Often, the preoccupation with our national problem lacks international comparative analysis. It borders navel gazing. In this article, I wish to highlight Ankara’s success story in getting its own man fill in one of the UN’s top jobs along with forging of close relations with nuclear power Muslim Pakistan, a…
Read MoreIt is no secret that the modern globalised world is increasingly dependent on the quality of states implementing international agreements that regulate relations between countries. This is of particular importance in fields such as human rights, the environment, and, of course, disarmament and Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) prohibition. On…
Read MoreΧθες συμπληρώθηκαν 67 χρόνια από την ολοκλήρωση του Ενωτικού Δημοψηφίσματος του Γενάρη 1950. Μέσα από μια διαδικασία συγκέντρωσης υπογραφών η οποία έμεινε γνωστή ως το Ενωτικό Δημοψήφισμα και η οποία διεξήχθη σε δύο συνεχόμενες Κυριακές στις 15 και 22 του Γενάρη 1950 το σύνολο σχεδόν των Ελλήνων της Κύπρου υπέγραψαν…
Read MoreΤο Κυπριακό ζήτημα διήλθε απείρων στρεβλώσεων και έξωθεν κακοπροαίρετων παρεμβάσεων στην εβδομηντάχρονη του πορεία. Ως εκ τούτου ένα καθαρό ζήτημα εφαρμογής της αρχής της αυτοδιάθεσης μετετράπη σε θέμα διαμοιρασμού της εξουσίας μεταξύ της απόλυτης ελληνικής πλειοψηφίας των κατοίκων της νήσου με την μικρή αλλά στρατηγική Τουρκική μειονότητα – για την…
Read MoreThe 9th September Geneva agreement between the US and Russia on establishing a ceasefire in Syria, naturally raised expectations for fresh negotiations with the aim of launching political transition in the troubled West Asian country. Instead, in the couple of months since the promising Geneva accord on Syria we have…
Read MoreLast Monday 13 of June, as the hot Mediterranean summer working day was here in Lefkosia drawing to a close, we received another unexpected blow (?) to our international standing if not reputation: our top diplomat Andreas Mavroyiannis was defeated in his bid to be elected President of the 71st…
Read MoreHaving outlined the sad historical background of the denial of implementation of the core UN principles of equal rights and of self-determination for the people of Cyprus in our Victory Day anniversary analysis (9 May 2016), it is necessary to take a look at the current state of affairs with…
Read MoreToday marks the anniversary of the defeat of Nazism. The 9th of May 1945, Victory Day, marks the date Nazi Germany, bent on subjugating the whole world, was utterly defeated by the Allied Powers. The latter through their commitments signed under both the Atlantic (1941) and the UN Charter (1945)…
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