18:00-18:10              Welcoming Address: Professor Achilles C. Emilianides (Dean of School of Law, University of Nicosia)

 PANEL I

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

Speakers:

18:10-18:25              Peter Walkenhorst (Senior Project Manager, Bertelsmann Foundation)

Perspectives on the Euro-Atlantic Relations

 18:25-18:40              Andreas Mavroyiannis (Former Negotiator of the Greek Cypriot community)

Perspectives on the Relations between Europe and Russia

 18:40-18:55              Discussion

PANEL II

Chair: Simos Angelides (Lawyer, Member of the Board of the Cyprus Center for European and International Affairs)

Speakers:

19:00-19:15              Professor Emeritus Andreas Theophanous (President of the Cyprus Center for European and International Affairs)

International Law, Realpolitik and the Case of Cyprus

19:15-19:30              Anthony T. Silberfeld (Director, Transatlantic Relations, Bertelsmann Foundation)

At Home and Abroad: Domestic Politics and the Evolution of U.S. Foreign Policy

 19:30-19:45              Discussion

19:45-20:45              Reception at the Block Restaurant, University of Nicosia