In 2019, the members of the FEUTURE research project argued Intersecting conflicts, the assertive policies that the EU–Turkey relationship seemed to be advanc- of key players and the crisis of trust between ing towards a state of conflictual cooperation. [...] the EU has become partly embedded in the dangerous game of short-lived, topic-by-topic liquid alliances in the The stakes are high for both the EU and Turkey. [...] international investors’ appetite for exploiting the natural resources in the area, condition the way the three coun- There is a considerable distance between Turkey’s claims tries relate to other littoral states and increase the risk of and those of Greece and Cyprus. [...] Cyprus Russia (including the purchase of the S-400 missile sys- and Greece protested and the European Council agreed to tem and co-sponsoring diplomatic initiatives that exclude further downgrade relations with Turkey, endorsing the the West, such as the Astana Process) and, amid the pan- Commission’s proposal to reduce the pre-accession as- demic, China – albeit to a lesser extent. [...] In fact, Ankara felt increasingly cornered, of the celebrations for the 37th anniversary of the which may be the reason it tried to tone down the rhet- proclamation of the Turkish Republic of Northern oric and reached out to most of the actors with whom Cyprus, an entity only Turkey recognises.
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