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Protracted Stalemates and Conflict Intervention: Policy (Un)Learning and the Cyprus-EU Debacle

Kovras, Iosif, Loizides, Neophytos G. (2012) Protracted Stalemates and Conflict Intervention: Policy (Un)Learning and the Cyprus-EU Debacle. Ethnopolitics, 11 (4). pp. 406-423. ISSN 1744-9065. (doi:10.1080/17449057.2012.697653) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:36766)

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Abstract

The article examines why a comprehensive settlement to resolve the Cyprus problem has yet to be reached despite the existence of a positive incentive structure and the proactive involvement of regional and international organizations, including the European Union and the United Nations. To address this question, evidence from critical turning points in foreign policy decision-making in Turkey, Greece and the two communities in Cyprus is drawn on. The role of hegemonic political discourses is emphasized, and it is argued that the latter have prevented an accurate evaluation of incentives that could have set the stage for a constructive settlement. However, despite the political debacle in the Cypriot negotiations, success stories have emerged, such as the reactivation of the Committee for Missing Persons (CMP), a defunct body for almost 25 years, to become the most successful bi-communal project following Cyprus's EU accession. Contradictory evidence in the Cypriot peace process is evaluated and policy lessons to be learned from the CMP ‘success story’ are identified.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1080/17449057.2012.697653
Additional information: Special Issue: International Intervention in Ethnic Conflict
Subjects: J Political Science > JF Political institutions and public administration
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Politics and International Relations
Depositing User: Neophytos Loizides
Date Deposited: 01 Dec 2013 23:27 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:13 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/36766 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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