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Top US Policymakers Call For End To 40 Year Division of Cyprus
WASHINGTON, DC, July 18, 2014 – On the eve of the 40th commemoration of the July 20 invasion, occupation and division of Cyprus, the foreign policy leadership of the US Congress and a large block of its most influential members called on Turkey to end its occupation and on the US Government to strongly support […]
Readout of the President’s Call with President Putin of Russia
THE WHITE HOUSE – Office of the Press Secretary – July 17, 2014 President Obama spoke with Russian President Putin today about the situation in Ukraine and the additional sanctions on Russian individuals and entities that the United States announced on July 16.
Menendez, Royce Letter to President Obama on Cyprus
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, wrote President Obama urging the Administration to increase attention to the goal of reunifying Cyprus.
To His Excellency the Vice President of the USA, Mr. Joseph Biden
By George K. Papadopoulos* Dear Mr. Vice President, Please allow me, a humble person, a citizen of the Republic of Cyprus living abroad and a Fulbright scholar that has been following your career for decades, to welcome you to the much troubled Cyprus. I need not remind you of the events of the past 40 […]
Strategic Issues Regarding the Visit to Cyprus of Joe Biden
By Dr Aris Petasis Whenever countries concern themselves with the affairs of other countries they do so to promote their own interests first and foremost. This is a fundamental tenet of international politics and applies to all countries: USA, China, Russia, France, etc. This truism raises the question: «should Cypriots celebrate the arrival of the […]
Mr. Biden, the Reassure-er-in-Chief, Goes to Romania and Cyprus
By Heather A. Conley Fifty-two years is a long time to wait to see an American plane carrying a U.S. Vice President land on a tarmac. The last time a sitting U.S. Vice President arrived in Nicosia, the year was 1962 and Lyndon B. Johnson stepped out of the plane. On May 21st, it will […]
Vice President Biden and Dr. Jill Biden to Travel to Romania and Cyprus
THE WHITE HOUSE – Office of the Vice President – May 12, 2014 WASHINGTON, DC – The Vice President and Dr. Jill Biden will travel to Romania and Cyprus from May 20-23, 2014. The Vice President will discuss with the leadership of both countries the international community’s response to Russia’s illegal military intervention and destabilizing […]
Behind Turkey’s Roaring
By Marcus A. Templar Turkey’s refusal to submit flight plans for its military airplanes is consistent with its doctrine of preemptive strike when the time is ripe. Turkey’s doctrine developed from the fact that not only it went unpunished for a number of rogue actions that it perpetrated against Greek interests especially after it joined […]
Washington’s Inconsistent Stance on Territorial Integrity
By Ted Galen Carpenter U.S. officials scarcely miss any opportunity to denounce Russia for severing Crimea from Ukraine and then annexing the peninsula. Yet Washington’s own track record regarding respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of countries is inconsistent, to say the least. Critics have noted that the position the United States and its […]
Readout of the President’s Call with Presidents Putin of Russia and Hollande of France
Readout of the President’s Call with President Putin At Moscow’s request, President Obama spoke with Russian President Putin today about the situation in Ukraine. The President expressed grave concern about Russian government support for the actions of armed, pro-Russian separatists who threaten to undermine and destabilize the government of Ukraine. The President emphasized that all […]