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This book explores the creation and legacy of the Treaty of Lausanne, which marked the end of the First World War in the Near East, as well as the end of the old Eastern Question. It deals with the role, political and legal, of the Treaty in the international system, its effects on the national policies of the Great Powers and of regional States, the impact of economic issues and oil diplomacy, along with its social repercussions in the compulsory exchange of Greek and Turkish populations.
The book brings together historians, political scientists, experts on international relations, and scholars of international law to cast new light on the shaping of the contemporary Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East, and the interaction between the regional and the global. It is valuable resource for academics and practitioners focused on all these areas of study.
List of contents
Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 The Treaty of Lausanne and the new international legitimacy.- Chapter 3 An assessment on the Treaty of Lausanne in its 100th year an analysis of the statistical data concerning cases related to the Treaty of Lausanne filed before the Turkish Constitutional Court.- Chapter 4 Reconsidering the Greek-Turkish population exchange as a legal paradigm of constituent violence.- Chapter 5 A legacy of Lausanne conflicting perceptions on the status of Eastern Aegean Islands.- Chapter 6 The Treaty of Lausanne peace through realism and not the rule of law.- Chapter 7 Great powers for global peace and order.- Chapter 8 Lausanne, the great powers and the Eastern Question.- Chapter 9 Priorities and aims of the great powers at the Lausanne Conference.- Chapter 10 Italy, Greece and Near Eastern affairs from Sèvres to Lausanne.- Chapter 11 Oil and the Lausanne Conference.- Chapter 12 An account of myths, misconceptions and misrepresentations of the Treaty of Lausanne in Turkey.- Chapter 13 Bitter struggle for peace London versus Ankara at the Lausanne negotiations 1922-23.- Chapter 14 he Treaty of Lausanne and Turkey s Middle East Policy in the interwar period.- Chapter 15 The Treaty of Lausanne as a milestone in Greek-Turkish strategic relations.- Chapter 16 The refugees in Greek Macedonia between the wars aspects of demographic engineering and their political, social and economic implications.- Chapter 17 After 1923 the longstanding crisis of democratization in Greece.- Chapter 18 The Lausanne Conference in the context of European peacemaking since the Treaties of Westphalia.- Chapter 19 The Blue Homeland in the Turkish Grand National Assembly debates.- Chapter 20 How to resolve the Greek-Turkish conundrum.- Chapter 21 Challenging the Lausanne legacy European integration and the evolution of the Greek-Turkish relationship.- Chapter 22 Taking stock of the Lausanne legacy what future for Greek-Turkish relations.
About the author
Maria Gavouneli is Professor of International Law and Deputy Director of the Athens Public International Law Center (Athens PIL) at the Faculty of Law of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. She also serves as Director General of the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP).
Evanthis Hatzivassiliou is Professor of Post-war History at the Department of History and Archaeology of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, and the Secretary-General of the Hellenic Parliament Foundation for Parliamentarism and Democracy. His publications include NATO and Western Perceptions of the Soviet Bloc: Alliance Analysis and Reporting, 1951-1969 (2014).
Panayotis Tsakonas is Professor of International Relations and Security Studies at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. He also serves as Head of the Programme on Security and Foreign Policy at the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP). His publications include The Incomplete Breakthrough in Greek-Turkish Relations. Grasping Greece’s Socialization Strategy (2010).
Summary
This book explores the creation and legacy of the Treaty of Lausanne, which marked the end of the First World War in the Near East, as well as the end of the old Eastern Question. It deals with the role, political and legal, of the Treaty in the international system, its effects on the national policies of the Great Powers and of regional States, the impact of economic issues and oil diplomacy, along with its social repercussions in the compulsory exchange of Greek and Turkish populations.
The book brings together historians, political scientists, experts on international relations, and scholars of international law to cast new light on the shaping of the contemporary Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East, and the interaction between the regional and the global. It is valuable resource for academics and practitioners focused on all these areas of study.
