{"id":2502,"date":"2024-03-23T12:38:31","date_gmt":"2024-03-23T12:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=2502"},"modified":"2024-03-23T12:40:19","modified_gmt":"2024-03-23T12:40:19","slug":"the-geopolitics-of-a-latent-international-conflict-in-eastern-mediterranean-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=2502","title":{"rendered":"The Geopolitics of a Latent International Conflict in Eastern Mediterranean"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2502\" class=\"elementor elementor-2502\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3bb6751 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3bb6751\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c2bdced\" data-id=\"c2bdced\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fbf138 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2fbf138\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Author: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/studies.aljazeera.net\/en\/profile\/nael-m-shama\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nael Shama<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><b>Affiliation:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/studies.aljazeera.net\/en\/profile\/nael-m-shama\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">An Independent Schola<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">r<\/span><\/p><p><b>Organization\/Publisher:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/studies.aljazeera.net\/en\/profile\/nael-m-shama\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Al Jazeera Centre for Studies<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><b>Date\/Place:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> December 23, 2019, Qatar<\/span><\/p><p><b>Type of Literature:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 Report<\/span><\/p><p><b>Number of Pages: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">14<\/span><\/p><p><b>Link:<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/studies.aljazeera.net\/sites\/default\/files\/articles\/documents\/2020-01\/8a79585b90e9471c9d883a2ab5ba4f57_100.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/studies.aljazeera.net\/sites\/default\/files\/articles\/documents\/2020-01\/8a79585b90e9471c9d883a2ab5ba4f57_100.pdf<\/span> <\/a><\/p><p><b>Keywords:<\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Turkey, Cyprus, Palestine, Lebanon, EEZ<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><b>Brief:<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Commissioned to highlight recent geopolitical trends, this report identifies sources of tensions and predicts future scenarios in eastern part of the Mediterranean. While the deep sources of contention are exemplified in a protracted Turkish-Cyprus territorial dispute and the lingering Arab-Israeli dispute, both of which hamper the monetization of the East Mediterranean\u2019s hydrocarbon riches, the regional instability has also been affected by a bitter geopolitical feud by Israel against Lebanon and Palestinians.\u00a0 Rising tensions upon geopolitical interests between Turkey and Cyprus, as well as Israel with Lebanon, lead to a bad omen with the increasing arms procurements and routine exercises in the same part of the Mediterranean basin. A conflict within this framework of contested sovereignties could create a scenario of physical conflict if a minor incident might be mistaken for an act of provocation. Additionally, the conflict of Mediterranean states is not limited to interstate conflicts, but also includes societies pitted against their leaders` decisions, like in Egypt;. Finally, underlying the conflict are international actors backing different states in the region for their own strategic interests, mainly the US and EU supporting Cyprus and Israel. With these escalating multidimensional tensions, the situation in the Mediterranean region surely fits the VOCA status: a regional mishmash of volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">By: Imad Atoui, CIGA Research Associate<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author: Nael Shama Affiliation:\u00a0 An Independent Scholar Organization\/Publisher: Al Jazeera Centre for Studies Date\/Place: December 23, 2019, Qatar Type of Literature:\u00a0 Report Number of Pages: 14 Link:https:\/\/studies.aljazeera.net\/sites\/default\/files\/articles\/documents\/2020-01\/8a79585b90e9471c9d883a2ab5ba4f57_100.pdf Keywords: Turkey, Cyprus, Palestine, Lebanon, EEZ Brief: Commissioned to highlight recent geopolitical trends, this report identifies sources of tensions and predicts future scenarios in 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