It has long been clear that Turkey seeks to create an intermediate, detached geosystem in Central Asia - a geosystem that will move and act autonomously, taking advantage of the competition of the Euro-Atlantic West and the impending collectivization of Eurasian states with the Russia-China system at its core. What is happening in Armenia is directly related to Ankara's goal, writes Professor Konstantinos Grivas in an article in the Greek City Times. 

Turkey is the de facto leader of this scheme, consisting mostly of Turkic-speaking countries. Moreover, the most powerful country in the system, Pakistan, is in the shadow of its great rival, India, as well as its great ally, China, which puts it in second place to a country devoid of great neighbors and necessary allies.

At the heart of this unification in Central and South Asia is the Turkey-Azerbaijan system. And the splinter between them is Armenia. Therefore, Armenia must be fragmented by Turkey and Azerbaijan. Defeating Armenia and its subsequent geopolitical mutilation and satellitization will further strengthen the unity of the Turkish-Azerbaijani plan.

In addition, it will provide Turkey with the prestige and geopolitical weight it needs to attract the rest of the countries in the region into its orbit. Moreover, by geopolitically neutralizing Armenia, Azerbaijan will become more independent from Moscow and will be able to turn even more towards Turkey, strengthening the Turkic-Azerbaijani scheme.

Don't let Armenia stand alone

More generally, the mutilation and subsequent geopolitical immobilization of Armenia that Ankara-led Baku seeks would strengthen the integrity of Central Asia's Turkic-centric geosystem and its independence from outside interference, and further strengthen Turkey's role as an independent actor balancing between the West and the East and blackmailing both.

In other words, it will strengthen Turkey's trump cards and its role in the emerging international system. And a stronger Turkey will be easier to proceed with the "big trick" it wants to achieve. That is, with the geopolitical inactivity of Greece and the Republic of Cyprus, Turkey will be less afraid of a backlash from powerful actors and it will have much more trumps in its hands to negotiate with them.

That is why Greece's defense begins with Armenia. Greek diplomacy must find every opportunity to support Armenia. This is due to the fact that in a unified Eurasian system there are no isolated areas cut off from the rest. What happens in one part affects the rest.

And the Turkish-Azerbaijani attack on Armenia makes Turkey more dangerous to Greece.

In conclusion, supporting Armenia is not an act of solidarity with a people with whom we have much in common, but a step necessary for the security and geopolitical functioning of Greece within a single and indivisible geosystem.

Greek diplomacy and foreign policy, which in recent years has shown that it has rid itself of the provincialism syndrome it suffered in the past, must take action. And, of course, Greece must act on its own, without waiting for the rest of the European countries, which do not have similar problems with Turkey and its friends in Central Asia.