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Securitization and Desecuritization Processes in Protracted Conflicts

The Case of Cyprus

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  • © 2020

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Authors:
  1. Constantinos Adamides

    1. University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus

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  • Develops new ideas on how securitization processes can be routinized and institutionalized, and how the mainstream top-down acts can co-exist with horizontal and bottom-up processes
  • Introduces a fresh look to desecuritization, namely audience-driven desecuritization, and examines its prospects and limitations
  • Examines the Cyprus conflict through the securitization framework, thus offering a more profound understanding on the forces that contribute to the perpetuation and intractability of the problem

Part of the book series: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies (RCS)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. Securitization

    • Constantinos Adamides
    Pages 1-14

  3. Protracted Conflicts: A Fertile Environment for Routinized Securitization

    • Constantinos Adamides
    Pages 15-23

  4. Cyprus: A Textbook Case of an Intractable Conflict

    • Constantinos Adamides
    Pages 25-55

  5. Securitization in Protracted Conflict Environments: A Theoretical Perspective

    • Constantinos Adamides
    Pages 57-84

  6. The Cyprus Conflict Through the Lens of Securitization Processes

    • Constantinos Adamides
    Pages 85-142

  7. Desecuritization in Protracted Conflicts

    • Constantinos Adamides
    Pages 143-164

  8. Energy Securitization in a Protracted Conflict Environment

    • Constantinos Adamides
    Pages 165-179

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 181-196
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About this book

Using the Cyprus conflict as a case study, this book examines how the securitization process in protracted conflict environments changes, as it becomes routinized and potentially even institutionalized. Furthermore, the process is not limited to the mainstream top-down path, as it also follows a horizontal and even bottom-up direction, which inevitably has an impact on the goals and securitization options of both the mainstream securitizing actors and the audience(s). Lastly, on a theoretical level it examines how the multi-directional securitization forces have an impact on the elite and audience-driven desecuritization efforts and ultimately on the prospects for conflict resolution. The book’s case study, the Cyprus question, offers an alternative reading of the forces dominating the specific conflict, while concurrently offers a useful framework for the study of similar protracted and deeply securitized conflicts.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus

    Constantinos Adamides

About the author

Constantinos Adamides is Assistant Professor of International Relations and the Director of the Diplomatic Academy at the University of Nicosia, Cyprus. He frequently cooperates with the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Defence, and the National Guard. He also served as a Member of the first Geostrategic Council of Cyprus (2014-2018).

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