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Published in: Can Europe Make It?: OpinionNationalism meets racism in a divided Cyprus
How fences and walls cement authoritarianism on the island
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Published in: Countering the Radical Right: AnalysisThe remnants of Golden Dawn are winning support in Cyprus
The neo-Nazi group might be in prison in Greece, but in Cyprus their local offshoot is getting ready for elections....
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?: OpinionWhistleblower Maria Efimova fears for her safety amid threats and new arrest warrants
DiEM25, the pan-European movement and MeRA25, Yanis Varoufakis’ political party in Greece, are calling on the Greek...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Varosha and political ineptitude
It seems that Varosha has not only been abandoned by the United Nations and by the European Union but also by the...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Authoritarianism masking incompetence? The case of the Republic of Cyprus
Authoritarianism, left unchecked to shape the public discourse, can self-propel and legitimise itself, diverting the...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Establishing a federal Cyprus
What are the regional and domestic forces helping - and hindering - a federal solution to the Cyprus issue?
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Cyprus: oasis of peace in a sea of instablity
This is an excerpt from the regular briefing for the Friends of Cyprus in the UK .
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaRefugee crisis in Europe: remember Latin America
This is not only a European crisis but a global one, and it should be approached as such, involving nations...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Objectivity, neutrality and the call for virtuous anger in academe
The problem with this perception of academic research as objective, dispassionate and free from emotion runs deeper....
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Cyprus: dusting off the peace process
The rest of the world expects of Mustafa Akinci and Nikos Anastasiades to resolve a problem now fully 60 years old....
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?What is hopeful about Akıncı? The Cyprus paradigm problem
The Cyprus problem will never be solved without a paradigm shift away from leaders and referenda, and towards...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Akinci’s victory: a salute to Cypriot reunification
A couple of years back few would expect that a retired politician associated with a small leftist party would make a...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Yes we can? Mustafa Akıncı and a new hope for Cyprus
Akıncı's election victory was greeted with euphoria by both Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots. After 40 years of...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Recognising and denying Armenian losses in Cyprus
Cyprus was one of the first countries to recognise the Armenian genocide, but the relationship that the country has...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Bicommunal action in Cyprus: a force more powerful
At the grassroots level, bicommunal activity in the island is emerging as the critical actor in the reunification process.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Turkish paternalism in Northern Cyprus
Turkey's relationship with Northern Cyprus is akin to a controlling father disciplining its errant son, and this has...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Reflections on bi-communal relations in Cyprus
A veteran of the bi-communal movement in Cyprus discusses the initiative's beginnings, its challenges, and its hopes...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Despite initial hype, there's still a long way to go in the Cyprus dispute
As with most conflicts, the Cypriot dispute is a very complicated one. A plethora of political, cultural and...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Ceremony and subjectivity in Cyprus, 40 years on
It is 5:30am on 20 July 2014 and war sirens have gone off in southern Nicosia - a shrill piercing sound on a...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?On remembering and forgetting: reflections on the long summer of '74 in Cyprus
Though I was born two years after the ominous summer of '74, my life has been defined by Turkey’s military...