Links to longer-form analysis, 27 Feb 2024
Free-to-read articles and podcasts published so far in 2024
This is a deadline-heavy week for me. As a placeholder, below you will find links to free-to-read longer-form articles and podcasts on the Cyprus problem, energy and the economy that have been published so far in 2024. Some of them have been published here on Substack and some have been published elsewhere. If you lose this, you can find links on the Sapienta Economics website under the Free-To-Read Articles tab. That tab also has older articles on similar subjects going back several years.
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Cyprus problem
25 Feb 2024. Steps to a new Cyprus problem process. An article about negotiations process design, this article lays out the steps to a new process that is not seen as threatening by the political leaderships on all sides. Read it on the Financial Mirror website.
8 Jan 2024. Deliberative democracy: only way out of the Cyprus problem? How to address the structural defect in the current negotiations process in a way that ensures that the outcome, whatever it is, can be supported by the leaders and has democratic legitimacy. Read it on the Financial Mirror website.
Energy
22 Feb 2024. What does ENI’s latest gas discovery offshore Cyprus actually mean? A 20-minute podcast with Peter Stevenson of Middle East Economic Survey (MEES). Listen to it on the Island Talks website or search for Figure It in your podcast provider.
8 Feb 2024. East Med Energy and the Cyprus problem: why it is in the EU’s strategic security interests to get involved. A 20-minute podcast with political scientist Prof Ahmet Sözen on the need for energy cooperation in the Eastern Mediterranean. Listen to it on the Island Talks website or search for Figure It in your podcast provider.
Economy
21 Feb 2024. Cyprus interest rates: how do they compare? An article investigating how interest-rate margins and interest-rate levels in Cyprus compare with the eurozone. Read it for free on Substack. Sign-up required.
5 Feb 2024. What is the real size of Russian deposits in Cyprus? An article to mythbust the implication that bank deposits in Cyprus had dropped by €40bn. Read it on the Financial Mirror website.
25 Jan 2024. Green finance: how will it affect your business? Take-outs from the second Green and Sustainable Finance Conference, on 18 January in Nicosia, organized by ideopsis Ltd and Grant Thornton (Cyprus) Ltd and supported and co-funded by the British High Commission in Cyprus. Read it for free on Substack. Sign-up required.