The Center for European and International Affairs of the

University of Nicosia invites you to a Seminar on

PERSPECTIVES ON REGIONAL SECURITY IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN:

IMPLICATIONS FOR CYPRUS AND ISRAEL

Wednesday, 10 February, 2016

18:00 – 19:30

UNESCO Amphitheater, Europa Building

University of Nicosia

17:45 – 18:00            Registration

Chair:                     Michalis Kontos

Associated with the Department of Law and the Department of European Studies and International Relations, University of Nicosia

Introductory Remarks:

18:00 – 18:10            Andreas Theophanous

Professor of Political Economy, President of the Center

for European and International Affairs, University of Nicosia

Opening Address:

18:10 – 18:20            Nicos Christodoulides

Government Spokesman, Diplomatic Office of the

President of the Republic of Cyprus

Presentations:

18:20 – 18:35            Giorgos Kentas

Assistant Professor of International Politics

“New Security Concerns for Cyprus”

18:35 – 18:50            Lt. Col. (reserve) Avital Leibovich

Director of American Jewish Committee Office in Israel

“Israel's challenges in a changing Middle East”

18:50 – 19:30            Discussion