ALEXIS HERACLIDES is Professor of International Relations and Conflict Resolution, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Greece.

• PART I: GREEKS AND TURKS: HISTORY SHROUDED IN NATIONAL MYTH The Perennial Imagination The Modernist Imagination: A 19th Century Conflict The Contemporary Perspective From Lausanne to the 1974 Cyprus Crisis PART II: THE AEGEAN: CONFLICT AND DIPLOMACY The First Years of the Dispute The Montreux Spirit (1978-September 1981) Greek-Turkish Relations at the Nadir (October 1981-1989) In the Doldrums (1990-February 1999) Détente PART III: THE LEGAL DIMENSION OF THE AEGEAN CONFLICT Continental Shelf Territorial Sea National Airspace Demilitarization Imia/Kardak and Grey Zones Flight Information Zone and NATO Operational Control PART IV: THE CRUX OF THE PROBLEM The Aegean and Beyond