... bombing of Turkey-supported targets in Libya (
al-Watiya
), the EU seems to be changing its mind. After all, Erdogan's Libya intervention has secured substantial international condemnation by numerous actors - France, Egypt, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Cyprus, Greece, and Russia - sufficient to miss the next “SOFT POWER 30.” Inevitably, Russian Soft Power is being victimized by the Erdogan association. Hence Moscow, uniquely capable of containing its trouble-making associate, is ideally placed to take appropriate initiatives: ...
... Counterweight”. Indeed, their deep affection and respect for Russia was re-asserted in the November 2017 opinion research for the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation. The crucial question on the “Role of International Actors in the Resolution of the Cyprus Problem”, received these revealing replies: Greece attracted 64% positive responses and 10% negative; Russia was second with 41% positive and 15% negative; after the EU and the UN, the US was fifth with only 15% positive and 39% negative responses, while at bottom (as expected) stood the UK with 10% positive and 55% negative attitudes [
20
].
The next ...
... more authentic Russophile and far more sensitive to the popular will for even closer bilateral bonds between the Republic of Cyprus and the Russian Federation. Should History unfold in this manner, Moscow’s aforementioned “political/philosophical conundrum” will evaporate.
1
. This article envisaged “joint action” by the “guarantor powers” of the Cypriot Constitution (Britain, Greece and Turkey) in case of a constitutional breach. Failing agreement to take joint action, each guarantor reserved the right ...
... currency, making it cheaper and more profitable for Russia to acquire and develop Greek assets.
If this appraisal is not valid, then Kremlin’s foreign policy makers and strategists should seriously reconsider the validity of their analyses, because Russia, by refusing to shore up Cyprus and Greece during their recent financial and fiscal crises, has lost a unique opportunity to take on a leading role and seriously threaten for first time Western hegemony in the region.
Both Greece and Cyprus have been undergoing a profound identity crisis,...
