| ID | 130522 |
| Title Proper | Introduction |
| Other Title Information | Pagedas, Constantine A |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Pagedas, Constantine A |
| Publication | 2014. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Now the island lies in ruins, it is partially occupied, untold refugees have been created, and the American Ambassador has been killed."1 Thus wrote the late Greek American James Pyrros, political aide to Congressman Lucien Nedzi, in his diary as tensions on the island of Cyprus between Greece and Turkey reached their zenith on 19 August 1974. Since then, a political impasse has existed. Is Cyprus on the cusp of a significant political change in the situation that has existed more or less since the summer of 1974, when the island experienced a Greek-inspired coup followed by two Turkish military offensives that
have left it divided? |
| `In' analytical Note | Mediterranean Quarterly Vol.25, No.1; Winter 2014: p.1-5 |
| Journal Source | Mediterranean Quarterly Vol.25, No.1; Winter 2014: p.1-5 |
| Key Words | Geopolitics ; History ; Untold Refugees ; European History ; Europe ; Greece ; Turkey ; Cyprus ; Political Impasse ; Partially Occupied ; Political Aid |