Russia-Cyprus Relations : A Pragmatic Idealist Perspective / / by Costas Melakopides

• Autore: Melakopides Costas
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2016.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (X, 211 p.)
• Disciplina: 327.5693047
• Soggetto topico: Russia—Politics and government; International relations; Diplomacy; Political science; Comparative politics; Russian and Post-Soviet Politics; International Relations; Political Science; Comparative Politics
• Soggetto geografico: Cyprus Relations Russia (Federation); Russia (Federation) Relations Cyprus; Cyprus History Cyprus Crisis, 1974-
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The "pragmatic-idealist" logic of the book -- The Cyprus problem, international law, and the Annan Plan -- Revisiting pragmatic idealism -- Moscow's policies towards Cyprus during the Cold War: realpolitik versus latent pragmatic idealism -- Russia and Cyprus, 1991-2012: pragmatic idealism versus realpolitik -- Nicos Anastasiades' first two years in power -- The Russo-Turkish labyrinth and the Cyprus-Israel-Egypt-Greece rapprochement -- The Russo-Cypriot prospects.
• Sommario/riassunto: This study assesses Moscow's special bilateral relations with Cyprus since the mid-1950s, with particular emphasis on the post-Cold War years. Melakopides develops the theory of 'pragmatic idealism' when describing the way in which Moscow's Cyprus policies were meant to satisfy not only mutual interests but also international legal and ethical principles and norms. The book recalls Cyprus's dramatic vicissitudes since the 1950s and revisits the controversial 'political realist' policies of Washington, Ankara and London against the interests and needs of the Greek-Cypriot majority. Melakopides then goes on to analyse the regional geopolitical context; Turkey's hegemonic ambitions and its ongoing aggressiveness against Cyprus; Nicosia's current efforts to pursue a multidimensional foreign policy that also engages Greece, Israel and Egypt; the strong Russian-Cypriot diplomatic and political relations as well as their relations in trade, banking, energy, tourism, culture, energy and defence; and the origins of Russia's historical, religious and 'spiritual' sentiments and bonds towards Hellenism and Cyprus.
• Titolo autorizzato: Russia-Cyprus relations
• ISBN: 1-137-34715-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910255316303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II