Risks Posed by Competing Claims to Eastern Mediterranean Oil and Gas Resources
NOVANEWS
JONATHAN GORVETT
(L-r) Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades and Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu shake hands following a Jan. 28, 2016 press conference at the Presidential Palace in Nicosia. The three had met to discuss plans for the EastMed pipeline. (IAKOVOS HATZISTAVROU/AFP/GETTY IMAGES)
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, June/July 2018, pp. 34-35
Special Report
By Jonathan Gorvett
WHEN ISRAELI PRIME Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spoke in Nicosia in May of “building a great alliance” between his nation, Cyprus and Greece, he was also quick to praise the “unrivaled network of common interests” that exists among the three states.
And if advocates of a giant new project have their way, that network may be about to get a lo...