Cyprus problem: Is this time really different?

Cyprus problem: Is this time really different?

First coined by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and adopted frequently by Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman ever since, the phrase “this time must be different” has become one of the Cyprus problem’s stock phrases ever since hope of renewed progress abounded after the latter’s election in October last year. The culmination of that abounding hope was, thus far, Guterres’ first and likely last visit to the island this week, w…