ABSTRACT
This chapter begins with a presentation of Greece's strategic position in the Balkans and Eastern Mediterranean and continues with a concise review of Greece's security policy from the end of the Second World War to the end of the Cold War. It will show that Turkey has dominated Greece's security agenda since the early 1970s, while the Cyprus issuea problem that has severely affected the two countries' relations - had already emerged in the 1950s. In the post-Cold War era a series of 'new risks' in Greece's immediate security environment, namely the Balkans, have emerged while 'old threats' stemming from Greece's eastern neighbour, namely Turkey, did not cease to exist. Actually, in the post-Cold War era, Turkey remains the main concern of Greece's security policy and the driving force behind most foreign policy initiatives. 1 However, Greek security policy vis-a-vis Turkey started being reformulated in the mid-1990s due to Greece's new strategic needs and priorities. Finally, the analysis will focus on Greece's security challenges and priorities in rapidly changing domestic, regional and international settings and Greece's security prospects for the twenty-first century.
