Cyprus Achieves Strategic Realignment, but Benefits Remain Questionable
Cypriot officials point with satisfaction to security policy advances over the past four years: the lifting of the US arms embargo in 2022 and the CYCLOPS training facility in Paphos financed by the US State Department, which has transformed Cyprus from a security consumer to a regional security provider. However, the question remains what practical benefits this geopolitical realignment will concretely bring.