Cyprus “is on the sea lane of the great maritime highway connecting the Mediterranean Sea through two sea gates – the Suez and Bab al-Mandab – with the Indian Ocean”. It links to “the Strait of Hormuz, leading to the Persian Gulf, and the Strait of Malacca, connecting to the...

President Putin's reassertion of state control over more and more of the economy combined with his radical reversal of many of the country's political reforms is ominous. Correcting for some of the political and economic excesses of the original reforms is all to the good, but unless he can do...