摘要：This essay will enquire whether
Turkey and Greece could remove their enduring controversies through confidence
building measures, mediation and inter-governmental dialogues which were
introduced in the post-1999 détente period. The paper will specifically focus on
the recent nature of understanding between the two countries and will endeavour
to answer the question of whether there is a divergence in the nature of recent
cooperative arrangements from those which were concluded in the former periods
of détente and each of which were disrupted by succeeding periods of either
armed conflict or cold war. The paper contends that the recent nature of
Greek-Turkish relations is not problem-free. Yet, the new cooperative
environment facilitated by confidence building measures and growing mutual
understanding could help resolve the disputes and dispel reservations in the
Aegean and Cyprus which have been very central to national security
considerations of both Turkey and Greece. From a security perspective,
continuation of previous policies towards one another is counterproductive in
the post-1999 period. Improvement of a bilateral dialogue under the EU umbrella
is detrimental for the defence considerations of both Turkey and
Greece.
关键词：Greece, Turkey,
European Union, security, Cyprus, Aegean, rapprochement
