Turbulence in the Eastern Mediterranean

FLAG GLOSSARY EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ? THEMES o CHAPTER ONE|GEOPOLITICS: FRAGMENTATION, COMPETITION AND THE PERSISTENCE OF CONFLICT o CHAPTER TWO|MARITIME DISPUTES: THE COMPLEX INTERSECTION OF HISTORY, LAW AND GEOPOLITICS o CHAPTER THREE|ENERGY IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN: POTENTIAL MEETS GEOPOLITICS o CHAPTER FOUR|ARMED FORCES: DEFENCE POLICY, CAPABILITY, COOPERATION AND MODERNISATION ? REGIONAL ACTORS o CHAPTER FIVE|TURKIYE: ERDOGAN'S STATECRAFT, REGIONAL AMBITIONS AND STRUCTURAL LIMITATIONS o CHAPTER SIX|TURKISH COERCIVE DIPLOMACY: SYRIA AND LIBYA AS LABORATORIES o CHAPTER SEVEN|GREECE: REGIONAL COOPERATION AS GRAND STRATEGY o CHAPTER EIGHT|CYPRUS: PROTRACTED DIVISION, INCREASED STRATEGIC DEPTH AND AN ISRAELI GAMBLE o CHAPTER NINE|LIBYA: INTERNAL DIVISIONS, FOREIGN INTERVENTION AND OIL o CHAPTER TEN|EGYPT: REGIONAL AMBITIONS AND DOMESTIC WEAKNESS o CHAPTER ELEVEN|ISRAEL: BETWEEN THE AMBITION OF REGIONAL INTEGRATION AND THE REALITY OF CONFLICT o CHAPTER TWELVE|LEBANON: ENDURING POLYCRISIS AND ON THE BRINK OF WAR o CHAPTER THIRTEEN|SYRIA: A BROKEN STATE AND AN ARENA FOR COMPETITION ? GLOBAL ACTORS o CHAPTER FOURTEEN|UNITED STATES: BETWEEN RETRENCHMENT AND ENTANGLEMENT o CHAPTER FIFTEEN|FRANCE: HIGH AMBITIONS, REDUCED INFLUENCE o CHAPTER SIXTEEN|THE SOUTHERN FLANK: A CHALLENGE FOR NATO AND THE EU o CHAPTER SEVENTEEN|THE GULF STATES IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN: FROM GEOPOLITICS TO GEO-ECONOMICS o CHAPTER EIGHTEEN|RUSSIA: MAXIMISING THE POLITICAL RETURNS OF ITS INTERVENTIONS o CHAPTER NINETEEN|CHINA IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN: SMALL BUT GROWING PRESENCE