Cyprus: The Need for New Perspectives

by Clement H. Dodd

By 1998 the Cyprus issue had reached impasse. Persistent efforts by the UN to help both sides resolve their differences and to enter into a federation had run into the sand. The much vaunted 'catalyst' of prospective EU accession for the Republic of Cyprus also failed to bring about a solution of the issue and indeed made it worse. then the proposed importation by the South of Russian S-300 missiles threatened conflict in the Eastern Mediterranean between Greece and Turkey, both members of NATO. This book stems from a conference held in 1998 in the Eastern Mediterranean University of Northern Cyprus at which international, Greek, Turkish, Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot experts gathered to re-examine dispassionately the substance of the issue and to seek new ways forward. A postscript traces recent developments, including the important proposal for a confederation made by the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. No other recent book on the Cyprus issue brings together contributions by scholars on both sides and by international authorities. One chapter reports the discussion that took place after each paper.

333 pages, Paperback

First published January 28, 1999

About the author

Clement Dodd was born in Chester, England in 1926. After a year at London University, where he learned Turkish and Persian, he served in British military intelligence in the Far East and the Middle East,which made him realize that many more people have probably died from politics than from any known disease. Consequently he turned to the study of history and politics, as well as furthering his studies in Turkish. He later lectured in politics, becoming professor of politics in the University of Hull, and then professorial fellow in politics(with special reference to Turkey) in the School of Oriental and African Studies in London University,where he established a Modern Turkish Studies Programme, and revived the Turkish Area Study Group,of which he is a council member.He is a former president of the British Society of Middle Eastern Studies,and has been a visiting professor at the Middle East Technical University,and Bilkent University, both in Ankara, and at Boğaziçi University, Istanbul. He contributes regular updates on the Cyprus conflict to the Turkish Area Studies Review. His main interest in Turkish politics is in the problems of Turkish democracy. [http://www.amazon.co.uk/C.-H.-Dodd/e/...]