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Russia, Turkey, and the US's dangerous double standards

Is it time for the US to start treating the Eastern Mediterranean and Aegean as bigger than a Greco-Turkish dispute? Endy Zemenides, the Executive Director of the Hellenic American Leadership Council, argues in his latest piece for Kathimerini - “Dangerous Double Standards” - that continuing to get this wrong, and continuing to give Turkey a free pass when it comes to invasion, occupation and threatening war, only enables Russia in Ukraine and China in the South China Sea. Endy Zemenides joins our host Thanos Davelis to discuss his latest op-ed and look at how the failure to hold Turkey accountable for its threats against Greece and its 47+ year occupation of Cyprus undermines US goals and enables malign actors like Russia.

Read Endy Zemenides’ latest op-ed in Kathimerini: Dangerous double standards

You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:

The Best Historical Analogy for Crimea Doesn't Involve Nazis: For precedent, look to Cyprus instead of Poland

Biden says Russia's military moves are the beginning of an invasion of Ukraine

EU sanctions to limit Moscow’s access to financial markets

‘Russia undermining international stability,’ says Greek PM

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