The Eastern half of the Mediterranean did not change its political geography over the last several decades. The same countries are there, inhabiting mainlands and islands, including two entities whose status is unsettled - the Turkish-occupied part of Cyprus and the Gaza strip. Yet what was a quiet sea, seasonal storms notwithstanding, turned into troubled waters because of two factors - the newly discovered resources in contested Exclusive Economic Zones and the assertive policy of the Ankara government under Recep Tayep Erdogan. This is a subject too comprehensive to squeeze into one talk, so for the first of two parts..
Guests Dr. Eran Lerman, Vice President of the Jerusalem Institute of Strategy and Security and a Lecturer at Shalem College, Jerusalem, and Dr. Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak: research fellow at the Moshe Dayan Center and JISS. Analyst Amir Oren. Host Jonathan Hessen.
