Unforced errors in US-Cyprus relations

In the pages of this newspaper, analyst after analyst - myself included - has celebrated a high point in the Greece-US relationship. Most peg the beginning of this high point to 2015 and the Obama administration's efforts to avoid a messy Grexit.

2015 can also be remembered for a significant missed opportunity in another bilateral relationship - that between Cyprus and the US. Just one year earlier, Vice President Joe Biden had conducted a celebrated official visit to Cyprus, one that raised the hopes of both solving the Cyprus problem and establishing a new strategic partnership.

Positive developments in the Cyprus negotiations followed, but the promise in the bilateral relationship was not realized.

In fact, the Cyprus negotiations have consistently dictated the course of relations between the US and the Republic of Cyprus.

From the stubborn...