Cyprus & International Peacemaking

 This study traces the international community's attempts to achieve a solution to the "Cyprus problem" from 1964-86, and analyzes why it has failed. It also discusses the deep mutual distrust between Turks and Greeks throughout the Eastern Mediterranean, which hampers all attempts at peace. 

 

Mediation and the UN; the origins of the Cyprus problem, from independence to 1964; the UN's attempts at mediation, 1964-5; international peacekeeping in Cyprus, 1965-1974; international peacekeeping in Cyprus 1974-1980; external powers and international peacekeeping in Cyprus 1974-1980; international peacekeeping 1980-86.