We are very happy to announce that after several months of research, our new research paper about the Cyprus Problem is released.There are those who support Bizonal Bicommunal Federation, those who vehemenlty oppose it and lately the adherents of the so called “Evolutionary Approach”’. However Cyprus is a geopolitically trapped state….

In our analysis we introduce a new term: “ The Geopolitical Trap of the Weakest State” or the “ Syndrome of the Geopolitically Trapped State”.We hope that the research/academic community find it helpful and built on it for further research. At the same time, the political actors are invited to draw their own conclusions about the Cyprus Problem that might be helpful for the grand strategy of the Republic of Cyprus.

ΑBSTRACT

The analysis aims to show the difficulties that small, weak and occupied states face in conducting foreign policy, especially when their adversaries are important regional powers. More specifically, it seeks to shed light to their efforts to implement successful grand strategies that will help them solve their protracted conflicts. Using the Cyprus problem as a case study, we attempt to explore the domestic, regional and international factors that prevent the settlement of the conflict. In this regard, we aim to elaborate a new theory of conflict management that upon further research could lead to a new theory of conflict resolution.

For the main manuscript  click here

For a the PDF document in Academia.edu click here