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The ‘Achilles Shield’ and the cable: The next crash tests with Turkey in the Aegean

Erdogan is now linking Greek-Turkish disputes with the strategic relationship between Greece and Israel and is renewing his demand for the demilitarisation of the islands – Athens invokes the right of self-defence and is preparing to issue a NAVTEX for the laying of the cable linking Greece, Cyprus and Israel

Analysis: What is Turkey’s 51st Commando Brigade being transferred opposite Samos? Its field experience & Hulusi Akar’s time with the Unit

From the mountains of Tunceli to Söke in Aydın – Why its new base opposite Samos carries strategic significance – Athens is closely monitoring the matter

What Turkey seeks by raising tensions with the “old formula” of island demilitarisation

Turkey’s encirclement syndrome has always been dominant in state policy, but now this “threat” is coming from its major regional rival, Israel

Turkish FM Cavusoglu: We will raise the issue of sovereignty in the islands of the Aegean if they are not demilitarized (maps)

Greek PM Mitsotakis informed Soltz about the Turkish provocations