Cyprus's Strategic Vulnerability Amid Middle East Conflict
Cyprus, historically seen as an 'unsinkable aircraft carrier' in the Eastern Mediterranean, is now facing growing vulnerability due to its proximity to the Middle East conflict, despite not being directly at war.
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Cyprus has long been regarded in strategic thinking as an “unsinkable aircraft carrier” in the Eastern Mediterranean. The phrase captures a hard reality. Today it carries a more troubling implication: growing vulnerability. The British Sovereign Base Areas (SBAs) at Akrotiri and Dhekelia form part of the architecture of independence established by the 1960 Treaty of […]
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