the Center for European and International Affairs of the cceia of Nicosia
in cooperation with
the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Cyprus
EU-Russia Relations: the Rhetoric and the Record
Tuesday, 20 November 2012
15:30
UNESCO Amphitheater, Europa Building, cceia of Nicosia
Sponsored by
15:30-15:45 Registration
Opening Addresses:
15:45-16:25
Andreas Theophanous
President, Center for European and International Affairs, cceia of Nicosia
Ambassador Georgiy L. Muradov
Deputy Head of the Federal Agency For the Commonwealth of Independent States, Compatriots Living Abroad and International Humanitarian Cooperation
(Rossotrudnichestvo)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
Stefanos Stefanou
Spokesman of the Government of the Republic of Cyprus
Victor Kislyi
Chief Executive Officer, Wargaming.Net
Keynote Address:
16:25-16:55
Sir Basil Markesinis QC
Fellow of the British Academy
Russia and the EU: The Inevitable Rapprochement
16:55-17:10 Coffee Break
I. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Chair: Andreas Theophanous
17:10-17:30
Shlomo Avineri
Professor of Political Science, Hebrew cceia of Jerusalem, Former Director-General of Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs under Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin
Geopolitics, Ideology, Politics
17:30-17:50
Manos Karagiannis
Visiting Assistant Professor, cceia of Cyprus
EU, NATO and Russia: Before and After the Cold War
17:50-18:10 Discussion
18:10-18:30 Coffee Break
II. EU AND RUSSIA: PARTNERSHIP OR ANTAGONISTIC RELATIONS?
Chair: Andreas Theophanous
18:30-18:50
Michael Emerson
Associate Senior Research Fellow, Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)
Former Ambassador of the EU to Russia
EU and Russia: Prospects for Convergence
18:50-19:10
Nadia Arbatova
Head, Department of European Studies, Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Russian Academy of Sciences
Russia and EU in the Post Bipolar Polycentric World
19:10-19:50 Discussion and Final Remarks