The Cyprus Problem

Marianna Papastephanou, The European Legacy the book is a very welcome addition to an already extended literature on the Cyprus issue, which is surely no small feat.

<br>James Ker-Lindsay is the Eurobank EFG Senior Research Fellow on the Politics of South East Europe at the London School of Economics. He is the author of Crisis and Conciliation: A Year of Rapprochement Between Greece and Turkey and EU Accession and UN Peacemaking in Cyprus.<br>

INTRODUCTION; SOCIAL AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND; WHAT AND WHERE IS CYPRUS?; WHO ARE THE GREEK CYPRIOTS?; WHO ARE THE TURKISH CYPRIOTS?; WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES LIVE ON THE ISLAND?; WHO RULED CYPRUS IN THE PAST?; HOW DID CYPRUS BECOME A PART OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE AND WHAT WERE ITS EFFECTS?; WHEN AND WHY DID CYPRUS COME UNDER BRITISH CONTROL?; WHAT WERE ENOSIS AND THE MEGALI IDEA?; HOW DID BRITISH RULE DEVELOP IN CYPRUS?; WHAT WAS EOKA CAMPAIGN AND HOW DID IT DEVELOP?; WAS THE EOKA UPRISING ANTI-TURKISH?; HOW DID BRITAIN RESPOND TO THE UPRISING?; WHAT WERE THE ZURICH-LONDON AGREEMENTS AND WHY DID THEY EMERGE?; HOW DID THE 1960 CONSTITUTION DIVIDE POWERS BETWEEN THE COMMUNITIES?; WHO AND WHAT ARE THE GUARANTOR POWERS?; WHAT SORT OF MILITARY PRESENCE WERE THE GUARANTOR POWERS GRANTED ON THE ISLAND?; CONSTITUTIONAL COLLAPSE, 1960-1974; WHAT DID THE TWO COMMUNITIES THINK OF THEIR NEW STATE?; HOW DID THE CONSTITUTION BREAK DOWN?; WHAT WERE THE 13 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY MAKARIOS?; HOW DID FIGHTING START BETWEEN THE TWO COMMUNITIES IN 1963, AND WAS IT PLANNED?; DID THE TURKISH CYPRIOT LEAVE THE GOVERNMENT OR WERE THEY FORCED OUT?; HOW DID THE UN ESTABLISH A PEACEKEEPING PRESENCE ON THE ISLAND?; WHY IS UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 186 SO IMPORTANT?; WHAT WAS THE ACHESON PLAN?; HOW DID THE UN MISSION OF GOOD OFFICES EMERGE?; WHAT LED TO THE GREEK MILITARY COUP IN CYPRUS IN 1974?; HOW DID THE TURKISH INVASION HAPPEN?; WAS THE TURKISH INVASION LEGAL AND WAS IT A CONSPIRACY?; A DIVIDED ISLAND, 1974; WHAT WERE THE EFFECTS OF THE INVASION ON THE TWO COMMUNITIES?; WHAT WERE THE HIGH LEVEL AGREEMENTS?; WHEN AND WHY DID THE TURKISH CYPRIOT UNILATERALLY DECLARE INDEPENDENCE?; WHAT WAS THE 'DRAFT FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT'?; WHAT WAS THE 'SET OF IDEAS'?; WHAT WAS THE LOIZIDOU CASE?; HOW DID CYPRUS BECOME A CANDIDATE FOR EU MEMBERSHIP?; WHAT WAS THE TURKISH RESPONSE TO THE EU DECISION TO ACCEPT CYPRUS AS A CANDIDATE?; HOW DID THE EU ACCESSION AFFECT THE REUNIFICATION TALKS?; WHY WAS THE GREEN LINE OPENED?; HOW DID THE FINAL VERSION OF THE ANNAN PLAN EMERGE?; WHAT DID THE ANNAN PLAN PROPOSE?; WHAT SUPPORT DID THE PROPOSALS RECEIVE?; WHY DID THE GREEK CYPRIOT OPPOSE THE ANNAN PLAN?; WHAT WERE THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE VOTE FOR THE TWO SIDES?; SHOULD CYPRUS HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO JOIN THE EUROPEAN UNION STILL DIVIDED?; WHAT WAS THE JULY 2006 AGREEMENT?; HOW DID NEW TALKS EMERGE IN 2008?; THE KEY ISSUES; WHAT IS MEANT BY A BIZONAL, BICOMMUNAL FEDERATION?; WHAT DOES 'POLITICAL EQUALITY' MEAN IN TERMS OF A SOLUTION?; WHAT SORT OF FEDERAL SYSTEM AND GOVERNMENTAL STRUCTURE DO THE SIDES WANT?; WILL THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS CONTINUE TO EXIST AFTER A SETTLEMENT?; WILL THE TERRITORY OF THE STATES CORRESPOND TO THE CURRENT DIVISION OF THE ISLAND?; HOW WILL PROPERTY ISSUES BE ADDRESSED?; WILL THERE BE FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT AND SETTLEMENT ACROSS THE ISLAND?; WILL ALL TURKISH SETTLERS HAVE TO LEAVE THE ISLAND?; WILL THE TREATIES OF GUARANTEE AND ALLIANCE CONTINUE?; WHAT ASSURANCES WILL EXIST THAT AN AGREEMENT BE IMPLEMENTED?; WILL BRITAIN HAVE TO GIVE UP ITS MILITARY BASES AS PART OF A SETTLEMENT?; WHAT WILL BE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CYPRUS AND THE EU?; HOW WILL THE ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF A SOLUTION BE MANAGED?; CURRENT AND FUTURE SETTLEMENT EFFORTS; WILL THE UN RETAIN RESPONSIBILITY FOR PEACEMAKING AND PEACEKEEPING?; WHAT PART DOES THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL PLAY IN SETTLEMENT EFFORTS?; WHAT IS THE 'EUROPEAN SOLUTION' TO THE CYPRUS PROBLEM?; HAS EU ACCESSION CHANGED THE PARAMETERS OF A SOLUTION?; IS A SETTLEMENT LINKED TO TURKEY'S EU MEMBERSHIP?; WHAT ROLE DOES GREECE PLAY IN SETTLEMENT EFFORTS?; CAN THE CURRENT STATUS QUO CONTINUE INDEFINITELY?; WILL FUTURE SETTLEMENT EFFORTS BE BASED ON A FEDERAL SOLUTION?; COULD A SOLUTION BE BASED ON A CONFEDERATION OR A UNITARY STATE?; ARE ENOSIS OR TAKSIM STILL POSSIBLE OPTIONS?; COULD THE TRNC BE RECOGNIZED?; IS FORMAL PARTITION A 'FAIR AND VIABLE' SOLUTION?; SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING