From the Egyptians and Persians to the Romans and even Alexander the Great, the island of Cyprus has been ruled by a revolving door of empires. Today, it is partitioned between Turkish and Greek Cypriots. How did we get here? What caused this island to be carved into two? And why does it remain divided?

With animated maps and guest Major-General Alain Forand, this episode of Forgotten War digs into the millennia-old history of Cyprus and the Turkish invasion of the island in 1974 that led to its partition. 

This video was made in partnership with Canada Company. 

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Why the Island of Cyprus Is Still Divided

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The BRICS – named after the five founding nations of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – started as a forum for the world's five largest emerging economies. Now, it's expanding into other parts of the globe and courting countries traditionally allied with the U.S. What is behind this impetus for expansion, and can it disrupt the current western-dominated global order? Steve Paikin asks: Kerry Buck, (Former Canadian Amb. to NATO),  Rohinton Medhora, Professor of practice at McGill Univ.), and Seva Gunitsky, (Assoc. Professor of Political Science at the Univ. of Toronto).

Why the Island of Cyprus Is Still Divided

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