Cyprus reflected in a Ukrainian mirror

The geopolitical chessboard of the Eastern Mediterranean is a harsh, unforgiving arena where the survival of smaller states depends entirely on a cold, pragmatic calculation of the regional balance of power.

For the Republic of Cyprus, the margin for error was entirely exhausted over half a century ago when a catastrophic coup d’état precipitated the 1974 Turkish invasion, fundamentally altering the island’s structural reality. In the 52 years since that defining trauma, the hard truth of...