In recent years, Cyprus, Greece, and Israel have significantly intensified their political, energy, and military relations.

The political leadership of the countries meets regularly. They coordinate their energy policies, particularly on the gas fields in the eastern Mediterranean. In addition, they founded the East Mediterranean Gas Forum (EMGF), including Egypt, Italy, Jordan, and the Palestinian Authority (PA). This became a regional cooperation platform for developing the natural gas fields in the Mediterranean.

Moreover, the three states conduct various military exercises honing their capabilities. Additional interactions in other areas cement this alignment, which is of political and strategic consequence. For example, it contributed to Turkey’s policy change toward the Abraham Accords and Israel.

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A more coherent common foreign policy agenda is needed to enhance the strategic significance of the Athens-Jerusalem-Nicosia partnership. The first item on the agenda is better coordination in Washington to sensitize the United States to regional realities as it does not seem to have a coherent policy toward this region.

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