The U.S. - Cyprus relations evolution following the Eastern Mediterranean Security and Energy Partnership Act (2019-2024)
| dc.contributor.advisor | Asderaki, Foteini | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Ασδεράκη, Φωτεινή | |
| dc.contributor.author | Zambas, Symeon | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ζαμπάς, Συμεών | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-05-19T05:56:12Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-05-19T05:56:12Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2026-05 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dione.lib.unipi.gr/xmlui/handle/unipi/19340 | |
| dc.format.extent | 49 | el |
| dc.language.iso | en | el |
| dc.publisher | Πανεπιστήμιο Πειραιώς | el |
| dc.rights | Αναφορά Δημιουργού-Μη Εμπορική Χρήση-Όχι Παράγωγα Έργα 3.0 Ελλάδα | * |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/gr/ | * |
| dc.title | The U.S. - Cyprus relations evolution following the Eastern Mediterranean Security and Energy Partnership Act (2019-2024) | el |
| dc.type | Master Thesis | el |
| dc.contributor.department | Σχολή Οικονομικών, Επιχειρηματικών και Διεθνών Σπουδών. Τμήμα Διεθνών και Ευρωπαϊκών Σπουδών | el |
| dc.description.abstractEN | The Eastern Mediterranean has become an increasingly contested energy–security arena, where unresolved conflicts, undelimited EEZs, and Turkey’s assertive maritime posture intersect with new hydrocarbon discoveries and heightened European energy diversification needs following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Against this backdrop, this thesis investigates how the Eastern Mediterranean Security and Energy Partnership Act of 2019 reshaped U.S.–Cyprus relations from the 2018 U.S.–Cyprus Statement of Intent through 2024, and which actors drove the shift, while assessing implications for regional stability within a Regional Security Complex Theory framework emphasizing great-power “penetration” via alignments rather than “overlay.” Methodologically, the study employs multi-source qualitative secondary research combining content analysis of academic and policy materials and news reporting with a comparative assessment of U.S.–Cyprus relations before and after the Act. The analysis finds that the Act constituted a pivotal policy and institutional inflection point: it formalized U.S. support for the Greece–Cyprus–Israel partnership (3+1) and energy diplomacy, while embedding Cyprus more directly into U.S.-linked security architectures. Concrete outcomes included the acceleration of structured bilateral mechanisms, progressive removal of the U.S. arms embargo, expanded access to security assistance and interoperability tools, and new cooperation platforms such as CYCLOPS and the New Jersey National Guard State Partnership Program, alongside enhanced crisis-response cooperation. The shift was enabled by bipartisan congressional action and diaspora-linked advocacy, compounded by Turkey’s S-400 procurement and deteriorating U.S.–Turkey and Turkey–Israel relations, and by U.S. efforts to curb malign influence, especially from Russia. Overall, the Act helped reposition Cyprus from a constrained small state to a consequential security partner and operational hub, with implications for deterrence, energy security, and the consolidation of a flexible, institutionally “thickened” regional security complex in the Eastern Mediterranean. | el |
| dc.contributor.master | American Studies: Politics, Strategy and Economics | el |
| dc.subject.keyword | Eastern Mediterranean | el |
| dc.subject.keyword | Cyprus | el |
| dc.subject.keyword | United States | el |
| dc.subject.keyword | Energy Partnership Act | el |
| dc.subject.keyword | Regional alliances | el |
| dc.subject.keyword | Regions Security Complex | el |
| dc.date.defense | 2026-05-14 |
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