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The Greek Current
The Greek Current

The Greece, Cyprus, Israel partnership, shifting geopolitics, and Mediterranean stability

Last week on Thursday the foreign ministers of Greece, Cyprus and Israel met in Athens, a meeting that put their trilateral relationship back in the spotlight. This meeting also came as the region deals with important questions that range from the future of a post-Assad Syria to Washington’s commitment to European security. Dr. Gallia Lindenstrauss, a senior fellow at Israel's National Institute of Security Studies, joins Thanos Davelis to discuss the challenges and opportunities for the trilateral partnership between Greece, Cyprus, and Israel in a shifting geopolitical environment.

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

Backing for Greece-Cyprus power link

Athens weighing its strategic options

Turkey's Erdogan seeks meeting with Trump, Bloomberg News says

Turkey's Erdogan discusses Russia-Ukraine war, Syria in first official call with Trump

Mitsotakis pledges tax cuts and increased investments during Finance Ministry visit

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