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This introduction provides a brief account of the geopolitical background against which this book it was prepared and explains why such a task has been undertaken. It suggests that new regional and international geopolitical dynamics rendered the study of the Republic of Cyprus’ (RoC) foreign policy necessary for the better understanding of its own drivers, the broader region as well as extra-regional interests. Moreover, it explains why it is important to look at the RoC foreign policy not only through the narrow lens of the Cyprus Problem but also go beyond it. As such, it introduces the concept of foreign policy “maturity” and provides some basic guidelines on how foreign policy maturity could be defined and applied in different case studies of foreign policy analysis.
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Dimitris Christofias used to be the General Secretary of the communist AKEL (the Progressive Party of Working People).
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Nicos Anastasiades used to be the president of conservative DISY (Democratic Rally). He was first elected in February 2013 and got re-elected in February 2018.
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Tziarras, Z. (2022). Introduction: The Foreign Policy of the Republic of Cyprus—The Age of Maturity?. In: Tziarras, Z. (eds) The Foreign Policy of the Republic of Cyprus. Reform and Transition in the Mediterranean. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91177-5_1
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