...Gregory O. Hall Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2002 Bülent Aras is assistant professor of international relations at Fatih University, Istanbul. Globalization and the New Security Agenda in Eastern Europe Gregory O. Hall...

...: Implications for Europe, Cyprus, and the Eastern Mediterranean George Vassiliou The enlargement of the European Union and its recent efforts to embrace the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean is not a new phenomenon. In reality, since...

... one of the them will run across the pressure plate, probably sooner rather than later. The fact is that Cyprus finds itself caught in the shockwaves of a number of upheavals in the Middle East and in Europe and in the increas- ingly fraught politics of the eastern Mediterranean itself...

...Michael B. Bishku Cyprus and Malta are small Mediterranean states located on the periphery of Europe that have had unusual political affiliations following independence from Great Britain in 1960 and 1964, respectively. Historically and culturally they have had Middle Eastern connections. Cyprus...

... the Rest of Eastern Europe Much of Eastern Europe began to feel the effects of the subprime-­induced financial contagion long before Russia.5 However, these early effects were just the beginning of the storm as Eastern Europe — like Iceland, Europe’s first victim of the crisis — was also living...

...Andreas D. Mavroyiannis This essay explains how Cyprus is positioned to play a constructive and stabilizing role in the eastern Mediterranean and how valuable this role can be for the foreign and security policy of the European Union. Offshore hydrocarbon discoveries in Cyprus’s exclusive economic...

... of south- eastern Europe as a problematic and backward area has continued despite efforts to escape from that label.1 But in the late 1990s, the leaders of Western countries showed a commit- ment to put an end to Balkan conflicts and to reaffirm that the North Atlantic 1. This study considers...

..., in keeping with its generally diminished interest in Eastern European politics, although it does support EU initiatives.8 As 3. Gordon N. Bardos, “The New Political Dynamics of Southeastern Europe,“ Southeast European and Black Sea Studies 8, no. 3 (2008): 178 – 80. 4. Bechev, 7. 5. Bardos, 178...

... is God’s gift to man, but somebody should have warned the Alba- nians that batteries are not included. The Albanians, who were the last peo- ple in Eastern Europe to throw off the yoke of communism, in 1990, warmly and noisily accepted the gift of democracy when it came along. They simply cannot get...

... own comprehensive security and defense policy, while NATO, as “the sole institutional link between the US and Europe,”13 is gaining ground in Eastern Europe even among potentially unwilling new members. Montenegro on the Path of Euro- Atlantic Integrations In the early 1990s when four...

... of the Cold War, Charles King has defi ned the Black Sea, Caucasus, and Eastern Europe as being the “New Near East.”1 Undeniably, post–Cold War developments have raised conceptual prob- lems about how to defi ne a region and even if regional policies are still an issue on the globalized and globalizing...

... in Central and Eastern Europe has paradoxically inflicted upon this transformative European order signs of regional anarchy of the most tradi- tional type. Issues of integration, disintegration, internationalization, bal- ance of power, and the struggle for power have...

... relations that can incorporate the experiences of the newly born democracies of Eastern and southeastern Europe. Naturally, this essay cannot refer to all the relevant literature on civil- military relations and it is not our goal to review every debate in this field. We focus instead on those aspects...

... replaced by the well-meaning euphemism southeastern Europe —an intrigu- ing phrase that means intentionally to suggest that the region is part of the larger European identity rather than a perpetually malignant outcast. South- eastern Europe has become an ersatz...

..., is at the core of the new geopolitical competition in Europe’s east. Russian president Vladimir Putin used the unrest to foment rebellion in eastern Ukraine and also inserted Russian special forces, now well known as “little green men,” to support rebel forces and even pry away Crimea from Ukraine...

... is that Washington never was an honest broker in the Cyprus problem. Instead, Washington’s pro-Turkish policies have contributed to the problem. The Cyprus Conspiracy is a book worth reading for those interested not only in the politics of south- eastern Europe but also...

... contributed to the problem. The Cyprus Conspiracy is a book worth reading for those interested not only in the politics of south- eastern Europe but also in the politics of the NATO alliance. MQ 12.1-09 Reviews 1/23/01 1:36 PM Page 122 122 Mediterranean...

... to the problem. The Cyprus Conspiracy is a book worth reading for those interested not only in the politics of south- eastern Europe but also in the politics of the NATO alliance. MQ 12.1-09 Reviews 1/23/01 1:36 PM Page 122 122 Mediterranean Quarterly: Winter...

... that “the diplomat’s pen might spoil what the sword has won.” Germany had to be accorded Weltgeltung, or global influence, commensurate with its economic and military might. The annexation of Belgium and parts of eastern France as well as of vast tracts of Eastern Europe would...

... makers and the public at large. The end of the Cold War contributed gradually to the changed attitude toward the global implications of human rights violations and thus their impact on international security. The changes in Eastern Europe...