The 1930 Greek-Turkish naval protocol

This article focuses on an aspect of the Greek-Turkish rapprochement which has not yet been extensively researched. The Protocol for Naval Armaments was annexed to the Treaty of Friendship signed in 1930 in Ankara; its conclusion displayed the sincerity of the newly initiated Greek-Turkish friendship. The main factor which enabled the two countries to conclude the 1930 treaties, including the naval protocol, was the realization that both were conservative states, committed to the status quo in the Balkans. The article focuses on Greek, rather than Turkish policy, and suggests that the naval policy of Greece was directly connected with the financial priorities of the country, and the fundamentally defensive orientation of its foreign policy, after the conclusion of the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne.     

Propaganda,Internal Security and Alliance Politics: Greek Proposals to NATO in the 1950s

In a prolonged multidimensional conflict such as the Cold War, military threats were aggravated by the challenges of internal subversion and propaganda. These posed huge problems to the smaller NATO members, who lacked the resources to respond to Soviet bloc/communist tactics. This article focuses on two Greek proposals to NATO, in 1952 and 1958, which intended to address such issues. In the first instance, Athens contributed to the creation of the NATO Special Committee. In 1958, a Greek proposal on psychological warfare was brushed aside. The article tries to interpret Greek motives, the alliance's response and the reasons which led to the rejection of the latter proposal.