Geopolitical Games in the Mediterranean

The world is not enough! This could be the tagline, if someone tried to interpret the geopolitical games going on in the region. While Greece is engaged in a huge diplomatic effort to reach agreement about the borders of its Exclusive Economic Zone in cooperation with its neighbors to the South (Egypt and Cyprus), Turkey is reminding us of the fact that foreign policy is conducted in many forms. And while Greece has adopted an "anti-conflict" stance in the last 10 years, when it comes to addressing all forms of violation of its sovereign rights over soil, sea and air, the declining condition of its Defence function in combination with the tremendous growth of the Turkish War Apparatus is disrupting any kind of equilibrium achieved through international conventions and bilateral treaties. Turkey once more, is directly disputing all rights of Greece in the Aegean and the Mediterranean. And Turkey has the means to deploy its arguments via the use of the said apparatus. In light of all this, what is it that Greece can do? We would all definately hate to be reminded of Thomas Jefferson's quote that "the tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants". And in order to prevent things from going this far, one must conduct himself intelligently and with a vision. Are we anywhere close to that?