THOUGHTS ON CYPRIOT AND GREEK-TURKISH ISSUES George A. Zombanakis

THOUGHTS ON CYPRUS AND GREEK-TURKISH ISSUES Georgios A. Zombanakis Bank of Greece Economic Research Department Tel: 210-3235-809 Fax: 210-3233-025 e-mail: gzombanakis@bankofgreece.gr Lecture E.L.E.S.M.E. February 5, 2004 I. INTRODUCTION The reason for starting the research was the constant questioning by international bibliography of self-evident issues such as: 1. Competition of armament programs between Greece & […]

Is there a Trojan Horse in Europe? By Dr. Evangelos Tempos

Is there a Trojan Horse in Europe? By Dr. Evangelos Tempos, Strategic Analyst of the Hellenic Society for Strategic Studies (HELESME) The recent negative outcome of the European Council in Brussels, on 12-13 December 2003, in the context of the expiring Italian Presidency of the European Union, clarified a situation that had existed for a long time, but no European capital dared to easily acknowledge and much […]

After Copenhagen…..what? The Geopolitical Objective of the Cypriot European Perspective by Lieutenant General emeritus CHR. ANGELOPOULOU

After Copenhagen …..what? The Geopolitical Objective of the Cypriot European Perspective by Lieutenant General emeritus CHR. ANGELOPOULOU The European course of Cyprus was undoubtedly the result of a choice of a “National Strategy” far beyond any economic expediency and pursuits since the “political” dimension of its eventual accession to the EU would have been of particular importance in terms of “national security” under the […]

The Cyprus Problem on a New Course?

The Cyprus Problem on a New Course? The signing of the accession of the Republic of Cyprus to the United Europe in Athens on April 16, 2003 creates new data for the perspective of the island and for Greece and undoubtedly influences the policy of Turkey and the Turkish Cypriots. Greek and Cypriot foreign policy had correctly foreseen that the European […]

VIEWS ON A PLAN FOR THE SOLUTION OF THE CYPRUS PROBLEM

VIEWS ON A PLAN FOR THE SOLUTION OF THE CYPRUS PROBLEM By the HELLENIC SOCIETY FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES (HELESME) It is obvious that the accession of Cyprus to the EU was linked from the beginning to the expectation of the implementation of the main national goal of the Republic of Cyprus, which is its survival as a single state in the sense of the political coexistence of the two communities, while at the same time […]

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