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EMSI 3rd Annual Conference
June 21, 2018 - June 22, 2018
The 3rd EMSI annual conference will take place at the University of Nicosia on June 21 and 22, 2018. Experts and practitioners will meet in Panel discussions on the Eastern Mediterranean and the Upheaval in the Middle East, the EU and Eastern Mediterranean and Eastern Mediterranean Security and Geopolitics. Keynote speakers include Nadia Arbatova, Head, Department of European Studies, Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Russian Academy of Sciences and Mitchell Belfer, President, Euro-Gulf Information Centre.
Event Schedule
| 16:30 – 17:00 | Coffee & Registraton |
Opening Addresses
| Chair | Anna Koukkides-Procopiou Senior Fellow, Cyprus Center for European and International Affairs |
| 17:00 – 17:30 | Evie Zambetakis Director, Eastern Mediterranean Studies Initiative (EMSI) Achilles Emilianides Dean, School of Law, University of Nicosia Andreas Theophanous Head, Department of Politics and Governance President of the Cyprus Center for European and International Affairs, University of Nicosia |
I. Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean
| 17:30 – 18:00 | Andreas Theophanous Head, Department of Politics and Governance President of the Cyprus Center for European and International Affairs, University of Nicosia “Revisiting the Cyprus Question and the Need for a New Approach” |
| 18:00 – 18:20 | Discussion |
| 18:20 – 18:30 | Coffee Break |
II. Eastern Mediterranean Security and Geopolitics
| Chair | Hubert Faustmann Professor of International Relations, Department of Politics and Governance, University of Nicosia |
| 18:30 – 18:50 | Nadia Arbatova Head, Department of European Studies Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Russian Academy of Sciences “Great Power Involvement in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East and its Repercussions” |
| 18:50 – 19:10 | Antonino Occhiuto Researcher, Euro-Gulf Information Centre “Energy Security and Geopolitics” |
| 19:10 – 19:30 | Discussion |
| 19:30 – 20:00 | Coffee Break |
| 09:00 – 09:30 | Coffee & Registraton |
III. Eastern Mediterranean Security and Geopolitics
| Chair | Odysseas Christou Assistant Professor of Government, International Law and International Relations, Department of Law, University of Nicosia “Revisiting the Cyprus Question and the Need for a New Approach” |
| 09:30 – 09:50 | Zenonas Tziarras Post-Doctoral Researcher, Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Cyprus “Cyprus’ View of the Israel-Cyprus-Greece Partnership and ‘Conditional Regionalism’ in the Eastern Mediterranean” |
| 09:50 – 10:10 | Michalis Kontos Assistant Professor, Department of Politics and Governance, University of Nicosia Ioakeim Ampartzidis PhD Candidate, Department of Politics and Governance, University of Nicosia “Turkish Policies Towards the Muslim World, Greece and Cyprus” |
| 10:10 – 10:30 | Discussion |
| 10:30 – 10:50 | Coffee Break |
IV. The Eastern Mediterranean and the Upheaval in the Broader Middle East
| Chair | Evie Zambetakis Director, Eastern Mediterranean Studies Initiative (EMSI) |
| 10:50 – 11:20 | Mitchell Belfer President, Euro-Gulf Information Centre “The Changing Geopolitics of the Middle East and Broader Implications” |
| 11:20 – 11:40 | Discussion |
| Chair | Christina Ioannou Associate Professor of European Politics Vice Dean of School of Law, University of Nicosia |
| 11:45 – 12:05 | Moran Zaga Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies Research Associate, Ezri Center for Iran & Persian Gulf Studies University of Haifa “The Challenge of Boundaries in the Arab World: Lessons from the UAE” |
| 12:05 – 12:25 | Nicos Panayiotides Journalist-Assistant Professor of International Politics, American College Head of Geopame “Islamic State: Rise, Fall and Demise – Regional and International Alignments in the Middle East” |
| 12:25 – 12:45 | Discussion |
| 12:45 – 12:55 | Coffee Break |
V. The EU and Eastern Mediterranean
| Chair | Thanos Koulos Lecturer in Political Sociology and European Studies, Department of Politics and Governance, University of Nicosia |
| 12:45 – 13:05 | Megumi Nishimura Professor, Faculty of Law, Ritsumeikan University “Transitional Justice and Displacements: Neoliberal Discourses and Justification of Post-War Realities” |
| 13:05 – 13:25 | Rafal Czachor Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, Jan Wyzykowski University, Vice President of the Russian-Polish Institute “The European Neighborhood Policy – A Critical Overview of Current Results and Perspectives” |
| 13:25 – 13:45 | Discussion |
| 13:45 – 13:55 | Concluding Remarks |