Beschrijving

The Southeast Mediterranean is one of the most volatile regions on the planet. Currently, there are several hotspots in the Middle East and many unresolved conflicts waiting to erupt. This study, which compares the relations—and most importantly, the prospects of those relations—between Israel and Turkey, as well as between Israel and the Greece-Cyprus axis, is very ambitious. The complexity of the problems and the plethora of actors in that small region further impede the effort.

Nevertheless, the main objective of this study is to understand which relationship is more valued by Israel and, consequently, which one will eventually be chosen. Furthermore, it seeks to determine the conditions upon which that decision depends. The secondary objective is to understand the nature of the Hellenic-Israeli alignment and to examine its solidity, consistency, and permanence. It should be noted that in this study, the term \