Following a 1955-1959 struggle for liberation from Britain, Cyprus emerged as an independent state in August 1960 with Britain, Greece and Turkey serving as guarantor powers. A condition of independence was that Britain would retain two strategic sovereign British bases on the island, at Akrotiri and Dhekelia.

There is a narrative streaming out across legacy media and among other members of the “smart set” in the aftermath of the arrangement struck between the Trump administration and NATO over an impending deal with respect to Greenland.

Trump to be offered arrangement similar to Britain’s territorial agreement with Cyprus