The recent escalation of wars in the region, particularly the attack on Iran, has created a new security environment in the Middle East and the Eastern Mediterranean. Cyprus is geographically very close to these developments. The island is not directly a party to the conflict, but its location and political situation render it very vulnerable to regional instabilities.
This policy brief argues that Cyprus is currently facing a multilayered security dilemma. Security pressures do not arise from a single source. Rather, they manifest simultaneously on several levels: in this case, global geopolitical competition, regional conflicts in the Middle East, and the island’s own unresolved political division.
