The Aegean Sea After the Cold War: Security and Law of the Sea Issues » (REV)

Aldo Chircop is Director, Marine Affairs Program, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.

André Gerolymatos is Hellenic Studies Chair, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada.

John O. Iatrides is University Professor of International Politics at Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, Connecticut.

The book contains contributions of scholars from Canada, Greece, Israel, Italy, and the United States. Section 1 consists of studies on historical and security issues, with contributions on the historical background of Greco-Turkish relations, British perspectives on these relations after World War II, the role of NATO, Greece's defense strategy, and the balance of power between Greece and Turkey. Section 2 addresses law of the sea and governance issues, and includes studies on Greece and the law of the sea, maritime boundaries in the Mediterranean, the Imia Rocks crisis, human security and governance, fisheries management, water resources management, joint development zones, and dispute settlement in the law of the sea.

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The Aegean has long served as a maritime life-line and battle-line between the Mediterranean and Black Seas. Triggered by the Imia Rocks crisis of 1996, this collection of 14 papers by international experts focuses on the stormy relationship between Greece and Turkey from historical, specific resource, global security, law of the sea and governance perspectives. Tables and figures show such relevant factors as the ratio of Greek to Turkish GNP and military expenditures, a joint development scheme for Aegean oil and gas, and coastal zone management survey responses. Includes maps. Chircop directs the Marine Affairs Program at Dalhousie U. in Halifax, Canada. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)