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1 For a classic discussion of desires and perception, see Robert Jervis, Perception and Misperception in International Politics (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1976), ch. 10.
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2 The case has been reported in jurisprudence journals, e.g. in American Journal of International Law , vol. 91, no 3, July 1997, pp. 532-537 (comment by Beate Rudolf, University of Düsseldorf).
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3 Reuters news dispatch citing UN spokesman Fred Eckhard, 28 January 1997.
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4 United Nations Document S/1999/707, 22 June 1999.
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5 S/RES/1217 (1998).
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6 Ergün Olgun, `European Union for “Cyprus”? Pros and Cons', Cyprus and the European Union: The Turkish Cypriot View and Some Selected Articles , United Nations Association of Northern Cyprus, Lefkosa 1996, pp. 29-30.
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7 Two left-wing parties, the Republican Turkish Party and Patriotic Unity Movement, work together with their counterparts in the South for this goal. They adopted a joint declaration at this effect at a conference in London; see `Joint Declaration of the Parties that Met in London 13 February 1999'. (Declaration given to the author by the Patriotic Unity Movement.)
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8 Joint Statement by the Republic of Turkey and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus , 20 July 1997. Reprinted in Perceptions: Journal of International Affairs (Ankara), vol. 2, no. 3, September-November 1997, pp. 195-198.
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9 See `Regular Report 1998 from the Commission on Turkey's Progress Towards Accession, 02.12.98', Bulletin of the European Union , Supplement 16/98, Section B.1.3.
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10 Published in, for example, Michael Moran, Sovereignty Divided. Essays on the International Dimensions of the Cyprus Problem , CYREP, Nicosia 1998, p. 206.
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11 The Europa Yearbook 1975: A World Survey. London: Europa Publications 1975, p. 539. See also Eric Solsten, ed., Cyprus: A Country Study , 4th edn (Washington, DC: Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, 1993), p. 214.
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12 S/RES/541 (1983).
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13 `Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples', UN General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, article 6.
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14 See Hurst Hannum, Autonomy, Sovereignty, and Self-Determination: The Accommodation of Conflicting Rights (Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1990).
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15 `Regular Report 1998' (see note 9 above).
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16 Resolution number: 00015318/89 (28 November 1996), para. 56.
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17 See David A. Baldwin, ed., Neorealism and Neoliberalism: The Contemporary Debate (New York: Columbia University Press, 1993), pp. 16-18.
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18 Interview with Party Chairman Mehmet Ali Talat, 20 April 1999.
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19 Interview with Party Chairman Rasih Keskiner and staff, 20 April 1999.
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20 News telegram from Anadolu Ajansi, 5 August 1999 (in Turkish). The meeting was held in Denizli, Turkey.
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21 On this discussion, see Bertil Dunér, The Bear, the Cubs and the Eagle: Soviet Block Interventionism in the Third World and the US Response (Aldershot: Gower, 1987).
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22 This crisis was recently addressed in two articles in Security Dialogue: Ali L. Karaosmanoglu, `NATO Enlargement and the South: A Turkish Perspective', vol. 30, no. 2, June 1999, pp. 213-224; Nur Bilge Criss & Serdar Güner, Geopolitical Configurations: The Russia-Turkey-Iran Triangle , vol. 30, no. 3, September 1999, pp. 365-376.
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23 United Nations Document S/RES/1217 (1998).
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24 Reuters, Nicosia, 15 December 1998.
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25 Cyprus: My Deposition (Nicosia: Alithia Publishing, 1992), vol. 4, p. 468.
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26 Ibid., p. 469.
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27 See Ugur Akinci, `CYPRUS: Recognition for TRNC - Isn't it time?', Turkish Daily News , 17 September 1997. This point was also made in the President's office when this author conducted interviews there in January 1999.
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28 British Special representative for Cyprus, Sir David Hannay, BBC World Service `Question Time', 20 April 1997.
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29 Ergün Olgun, `Recognising Two States in Cyprus Would Facilitate Co-existence and Stability', Survival , vol. 40, no. 3, Autumn 1998, pp. 35-42, on p. 38.
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30 Reuters, 26 August 1977.
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31 In the parliament, the deputy foreign minister, answering a question on Cyprus, returned to the traditional terminology of `the two ethnic communities' rather than `states'. M2 Presswire, 12 September 1997.
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32 Caesar V. Mavratsas, `Greek-Cypriot Political Culture and the Prospect of European Union Membership: A Worst-Case Scenario', The Cyprus Review , vol. 10, no. 1, Spring 1998, pp. 67-76, on p. 71.
