Level-headed strategy

Officials in Athens are naturally worried by the fresh areas of tension that Turkey has opened up, in a quite an aggressive fashion, across the Eastern Mediterranean region.
Turkey's policies under the guidance of strongman Recep Tayyip Erdogan have generated widespread concern in Greece. That said, certain observers were hardly surprised by recent developments. In fact, they anticipated an escalation of tension off Cyprus' coast, as well as the hardening of Turkey's stance toward its neighbor Greece.
Signs of such an escalation have been increasing for the past two years. Ankara's policy shift started with the exploration operations conducted by Turkish seismic research vessel Barbaros. This was followed by tension around the eastern Aegean Imia islets and then by the Turkish naval blockade obstructing exploration in Block 3 inside Cyprus' exclusive economic zone (EEZ)....