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: cceia@unic.ac.cy