Iran and the limits of force
The United States and Israel continue to strike Iran. Tehran is responding largely on its own, targeting Israeli and American positions as well as installations across the Gulf. Military deployments ...
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When power increasingly ceases to recognise legality
More than two millennia ago, Thucydides captured the essence of power in international affairs.
In the Melian Dialogue, when Athens demanded submission from the neutral island of Melos, its envoys ...
Iran: regime change is a slogan, not a plan
Once again, the debate over Iran is framed as a stark choice between strength and weakness, action and inaction. Between good and evil. This is a false binary. The real ...
Trump and Greenland: not a joke, but a US strategy all along
When President Trump first floated the idea of buying Greenland in 2019, the international response ranged from ridicule to satire. The notion of purchasing a vast, icy landmass from Denmark seemed ...
Understanding hybrid war
The recent leaked video alleging campaign finance violations by President Nikos Christodoulides and his associates has thrust the terms “hybrid warfare”, “hybrid war”, and “hybrid attack” into Cyprus’ public discourse. ...
From embargoes to strategic partnerships
The recent lifting by the US and Norway of the long-standing arms embargoes on Cyprus is not about weapons. It is about strategy. It is about recognition that Cyprus has ...
The two-state gambit: decoding Turkey’s strategic play in Cyprus
Turkey has been intensifying its promotion of a “two-state” solution in Cyprus, turning it into the centrepiece of its diplomatic narrative – or so it appears.
Most recently, during a meeting ...