...Nivien Saleh Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2007 Nivien Saleh is a visiting professor in political science at Northern Arizona University. Europe in the Middle East and Northern Africa: The Subtle Quest for Power Nivien Saleh In November...

... with the nearly seventy casinos currently in “Northern Cyprus”, especially as both sides of Cyprus forbid gambling. The author argues that with Turkey and private investors pouring millions of investment dollars into “Northern Cyprus”, the changing economic reality of the occupied area is leading inevitably...

...Philip Giraldi The US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 has resulted in a resurgence in Kurdish nationalism. There has also been a revival of the terrorist threat directed against Turkey coming from the Kurdistan Workers' Party based in northern Iraq. The inability of the United States to curb...

... development index. Although northern Mediterranean countries are distinguished from Arab and Balkan countries, the labels developed and developing countries in the Mediterranean seem too simplistic when describing the marked heterogeneity within these two groups. The lack of homogeneity can be attributed...

... grow from pariahs to kingmakers in northern Syria? This essay surveys the strategy of the Democratic Union Party (PYD), the most powerful organization among the Syrian Kurds, from 2011 until the first half of 2016, and shows how the PYD's realpolitik secured the party's survival and, eventually...

... Workers Party (PKK) guerrillas ensconced in the Kandil Mountains of northern Iraq. The essay concludes that the landslide victory of the AKP allows the government to once again focus its efforts on gaining admittance to the EU and the necessary reforms to achieve that status. The fact that DTP candidates...

..., an outlying suburb fourteen miles north of Athens and a two- hour bus ride from the southern working-class districts where most of the city’s Muslims live. Despite its problematic location, the place of worship was 6. Athens News Agency, “Minister Says Foreign Children Achieving High Grades in Northern...

..., Democrat of Indiana.) Two such issues, Northern Epirus and Cyprus, are still with us today, and thus for historical reasons, we thought it appropriate to publish the remarks Congress- man Nedzi delivered on 15 July 1977 in Detroit, Michigan. I Twelve years ago, when I...

... debt from playing havoc with the governance of southern member states. Greek-Turkish­ Relations All this must be set in the context of poor and worsening Greek-­Turkish rela- tions. Northern Cyprus remains unrecognized by the European Union and, in turn, regards Cypriot accession to the EU...

..., the largest foreign-born populations come from English-speaking countries, particularly England and Wales (182,624), Northern Ireland (49,928), the United States (21,541), and Scotland (15,963). The next largest populations come from Nigeria (9,225), Germany (8,770), and France (6,794). The communities...

..., resulting in the displacement of one-­third of the population, the contraction of the economy by two-­thirds, and the separation of the historically intermingled Greek-­ and Turkish-­Cypriot ethnic communities into two separate geographic entities.2 In 1983 the Turkish-­occupied northern area...

.... The Northern Tier Turkey’s inclusion in NATO in 1952 fundamentally altered the geographic scope of the alliance and Turkey’s own geographic orientation. In contrast to previous British attempts to link Turkey into a Middle Eastern security alli- ance, the United States anchored Turkey into the European...

... has had its ups and downs but in recent years has made significant strides. Cyprus remains a divided island with the Greek-Cypriot-controlled and internationally rec- ognized south, the Republic of Cyprus, flourishing economically and since 2004 enjoying membership in the EU.1 The northern part...

... in the international arena, most nota- bly its aggressive territorial claims regarding Greek islands in the Aegean and the 1974 invasion and ongoing occupation of northern Cyprus. In the immediate post – Cold War period, many members of the American foreign policy community insisted that Turkey was a more...

... century, Cyprus’s situation is even more complex. It should be noted that since July 1974, due to a military invasion by Turkey in reaction to a Greek-­ backed coup designed to bring about enosis (unification with Greece), Cyprus has been divided into Turkish and Greek zones in the northern...

... conciliatory legislation toward Kosovo’s remaining Serb minority in Kosovo’s northern region. They also obstruct 2. Hehir. 3. Marko Prelec, “New Balkan Turbulence Challenges Europe” (Brussels: International Crisis Group, 28 April 2017), www.crisisgroup.org/europe- central- asia/balkans/macedonia/new...

... Riparian southern Riparian northern Mediterranean and eastern Mediterranean EU: 9 states Non-­EU: 4 states 12 states (13 chambers) (5 chambers) (17 chambers) Croatia Albania Algeria (2) Cyprus Bosnia-­Herzegovina (2) Egypt (2) France...

... concerning Eastern Europeans and the personal-characteristics questions regarding Africans. Also, as noted, those respondents asked about Africans were sub- divided at random into those asked about Northern and those asked about sub-Saharan Africans. Contrary...

... about Northern and those asked about sub-Saharan Africans. Contrary to the team’s expectations, it found no significant overall differences in the negative evaluations of the three groups. General hostility toward members of an outgroup rather than race...

... questions concerning Eastern Europeans and the personal-characteristics questions regarding Africans. Also, as noted, those respondents asked about Africans were sub- divided at random into those asked about Northern and those asked about sub-Saharan Africans...