The Greek-Turkish Conflict in the Aegean: Imagined Enemies (New Perspectives on South-East Europe)

The Aegean Dispute Is The Main Greek-turkish Conflict And Threat To Peace And Security In The Region. The Book Shows That The Dispute Is Solvable (in Win-win Terms) And That The Crux Of The Problem Is Not The Incompatibility Of Interests As Such But The Mutual Fears And Suspicions, Which Are Deeply Rooted In Historical Memories, Real Or Imagined-- Machine Generated Contents Note: Part I: Greeks And Turks: History Shrouded In National Myth -- The Perennial Imagination -- Beyond National Mythology -- The Modernist Imagination: A 19th Century Conflict -- A Contemporary Conflict -- From Lausanne To The 1974 Cyprus Crisis -- Part Ii: The Diplomatic Dimension Of The Aegean Conflict -- The Aegean Dispute: The First Years -- The Montreux Spirit (1978-september 1981) -- Greek-turkish Relations At The Nadir (october 1981-1989) -- In The Doldrums (1990-february 1999) -- The Era Of Dtente -- Part Iii: The Legal Dimension If The Aegean Conflict -- Continental Shelf -- Territorial Sea -- National Airspace -- Demilitarization -- Imia/kardak And Grey Zones -- Flight Information Zone And Nato Operational Control -- Part Iv: The Crux Of The Problem -- Problems And Options -- The Short Cut -- The Long Haul: The Other In National Identity -- In Lieu Of A Conclusion. Alexis Heraclides. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 250-172( And Index. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 8 Abbreviations......Page 11 Note on Turkish Letters......Page 13 Preface and Acknowledgements......Page 14 Part I: Greeks and Turks: History Shrouded in National Myth......Page 16 1 Introduction......Page 18 2 The Perennial Imagination......Page 20 The Greek narrative......Page 21 The Turkish narrative......Page 25 Beyond the idea of perennial conflict......Page 30 3 The Modernist Imagination: A 19th Century Conflict......Page 46 The Greek Revolution......Page 47 Developments in the Ottoman Empire and Greece (1830–50s)......Page 52 Developments in the Ottoman Empire and Greece (1860–80s)......Page 56 Coexistence still alive......Page 58 The prelude......Page 67 The Balkan Wars and the First World War......Page 69 The Greek-Turkish War......Page 71 The endgame in Asia Minor......Page 75 The respective national narratives......Page 76 The landmark of Lausanne......Page 81 The aftermath: friends at last......Page 82 Clouds on the horizon and renewed friendship......Page 83 The Cyprus debacle......Page 84 Part II: The Aegean: Conflict and Diplomacy......Page 90 The beginning: continental shelf, territorial sea......Page 92 From the 1974 Cyprus crisis to 1977......Page 96 The Montreux summit......Page 110 The Greek-Turkish dialogue (1978–September 1981)......Page 113 An assessment of the Greek-Turkish dialogue......Page 122 The new setting......Page 131 The March 1987 crisis and the day after......Page 135 The spirit of Davos......Page 138 An assessment and the Greek enigma......Page 141 From a standstill to traditional antagonism......Page 147 The Imia/Kardak crisis......Page 149 Cautious steps that came to naught......Page 151 The unexpected thaw of 1999......Page 159 Explaining the unexpected......Page 163 The Aegean dialogue: the small package......Page 166 Détente running out of steam (2004–9)......Page 169 Part III: The Legal Dimension of the Aegean Conflict......Page 180 11 The Continental Shelf......Page 182 The respective arguments and their limitations......Page 183 A procedural dispute and its misreading......Page 185 Adjudication and case law......Page 187 The Aegean continental shelf: delimitation?......Page 189 Developments in international law and the stance of Greece and Turkey......Page 196 The Turkish case......Page 198 Casus belli......Page 200 International law and practice......Page 202 In lieu of a conclusion......Page 203 International law, Greece and Turkey......Page 208 Assessing the Greek case......Page 210 A reappraisal......Page 212 Lemnos and Samothrace......Page 216 Lesbos, Chios, Samos and Ikaria......Page 218 The Dodecanese Islands......Page 219 Concluding remarks......Page 220 15 Imia/Kardak and the Grey Zones......Page 224 Flight Information Regions......Page 229 NATO operational control......Page 232 Part IV: The Crux of the Problem......Page 236 17 What is to be Done?......Page 238 The Aegean dispute on ice: enter economic cooperation......Page 239 The short cut: resolving the Aegean conflict......Page 243 The long haul: identity and national narratives......Page 246 A quasi-conclusion: the Aegean conflict as a paradox......Page 257 Bibliography......Page 265 Index......Page 288 "The Aegean dispute is the main Greek-Turkish conflict and threat to peace and security in the region. The book shows that the dispute is solvable (in win-win terms) and that the crux of the problem is not the incompatibility of interests as such but the mutual fears and suspicions, which are deeply rooted in historical memories, real or imagined"-- Provided by publisher This study of the Greek-Turkish Aegean dispute book shows that the dispute is resolvable and that the crux of the problem is not the incompatibility of interests but the mutual fears and suspicions, which are deeply rooted in historical memories, real or imagined.