Recent discoveries of large offshore gas fields in the eastern Mediterranean not only offer encouraging prospects for a region that has been energy dependent. However, they also raise a number of political, security, economic and geostrategic challenges both for the EU and its neighbours. This...

The Leviathan natural gas field has become a significant energy source for surrounding states in the eastern Mediterranean such as Lebanon, Cyprus, Syria, Israel, Jordan and Turkey. Tensions in the particular area cause this resource to be exploited on a low efficiency level both when it comes...