Eastern Mediterranean Geopolitical Review
Volume 2 • Fall 2016 EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN GEOPOLITICAL REVIEW Shifting Un-balances in the Middle East EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN GEOPOLITICAL REVIEW Volume 2 • Fall 2016 Shifting Un-balances in the Middle East CONTENTS ESSAYS The Role of the United States in the Eastern Mediterranean 1 Ambassador Kathleen Doherty The Position of the Russian Federation on the Volatile Middle Eastern Situation 7 Ambassador Stanislav Osadchiy ARTICLES Hegemony and Balance of Power in the Middle East 11 Michalis Kontos The Bear Learns to Swim: Russia’s Re-emergence in the Mediterranean 29 Vassilis Kappis Cyprus at the Center: Global Grand Strategy and the Conflict in Syria 50 Anthony D. Lott The Law on the Use of Force and Non-State Actors: The Case of Da’esh 71 Nicholas A. Ioannides ISSN print: ISSN 2421-8057 ISSN online: ISSN 2421-8065 URL: http://www.emgr.unic.ac.cy/ The Eastern Mediterranean Geopolitical Review is an annual peer-reviewed journal published by the Center for European and International Affairs of the University of Nicosia, that seeks to encourage scholarship on contemporary issues which affect and influence the Eastern Mediterranean, the Middle East as well as European and global affairs. It intends to facilitate the publication of high-quality, original research contributions that analyse perspectives and questions which pertain to a wide range of disciplines such as geopolitics, economics, political science, history, diplomacy, international law, security, defence, intelligence, political geography, and other related fields. Copyright: © 2016 Cyprus Center for European and International Affairs, University of Nicosia. Article Copyright: © 2016 the Authors. All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the written permission of the copyright owner.
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