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Source: http://www.biu.ac.il/SOC/besa/docs/perspectives159.pdf
Strategic Realignment and Energy Security in the Eastern Mediterranean
(BESA Center for Strategic Studies-Bar-Ilan University) Alexander Murinson - An economic and security partnership between the three non-Muslim countries in the eastern Mediterranean - Israel, Greece and Cyprus - benefits all. The most urgent strategic issue that unites them is their need for energy security. The recent discovery of substantial natural gas fields in the Israeli and Cypriot Exclusive Economic Zones is seen as a challenge by Turkey, which threatens to deter and harass Cypriot and Israeli exploration efforts. Greece, Israel and Cyprus should increase their strategic cooperation in order to contain such Turkish hostility. The writer holds a PhD from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.