Michael Rubin
Why Turkey’s occupation of Cyprus is a threat to the US and EU
As we approach 50 years since Turkey's invasion and occupation of Cyprus, Michael Rubin, the director of policy analysis at the Middle East Forum and a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, joins Thanos Davelis to look at how Turkey's continued occupation of the northern part of Cyprus presents a grave and growing threat to US and European security.
Is the worst yet to come as Erdogan prepares for another term?
Expert Michael Rubin, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and former Pentagon official, joins Thanos Davelis to argue that with Turkish President Erdogan's re-election essentially in the bag, it is time for the US and the EU to prepare for a rocky road ahead, recalibrating their policies to meet this reality.
F-35s to Greece, no jets for Turkey: Why the White House is half right on East Med arms sales
Last week news dropped that the Biden administration reportedly will ask Congress to approve a $20 billion sale of F-16s to Turkey, coupled with a separate sale of F-35 fighters to Greece.
The sale of F-16s was also the focus of Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu's meeting with Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Washington on Wednesday.
The test President Biden will most likely confront early in his term? Turkey
Michael Rubin, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and regional expert, joins The Greek Current to discuss his latest op-ed in Kathimerini, titled "US and Turkey on course for diplomatic, economic collision."