The Implications of the United States Foreign Policy Towards the Cyprus Problem (1959-1974)

Abstract

The Cyprus issue appeared during the late 1950s when Britain decided to grant the Cypriot people their independence. The Republic of Cyprus emerged in 1960 provided with an unworkable constitution. As natural as it would be expected to be, intercommunal problems arose just after independence on Cyprus. Greece and Turkey became involved from the beginning as the "motherlands" of the two Cypriot communities. Since after 1963 there was mounting violence on the island republic, the danger of a military confrontation between Greece and Turkey was imminent. War between these two NATO allies in the midst of the Cold War would inevitably cause a defense vacuum in the east Mediterranean. Therefore, the United States, the leading nation of the western power structure, undertook efforts to resolve the dispute and maintain the power balances in the region.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA366775

Entities

People

  • Liberis Liveriou

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cold War
  • Foreign Policy
  • Foreign Relations
  • Governments
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • National Governments
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Negotiations
  • Political Systems
  • Public Administration
  • Public Policy
  • Second World War
  • Treaties
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • International Relations and European Studies
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.