No. 275: Trouble with Turkey in the Eastern Mediterranean

Author(s): Fabien Merz
Series Editor(s): Lisa Watanabe, Julian Kamasa, Fabien Merz, Névine Schepers, Benno Zogg
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 275
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2020

The discovery of gas in the Eastern Mediterranean has rekindled unresolved issues between Turkey and two EU members, Cyprus and Greece. Steps taken by a more assertive Turkey that fears being cut out of the energy bonanza have precipitated a crisis. An escalation would not only have far-reaching implications for the region, but also for EU-Turkish relations and NATO’s cohesion.

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Mosaic of Competing Claims in the Eastern Mediterranean