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The international dimensions of the Metapolitefsi, 1974–1976: a reassessment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2024

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Abstract

This article approaches the Metapolitefsi as an international event and seeks to historicize the perceptions and concepts that drove Greek and Western policy-making after the fall of the junta. Its main argument is that from 1974 to 1976 and in conjunction with domestic democratization, a parallel process developed when it came to Greece's external relations, which entailed a significant reformulation of Greek foreign policy. The year 1974, then, should be seen as an important turning point not only in Greek domestic politics but in Greece's external relations as well. These two processes were mutually reinforcing and closely interdependent.

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Greeceforeign policydemocratic transitionMetapolitefsi
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Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies , First View , pp. 1 - 18
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies, University of Birmingham

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