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1 – 10 of 13Greece is bracing for a tight contest, with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s New Democracy (ND) party’s lead over its main rival, the leftist Syriza, narrowing. The…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB278841
ISSN: 2633-304X
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This is the most significant upgrade in US-Cyprus relations since the ban was imposed in 1987, and marks a definitive shift for Cyprus from Russia to the West. However, the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB273458
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Turkey has dropped its insistence on regime change in Syria as it seeks to defuse a domestic crisis over Syrian refugees and to contain Kurdish aspirations. Normalisation could…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB272532
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Greece and Turkey had avoided serious conflict for more than two decades, but things have changed in the past few years. After Turkey gave notice of conducting seismic surveys…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB254161
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The two nations have maintained a correct but tense relationship for nearly a century, only narrowly avoiding hostilities following the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974 and…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB227383
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Attempts to repair fraying EU-Turkey migrant deal.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB251251
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The proposed process would start with six months of negotiations aimed at setting up a transitional administration comprised of figures from the opposition, the government and…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB213495
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Large-scale water capture in Turkish dams upstream has caused long-term shortages elsewhere in the Tigris and Euphrates river basin, notably eastern Syria and southern Iraq…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB264557
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A significant rise in Afghan refugees is unlikely over the coming weeks due to geographical barriers, but European governments are bracing themselves for a significant rise over…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB263509
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Over the last two months, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has deployed Turkish military resources to Libya and the Syrian governorate of Idlib in an attempt to prevent Ankara’s…