The Greek-Turkish Maritime Dispute

The study provides an extensive legal, geopolitical and historical analysis of all controversial issues making up the Greek-Turkish maritime dispute: the delimitation of territorial waters, the national airspace, the delineation of exclusive economic zones and continental shelf as well as the issue of military presence on the Eastern Aegean islands and its relation to the Greek sovereignty over them. By immersing thoroughly into international jurisprudence, international treaties and historical facts, the book offers a detailed survey of legal precedents and legal regimes over similar issues worldwide. In this way, the reader has the opportunity to ascertain where every single legal and historical argument has been drawn from and its relevance in the international jurisprudence. Consequently, it follows the evolution of the dispute together with all its twists from 1973 to 2022 that saw a new low in the historically tense Greek-Turkish relationship. The book finally re-examines the dispute in the light of the new green energy geopolitics and the ongoing climate crisis and comes up with some suggestions for an alternative paradigm of co-existence in the Aegean Sea which in the author's view is urgent and inevitable.

Provides a multi-faceted legal, historical and geopolitical analysis of the Greek-Turkish maritime conflict Utilizes a multi-disciplinary methodology, combining empirical and theoretical analysis Discusses the conflict's potential effect on energy security in the Eastern Mediterranean and Europe

Autorentext
Andreas Stergiou is a Professor of Modern European History and Politics at the Department of Economics University of Thessaly and Teaching Fellow at the Open University of Greece. He received his Magister and Ph.D. (with distinction) in Contemporary History and Political Science from the University of Mannheim, Germany. He was Research Associate at Princeton University s Stanley J. Seeger 52 Center for Hellenic Studies in 2020.

Inhalt
Introduction.- The basic parameters of the dispute.- The Aegean dispute in the context of international treaties and international courts' judgements. A critical appraisal.- The formation of the dispute in the 1970s and 1980s.- The Post-Cold War era .- The rise of the AKP party and Turkey's grand strategy in the 21th century.- The 2019-2020 maritime borders delimitation agreements in the Eastern Mediterranean and their implications.- A paradigm change in the governance of the Aegean Sea.- Conclusions.