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Why Turkey's occupation of Cyprus is a threat to the US and EU

In a month we’ll be commemorating the 50th anniversary of Turkey’s invasion of Cyprus. For five decades, Turkish troops have occupied the northern part of the island. With this dark anniversary on the horizon, Michael Rubin, the director of policy analysis at the Middle East Forum and a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, joins Thanos Davelis to look at how Turkey’s continued occupation of the northern part of Cyprus - which has turned the area into a terror safe-haven and money laundering hub - presents a grave and growing threat to U.S. and European security. 

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

Northern Cyprus Has Become A Terror Safe-Haven

Party cadres challenge PASOK’s leader

PASOK MP: ‘We have to see what went wrong’ in EU elections

Ankara plans Aegean research in Turkish waters

Ankara widens Greek-Turkish agenda

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