Israel-Cyprus-Greece: a ‘Comfortable’ Quasi-Alliance

Tziarras, Zenonas

doi:10.1080/13629395.2015.1131450

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“…Greece, notably, performed a substantial turnaround, which started with a memorandum of understanding signed in September 2011 (Tziampiris, , p. 114). Energy and security cooperation also brought together Cyprus and Israel from 2011 onwards, creating a ‘comfortable quasi‐alliance’ in the eastern Mediterranean (Tziarras, ). In parallel, central and east European countries became more vocal in their support for Israel and downplayed their earlier recognition of Palestine.…”

Section: Sweden and The Recognition Of Palestinementioning

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New Directions in EU Foreign Policy Governance: Cross‐loading, Leadership and Informal Groupings

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Bicchi

2019

J of Common Market Studies

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This article explores new patterns of interaction in foreign affairs among European Union (EU) Member States post‐Lisbon, which have increased reliance on horizontal and informal practices. It argues that cross‐loading among Member States outside EU institutions has moved centre stage and contributed to smaller groups of like‐minded Member States working together. This shift challenges much of our understanding of Europeanization, which is based on vertical forms of uploading and downloading. We illustrate these dynamics using the case of Sweden's recognition of Palestine in October 2014. While this seemed to break away from the established EU consensus, Sweden's decision aimed at leading the way and imparting momentum, especially within the like‐minded group of EU countries. Rather than being an example of de‐Europeanization, this case shows how Member States can seek new ways of exerting influence in the post‐Lisbon environment.

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Section: Sweden and The Recognition Of Palestinementioning

confidence: 99%

New Directions in EU Foreign Policy Governance: Cross‐loading, Leadership and Informal Groupings

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Bicchi

2019

J of Common Market Studies

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“…http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/13629395. 2020.1739928 rising economic, military and technological capability, and Mediterranean energy resources, have made it an increasingly significant strategic ally for someincluding Cyprus and Greece, with concerns about Erdogan's Turkey (Tziarras, 2016).…”

Section: The Differences Between Member States Have Been Repeatedly E...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Judeo-Christian civilizationism: Challenging common European foreign policy in the Israeli-Palestinian arena

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2020

Mediterranean Politics

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The EU's identity is said to shape its role as a 'normative actor' promoting universal democratic values, including to its neighbourhood. Yet a competing civilizationist version of European identityincreasingly invoked on the radical rightframes Europe as representing 'Judeo-Christian' values in opposition to non-European cultures, especially Islam. This paper argues that these identity variations shape divergent responses to foreign policy challenges, by showing the growing influence of civilizationist discourse on European attitudes towards the Israeli-Palestinian arena. The paper focuses on Austria's 2017-2019 ÖVP-FPÖ coalition to identity links between rising civilizationist politics and significant policy shifts regarding the Israeli-Palestinian arena.

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“…Along with the common interest in developing energy resources -especially for Israel and Cyprus -and providing a security guarantee for offshore operations and drilling activities, an important factor in driving this trilateral cooperation was the perception of a "Turkish threat." 68 This was reinforced by the deterioration in Israeli-Turkish relations after 2010, a more assertive Turkish foreign policy under the Justice and Development Party (AKP), and declarations and actions Turkey engaged in to interfere in Cyprus's offshore development plans. 69 Different labels have been used for this emerging pattern, in which energy serves as a catalyst for wider political and security cooperation: "energy triangle," 70 "geopolitical triangle," 71 "axis" 72 or "new security formation."…”

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confidence: 99%