Importance of Cyprus
In the East Mediterranean energy setting, Cyprus is at critical stage en route to natural gas production providing promising prospects for Jordan and Palestine. Jordan’s core objective lies in [...]
What Should the Gulf Crises Teach Us?
One of the most disturbing trends in international politics today is a rapid deterioration of the security situation in the Gulf area, - a region which remains a critically [...]
Security Equation in Eastern Mediterranean: Global and Regional Contexts
Eastern Mediterranean as a crossroads, where West and East meet, has traditionally had strategic significance. Nowadays, the emerging strategic landscape in the region is getting more and more complicated and [...]
Will IRAN Become a Regional Hegemon in the Middle East?
The recent crisis in Lebanon, with the mysterious resignation of the Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, is one more episode of the undeclared war between the two main players that [...]
The Future of Gulf-Asia Relations
In the first semester of 2017, Gulf politics were marked by numerous international events. Among them, three had a distinct significance. First, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, crown [...]
Foreign Policy
Energy Security
Natural Gas in the Eastern Mediterranean: The Regional Destabilizer and the Quest for a Security Provider
The relatively newly-found natural gas reserves in the Cypriot Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), coupled with the much more significant findings in Israel and Egypt generated over-excitement and disproportionate optimism regarding the economic future of the island, the prospects for a settlement to the Cyprus problem, and even regional stability [...]
Can East Med Gas Resources Help Resolve the Cyprus Issue?
The discovery over a period of seven years, (2008-2015) of approximately 2,56 trillion cubic meters (tcm) of natural gas beneath the waters of the Exclusive Economic Zones of Cyprus appears to have revolutionized the regional geopolitics of the Eastern Mediterranean. Some of the conventional thinking which resulted from their [...]
Jordan, Palestine at the Crossroads of the East Mediterranean’s Energy Roadmap and the Importance of Cyprus
In the East Mediterranean energy setting, Cyprus is at critical stage en route to natural gas production providing promising prospects for Jordan and Palestine. Jordan’s core objective lies in security of energy supply and the restructuring of its oil and gas market. The interruption of natural gas supplies via [...]
Globalization & Human Rights
Cyprus, Global Grand Strategy, and the Conflict in the Levant
Nodes of institutional flexibility in the international system are difficult to locate. Geopolitical locations where overlapping institutional arrangements make for possibilities of dynamic coordination are fortuitous but require nimble diplomatic maneuvering and long-term foresight among [...]
Cyprus Problem and the Day After: From Conflict Management to Crisis Management
This short piece intends to initiate a new research agenda for the Cyprus Problem. An extended literature, as well as a number of reports and analyses, focus on alternative options for arranging the problem. [...]
The Future of Gulf-Asia Relations
In the first semester of 2017, Gulf politics were marked by numerous international events. Among them, three had a distinct significance. First, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, crown prince of Abu Dhabi, travelled [...]
Terrorism & Counterterrorism
Refugees & Migration
Technology & Innovation
From Technological Revolution to Armageddon and Back: Unbreakable Vicious Circle
On September 4, 2017 Elon Musk, founder of Tesla and Space X, has said again that artificial intelligence could be humanity’s greatest existential threat, this time by starting a third world war.[1] About a month [...]