
- 296 pages
- English
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About this book
Over the past fifty years the Cyprus Problem has come to be regarded as the archetype of an intractable ethnic conflict. Since 1964, the United Nations has been at the forefront of efforts to find a political solution to the dispute between the island's Greek and Turkish communities. And yet, despite the active involvement of six Secretaries-General (U Thant, Kurt Waldheim, Javier Perez de Cuellar, Boutros Boutros Ghali, Kofi Annan and Ban Ki-Moon), every attempt to reach a mutually acceptable solution has failed. Here, James Ker-Lindsay draws together new and original perspectives from the leading experts on Cyprus, including academics, policy-makers, politicians and activists. All have addressed one deceptively simple question: 'Can Cyprus be solved?' Resolving Cyprus presents a comprehensive overview of the Cyprus Problem from a variety of approaches and offers new and innovative ideas as to how to tackle one of the longest running ethnic conflicts on the world stage. This represents an essential contribution to the body of work on Cyprus, and will be required reading for all those following the debates surrounding the Cyprus problem.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- About the Author
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of Abbreviations
- Editor and Contributors
- Introduction
- 1 A Comfortable and Routine Conflict
- 2 A New Vision of Good Neighbourliness
- 3 āCypriotismā and the Path to Reunification
- 4 Escaping the Tyranny of History
- 5 A Bizonal Federation is not Viable
- 6 The Party Politics of the Problem
- 7 The Prospects of a Federal Settlement
- 8 A Cypriotās Problem
- 9 Hydrocarbons Can Fuel a Settlement
- 10 Gas Can Become the New Lost Opportunity
- 11 A Gender Perspective
- 12 Civil Society Can Reinvigorate the Peace Process
- 13 Cyprus in the Doldrums
- 14 The Catalytic Role of Regional Crisis
- 15 Adopting a Piecemeal Approach
- 16 The Case for a Loose Federation
- 17 Preconditions and Expectations of a Solution
- 18 The Rule of Law
- 19 How and Why the European Union Still Matters
- 20 Challenging Partition in Five Success Stories
- 21 Security is Key to a Settlement
- 22 Historical Legacies of the Dispute
- 23 Conceptual Obstacles to a Settlement
- 24 One Final Chance for Federalism
- 25 Chronicle of a Failure Foretold?
- 26 A Constitutional Law Perspective
- 27 Updating Our Thinking on Cyprus
- 28 Blending Idealism with Pragmatism
- 29 The Role of āInvaluable Assetsā
- 30 A Viable Peace Process Already Exists