Troublemaker or peacemaker? Andreas Papandreou, the Euromissile Crisis, and the policy of peace, 1981–86

Karamouzi, Eirini; Chourchoulis, Dionysios

doi:10.1080/14682745.2018.1497014

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“…55 In a rather contradictory manner, the protesters were rejecting the Cold War straitjacket as it was imposed by the Americans whilst at the same time demanding their financial and military aid against the primary threat posed by Turkey to the country's national interests. 56 During the second round in early December 1982, the issue of economic assistance also came to play. There were three interconnected issues: the nuts and bolts of American access to bases and facilities; the price tag for such access; and the security guarantee against Turkey.…”

Section: The Talks Beginmentioning

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Negotiating the American Presence in Greece: Bases, Security and National Sovereignty

Karamouzi

2021

The International History Review

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American military bases and the political and social reactions they have solicited have had a major impact on the Greek political life. This article offers a synthetic analysis of the base negotiations in the period of democratization and rising anti-Americanism that integrates diplomatic with social history to tell for the first time how both Washington and Athens framed, understood and negotiated the status of the bases on the Greek soil and what was the role of the Turkish factor. Newly available evidence shed light on the motives of both players and unveils a dynamic and complex interchange between international and domestic pressures, the Turkish threat, the role of political parties, congress, and civil society.

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Negotiating the American Presence in Greece: Bases, Security and National Sovereignty

Karamouzi

2021

The International History Review

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“…Despite its peripheral status, Greece and its leader Andreas Papandreou were able to earn the reputation of the peacemaker or for some of his allies the brand of the troublemaker during the Euromissile crisis of the 1980s. 6 It is important to understand the political background against the rising popularity of the message of peace in Greece. It is inextricably linked to the changing political context that brought Andreas Papandreou's socialist party of PASOK to power.…”

Section: Greece and The Policy Of Peacementioning

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Neutrality as an instrument for small state manoeuvring and the globalisation of neutrality in the Cold War

Karamouzi¹

2019

Margins for Manoeuvre in Cold War Europe

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The emergence of the Second Cold War revived the nuclear arms race and triggered millions of demonstrators to take to the streets to protest against the looming nuclear threat. Most of the historiography has focused on these anti-nuclear rallies as well as the Cold War summits between Reagan and Gorbachev to deal with the Euromissiles escalation. This chapter will shed light on a completely neglected scheme called the 'Six Nation Initiative' launched by Greece along with India, Argentina, Mexico, Tanzania and Sweden, in May 1984 to halt what they called 'a rush towards global suicide' and to facilitate an agreement on nuclear arms control. It will show how these six peripheral countries and Greece in particular had an impact on the discourse, framing and at times decisions on peace and disarmament, illustrating the margins for manoeuvre of small states and their potential influence on Cold War dynamics.

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PASOK’s Foreign Policy Course Towards the Socialist Countries in the 1980s

Stergıou

2021

Greece’s Ostpolitik

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Troublemaker or peacemaker? Andreas Papandreou, the Euromissile Crisis, and the policy of peace, 1981–86

Cited by 7 publications

References 4 publications

Negotiating the American Presence in Greece: Bases, Security and National Sovereignty

Negotiating the American Presence in Greece: Bases, Security and National Sovereignty

Neutrality as an instrument for small state manoeuvring and the globalisation of neutrality in the Cold War

PASOK’s Foreign Policy Course Towards the Socialist Countries in the 1980s

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