The Cyprus question

Abstract

The prospect for reunifying the island of Cyprus is fading, with hardliners in charge of the ethnically Turkish north and, in 2023, the likely election of Nikos Christodoulides as president of the ethnically Greek Republic of Cyprus in the south. Ankara has played a more active role in the political affairs of Northern Cyprus since the collapse of negotiations over reunification in 2017 and has embraced a two-state solution to the crisis. Meanwhile, many Greek Cypriots in the south are content with the status quo, seeing reunification as too politically and economically risky.