18:00-18:10           Welcome Addresses:

Associate Professor Michalis Kontos (Board Member, Cyprus Center for European and International Affairs)

Professor Tim Potier (Visiting Scholar, Centre for Geopolitics, University of Cambridge)

18:10-19:00          Speakers:

Professor Brendan Simms (Founder Director of the Centre for Geopolitics, University of Cambridge)

                                  Britain and the Geopolitics of the Mediterranean: Past and Present

Former Ambassador Nicholas Hopton (Director of the Mediterranean Programme, Centre of Geopolitics, University of Cambridge)

                                  Prospects for the Region in 2026: A Geopolitical Perspective

                                    Professor Andreas Theophanous (President of the Cyprus Center for European and International Affairs)

                                  Security Challenges in the Middle East and the British Bases in Cyprus

Chair: Mary Varda (Research Fellow, Cyprus Center for European and International Affairs)

19:00-19:30              Q&A

19:30-20:30              Reception at the Block Restaurant, University of Nicosia

RSVP by April 26, 2026 – 22841600, e-mail: [email protected]y