This book examines Greece's evolving relationship with the West from 1974 to 1983, focusing on the country's transition from a peripheral European state to a central member of the Western community. Adopting a multilateral approach, the author investigates Greece's interactions with key institutions such as the European Economic Community (EEC) and NATO, as well as bilateral relations with major Western powers, exploring their role in shaping Athens' external orientation and internal stability. The book highlights the challenges Greece faced in balancing its national interestsparticularly security concerns regarding Turkeywith its broader integration into Western structures. Covering a decade of critical developments, the book presents 1983 as a pivotal year in Greek history, signifying the establishment of a historical consensus on the country's external orientation. Highlighting an often overlooked event in Cold War history, Greece's integration into the West, this book provides useful reading for those researching international relations, Greek history, the Cold War, as well as European diplomatic history more broadly.

Presents an important case study of democracy, stability and the management of regional conflict during the Cold War Reassesses the role of small states in the decision-making processes of major Western powers during the Cold War Examines the strategies, policies and decisions that led to Greece's full integration into the West

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Ioannis Chalkos is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of History and Archaeology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. Previously, he studied at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. Ioannis' research interests focus on the history of international relations, modern Greek history, the Cold War, European integration, and international organisations. His work is characterised by an interdisciplinary and multi-archival approach to historical analysis.

Inhalt

1. Introduction.- 2. Karamanlis' Foreign Policy: Decision-making, Grand Strategy and Analysis.- Part I. The Greek Democratic Transition: Western Strategies and the Cold War, 1974-75.- 3. Western Analysis and Policy-making: The Concept of 'Democratic Stability'.- 4. NATO: Limiting the Damage.- 5. The Nine, Cyprus, and the Transatlantic Relationship.- Part II. Integration into the West and (Greek) Strategies of Containment.- 6. The New Greek 'Great Idea' and the Rise of Political Europe.- 7. Striking a Balance in the Aegean: Greece, Turkey, the US and the Security Dimension.- 8. Reintegration into NATO.- Part III. Karamanlis' 'Multidimensional' Foreign Policy and the West.- 9. Greece and the CSCE.- 10. Athens' Détente Policy: A New Approach to the Cold War.- 11. The UN, the Middle East, and the Elusive 'Europeanisation' of Greek Foreign Policy.- Part IV. Epilogue.- 12. Epilogue: PASOK and the West, 1981-1983.