Greek and Greek-Cypriot Political Strategies on Independence: Class, Nation, and Statehood

Abstract

Our aim is to conduct a detailed analysis of the political power balance and the strategies of the leading political Greek-Cypriot groups in Cyprus, and also the political strategy of the Greek state, chiefly in the period preceding the agreements of Zurich and London, the founding documents of the Republic of Cyprus. Our assertion is that the establishment of the Cypriot state was determined primarily by the dynamics of the class and political power balance in Cyprus and secondarily by the dynamics of balance of forces at the international level that shaped developments in Cyprus.