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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450821603321

Titolo

Turkish-Greek relations : the security dilemma in the Aegean / / editors, Mustafa Aydin, Kostas Ifantis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004

ISBN

1-135-77519-2

1-138-87009-9

1-135-77520-6

1-280-07800-6

0-203-50191-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (373 p.)

Collana

The ASAM series, , 1740-3758

Altri autori (Persone)

AydınMustafa

IfantisKostas

Disciplina

327.4950561

Soggetti

International relations

Electronic books.

Turkey Foreign relations Greece

Greece Foreign relations Turkey

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Erratum slip inserted.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [303]-345) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Contemporary Turkish-Greek Relations: Constraints and Opportunities; National Perception of the 'Other' and the Persistence of Some Images; The Greek-Turkish Conflict: Towards Resolution and Reconciliation; Turning a New Page in Turkey's Relations with Greece? The Challenge of Reconciling Vital Interests; Tension-Reduction and Confidence-Building in the Aegean; The Economic Imperative: Prospects for Trade Integration and Business Cooperation

Crisis Management in Greek-Turkish Relations: A Political Economy Analysis since 1974Environmental Security in the Aegean Sea; Negotiation and Deterrence in Asymmetrical Power Situations: The Turkish-Greek Case; Perception and Rapprochement: Debating a Greek Strategy Towards Turkey; Rapprochement on Non-Governmental Level: The Story of the Turkish-Greek Forum; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index



Sommario/riassunto

The discord between Turkey and Greece has grown deeper and wider over time, over a series of seemingly vital issues, which have at times brought the two countries to the brink of war. Yet in 1999 the two countries opened a dialogue on non-sensitive issues such as trade, the environment and tourism.The causes of the current rapprochement progress are explored in this book in relation both to the international environment which is increasingly conducive to this progress, and the significant domestic changes that both Greece and Turkey have experienced since the end of the Cold War. This