Reviewing the situation

By Maria Gregoriou

The Cyprus problem is nothing new and there have been many books written on it, many opinions raised and many human stories told. New book Resolving Cyprus: New Approaches to Conflict Resolution by James Ker-Lindsay, brings fresh perspectives to the problem.

The author, a Eurobank EFG Senior Research Fellow on the Politics of South East Europe at the European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science, will give a small introduction to the book, together with a presentation tomorrow at the Home for Cooperation in Nicosia.

Lindsay reveals these new perspectives from leading experts on Cyprus, including academics, policy-makers, politicians and activists. Each one of them have dealt with and summed up the answer to the question “Can Cyprus be solved?”

This means the book includes a variety of approaches to the problem and new, innovative ideas as to how to tackle one of the longest running ethnic conflicts in the world. If you are a follower of the discussions or if you are looking for a way to understand the problem and form your own opinion, then Lindsay’s book is surely one for the library.

Some of Lindsay’s books on Cyprus include: The Work of the UN in Cyprus: Promoting Peace and Development, published in 2001, his 2004 publication Britain and the Cyprus Crisis, 1963-64, EU Accession and UN Peacemaking in Cyprus, The Government and Politics of Cyprus, The Cyprus Problem: What Everyone Needs to Know, and his most recent book entitled An Island in Europe: The EU and the Transformation of Cyprus, published in 2011.

Book Launch
Resolving Cyprus: New Approaches to Conflict Resolution by James Ker-Lindsay. December 17. Home for Cooperation, Nicosia. 5pm-8pm. Tel: 22-456555

The Cyprus Mail is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus. It was established in 1945 and today, with its popular and widely-read website, the Cyprus Mail is among the most trusted news sites in Cyprus. The newspaper is not affiliated with any political parties and has always striven to maintain its independence. Over the past 70-plus years, the Cyprus Mail, with a small dedicated team, has covered momentous events in Cyprus’ modern history, chronicling the last gasps of British colonial rule, Cyprus’ truncated independence, the coup and Turkish invasion, and the decades of negotiations to stitch the divided island back together, plus a myriad of scandals, murders, and human interests stories that capture the island and its -people. Observers describe it as politically conservative.