Victor Konrad Carleton University April 2015 U Vic Seminar Demilitarization of the Demilitarized Zone Cyprus 2015 Two countries one island one economy One tourist destination Greece Turkey the Euro crisis and Cyprus in 2015 ID: 612774
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Greening the ‘Green Line’ in Cyprus
Victor
Konrad
, Carleton University
April, 2015
U Vic SeminarSlide2
Demilitarization of the ‘Demilitarized Zone’?Slide3
Cyprus, 2015Slide4
Two countries, one island, one economy?Slide5
One tourist destinationSlide6
Greece, Turkey, the Euro crisis, and Cyprus in 2015
10 billion Euro bailout for Greek Cyprus
Republic of Cyprus and the Greek ‘homeland’
Turkish Republic of Cyprus and Turkish fundamentalism
Economic reversals
Common problems: asylum seekers
Common goals: water, oil, touristsSlide7
Greening the ‘Green Line’
One of most disputed borders in Europe normalizing and naturalizing
Buffer zone showing its age and decay
Wildlife refuge
UN diminished presence and visibility
New generation of Cypriots ‘move on’Slide8
Zone of decay and new growthSlide9
UN recedesSlide10
Crossing ban lifted in 2003, crossings increase and expand facilities after 2011
Limnitis
/
Yesilirmak
: in picturesque hills above Kato
Pyrgos
Astromeritis
/
Zodhia
: cars only in this mountain pass
Agios
Dometios
/
Metehan
: quick highway route around Nicosia
Ledra
Palace/
Lefkosia
: pedestrian crossing in old city
Ledra
Street/
Lefkosia
: another pedestrian crossing in the old city
Pyla
/
Beyarmudu
: most direct route north form international airport at
Larnaca
Strovilia
: eastern route from south to FamagustaSlide11
Future of the Buffer Zone?
Economic necessity and economic opportunity in the new Cyprus
A new generation of Cypriots
External forces in the eastern Mediterranean
Greece, Turkey and the EU