ABSTRACT
This chapter contributes both empirically and theoretically, to engagements with a critical military geography, thereby making visible military authority and power as it is manifested in and through spatial practice, as has recently been argued for by Woodward. It draws on findings from an exploratory study conducted in Cyprus, where qualitative fieldwork was used to investigate social and militarised relations between and amongst non-conflict. The chapter begins with a brief sketch of the concept of militarisation within the context of the sub-field of military geography. Cyprus has continued to be economically dependent on the monies generated and maintained by northern European tourists, especially those former colonisers: the British. The chapter considers non-conflict spaces shaped in diverse ways by militarisation on the island of Cyprus. It includes spaces where civilian and military personnel intermingle Sovereign Base Area (SBA), a space that explicitly excludes military personnel Out of Bounds Area (OOB), finally, Buffer Zone (BZ).
