Description: Volume 1a of the Proceedings of the Second International Congress for Cyprus Studies comprises a comprehensive and a scholarly collection of papers presented at the annual Cyprus Studies Congress hosted by Eastern Mediterranean University in 1998. The papers in this volume are collected under two distinct headings: the Cyprus Issue and History. Scholars from a variety of local and foreign institutions expressed their views on basically the Cyprus issue, and hence making it possible for this volume to be highly illuminating for readers who like to be kept informed on debates continuing over Cyprus. To name just a few of these papers likely to catch the eye while browsing through the volume would be: "Cyprus in the age of globalization", "Demographic change, carrying capacity and the viability of a microstate", "Need for a viable solution in Eastern Mediterranean", "The Turkish Cypriot experience under British colonial justice", "Leaving the past", "Western travelers on Ottoman Cyprus".