Reunifying Cyprus: The Annan Plan and Beyond

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Spring 2008 witnessed the first positive signs of a thaw in relations between the two sides of the divided island of Cyprus since the dramatic failure of the Annan Plan in 2004. The historic meeting of the Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders and the symbolic opening of the Ledra Street border crossing in the heart of Nicosia may herald a bright new future for this Mediterranean island. Yet Cyprus has been in this situation before. What makes this new initiative different and why should it succeed where so many others have failed "Reunifying Cyprus" is the first book to analyse fully the reasons for the continuing failure to re-unite the two states of Cyprus after over forty years of division. It focuses especially on the Annan Plan - the popular name for the UN initiative to find a 'Comprehensive Solution to the Cyprus Problem' in anticipation of Cyprus' accession to the EU - and the reasons for its ultimate failure. How did Cypriots receive the Annan Plan What were the real or imagined flaws Was this a missed opportunity And what place does the Annan Plan have in future blueprints to reunify the island "Reunifying Cyprus" will be invaluable for anyone interested in conflict resolution and international politics as well as students of the Eastern Mediterranean.

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'Reunifying Cyprus is an important contribution to the literature on the protracted Cyprus conflict, examining in depth the ins and outs of a crucial instance in the evolution of the conflict, particularly as they played out within the Greek Cypriot community.' - South European Society and Politics

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Andrekos Varnava is Lecturer in Modern History at Flinders University. He is the author of British Imperialism in Cyprus, 1878-1915: The Inconsequential Possession and the co-editor (with Nicholas Coureas and Marina Elia) of The Minorities of Cyprus: Development Patterns and the Identity of the Internal-Exclusion. Hubert Faustmann is Associate Professor in International Relations at the University of Nicosia, Cyprus. He is the editor of the academic journal The Cyprus Review and president of the Cyprus Academic Forum (CAF). He has published extensively on the history and politics of modern Cyprus. His recent publications include 'History in the Making A New Drive for a Solution of the Cyprus Problem' in Mediterranean Politics and 'The Political Culture of the Republic of Cyprus' in The Government and Politics of Cyprus. He is also the editor (with Nicos Peristianis) of Britain in Cyprus: Colonialism and Post-Colonialism 1878-2006; (with James Ker-Lindsay) The Government and Politics of the Republic of Cyprus and (with James Ker-Lindsay and Fiona Mullen) An Island in Europe: The EU and the Transformation of Cyprus (I.B.Tauris).