Title: Cyprus and the roadmap for peace :
Authors: Michael, Michális S.,; Vural, Yücel,
Date: 2018
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing,
Physical description: xv, 273 pages ; 24 cm
Language: English
LC classification: D
Abstract: "The UN-led Cyprus peace process is in desperate need of radical transformation. This book makes a notable contribution towards changing the current discourse by empowering the main parties to better value their relationship. By altering goals and perceptions, the authors explore alternative visions for the future of Cyprus, suggesting both realistically feasible and politically challenging ideas. Using an exciting, innovative and multifocal approach, the authors discuss the practical application of specific solutions and explore the radical disagreements of the conflict at both social and political levels. Reflecting on the idea of a 'post-settlement' state of affairs and the prospect of such a reality, chapters illustrate the problems, challenges and political dynamics of Cyprus. The book explores the conceptual approaches to dialogue; reviews Greek, Turkish and Cypriot policies; proves the challenging roles of the UN and EU; canvasses Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot perspectives on the conflict; and, finally, offers dialogical reflections and debates on past and future problems. Allowing open and expressive dialogue, this book will interest those in academic and practitioner roles focused on international politics, conflict resolution and peace studies. It allows for further understanding of the complex perspectives presented in Cyprus that have great relevance in other international settings"--Back cover.
Contents: A new approach to an old conflict - identifying the problem and imagining a solution / Michális S. Michael and Yücel Vural -- Locating the Cyprus problem within conflict resolution / Michális S. Michael and Maria Hadjipavlou -- What does Turkey want from Cyprus? / Altuğ Günal -- Turkey's geopolitical vision of Cyprus / Nikos Moudouros - The Turkish Cypriot dilemma: between Ankara and Lefkosia / Yücel Vural, Sertaç Sonan and Michális S. Michael -- Greece and the Cyprus peace process: perceptions and misperceptions / Alexis Heraclides -- Refugees, settlers and diasporas in the Cyprus conflict / Başak Ekenoğlu and Neophytos Loizides -- Re-engaging the United Nations in Cyprus / Ahmet Sözen -- Greek Cypriot perceptions of the United Nations / Constantinos Adamides and Michalis Kontos -- The limits of the EU in the Cyprus conflict: the Greek Cypriot perspective / George Christou -- The EU's role in the Cyprus conflict: a Turkish perspective / Erhan İçener -- Greek Cypriot approaches to the Cyprus problem  / Michális S. Michael -- Turkish Cypriot approaches to key aspects of the Cyprus problem / Yücel Vural and İbrahim Özejder -- Reflections on the Cyprus peace process / George Vassiliou -- Reflections on the Greek Cypriot approaches: 'virgin birth' solution / Mehmet Ali Talat -- Between the 'feasible' and the 'desirable' / Dimitris Christofias -- 'Zero risk' solution / Derviş Eroğlu -- Reflections on the Turkish Cypriot approaches / Yiannakis Omerou -- Reflections on the Greek Cypriots' basic approach to the Cyprus problem / Aysu Basri Akter.
Subject headings (LCSH): Cyprus--Foreign relations--Turkey.; Cyprus--History--Cyprus Crisis, 1974-; Cyprus--Politics and government.; Peace-building--Cyprus.; Turkey--Foreign relations--Cyprus.