TY  - JOUR
T1  - THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE CYPRUS IMBROGLIO
AU  - Sonyel, Salahi R
PY  - 1998
DA  - July
JF  - PERCEPTIONS: Journal of International Affairs
JO  - PERCEPTIONS
PB  - T.C Dışişleri Bakanlığı
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 1300-8641
SP  - 0
EP  - 0
VL  - 3
IS  - 2
LA  - en
AB  - Until the 1990s the European Union  EU  - known as the European Community  EC  at that time - was  considered to be “an economic giant, but a political pygmy,” for, although it exercised considerable  influence in economic, particularly commercial matters, its voice did not count for a great deal in  political matters, especially defence and security. However, with the end of the Cold War, and the  collapse of communism in the Soviet bloc, the EU faced a transformed situation in international  power relationships, with a shift of the focus from the global East-West dimension to regional issues  and conflicts.1 Therefore, it began to aspire to a leading role on the European continent, if not  throughout the globe. That aspiration, however, turned into a nightmare during the post-1991  break-up of the Yugoslav Federation. The Bosnian crisis dealt a heavy blow to this fledgling  international actor’s effort at conflict resolution. The EC’s attempts at conflict resolution in Bosnia  was a catastrophe to say the least. And the world media was relentless in its condemnation of such  attempts.2
UR  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/perception/issue//625548
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/817161
ER  -