Us Security Interests in the ’New Eastern Mediterranean’: Balancing Russia in a Post-Unipolar World

This book discusses US foreign and security policy in contemporary Eastern Mediterranean, against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine and renewed great power competition. It examines US relations with Tukey, Greece, and Cyprus and a balancing strategy in the region towards Russia.

Dr Michalis Kontos is an Associate Professor at the Department of Politics and Governance of the University of Nicosia. He is Associate Editor-in-Chief of the Black Sea and Eastern Mediterranean Review (BSEMR). He is the author of monographs, chapters in edited volumes and articles published in international peer-reviewed journals. He has participated in many international conferences and has taught under Erasmus+ mobility schemes in the Universities of The Hague (Netherlands), Piraeus (Greece), and Salerno (Italy).