%0 Book
%A Albert F. Reiterer
%D 2003
%C Berlin, Germany
%I Peter Lang Verlag
%@ 1618-288X
%T Cyprus
%B Case Study about a Failure of Ethno-national Understanding
%U https://www.peterlang.com/document/1095380
%X The Cyprus conflict has got new prominence since the EU decided in 1997 to accept the Republic’s application for full membership as a (legally) unified state at the Luxembourg summit. This analysis demonstrates that today, the core of the issue is not re-unification. It is a problem of security of those concerned, that is, the Greek and Turkish Cypriots. However, to achieve this target, a process of de-securitisation of the political debate is needed, especially in Turkey. The Greek Cypriots could contribute to such a process by renouncing the fictitious aim of unification. They would gain greatly by concentrating on achieving objectives like indemnisation and de-militarisation of the island, leaving the Turkish Cypriots to aims and objectives which are determined by their own needs.
%K Zypernfrage, Geschichte, Zypern /Gesellschaft, Sozialwissenschaften
%G English