First, they are not willing to concede a modicum of religious freedom to the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Their objective is to maintain tight control over the Patriarch and thus relegate the Patriarchate to either total irrelevancy or extinction. Second, their provocations in the Aegean continue. Rather than submitting to judicial arbitration in the World Court in order to achieve a lasting and equitable solution to Aegean issues, they continue to conduct military incursions of Greek airspace.

For example, the recent collision of two military aircraft over the Aegean took place during a Turkish air reconnaissance mission over Crete, hardly the action of a friendly nation. Third, no matter how hard we strive to justify her record, Turkey invaded, ethnically cleansed and occupied a large portion of Cyprus. After thirty-two years, it still maintains a large occupation force on the island, has imported thousands of Turkish settlers to alter its ethnic make-up , refused to account for two thousand missing persons, continues to sell private property belonging to Greek Cypriots, and sadly, looks the other way as religious and historical sites are destroyed and looted. The same actions by any other nation would have been roundly condemned by American and European governments alike. Instead we demand more concessions from the Greek Cypriots and from Greece. The question we must ask is why are Turkish policies intransigent? The answer is simple. Turkish foreign policy is a reflection of Turkey's view of itself, I.e. the inheritor of the Ottoman legacy, a major player in the region who will not kowtow to "weak" neighbors or Western powers it views as equals. Turkey's two and a half war strategy is not dead, it's just waiting for the right time.