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The School of Law of the University of Nicosia in cooperation with the Eastern Mediterranean Studies Initiative (EMSI) and the Cyprus Center for European and International Affairs is organizing the 3rd EMSI Annual Conference.

Thursday, 21 June 2018 Friday, 22 June 2018
17:00 – 20:00 09:45 – 13:10
UNESCO Amphitheatre
Europa Building
University of Nicosia
UNESCO Amphitheatre
Europa Building
University of Nicosia

 

Programme Thursday, June 21, 2018


16:30 – 17:00 Coffee and Registration
Opening Addresses
17:00 – 17:30
Chair:

  • Anna Koukkides-Procopiou, Senior Fellow, Cyprus Center for European and International Affairs
  • 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
Keynote Address
17:30 – 18:00
I.  Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean
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
18:30 – 18:50 II.  Eastern Mediterranean Security and Geopolitics
Chair:

  • Hubert Faustmann, Professor of International Relations, Department of Politics and Governance, University of Nicosia

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 Reception

 

Programme Friday, 22 June 2018


09:00 – 09:30 Coffee and Registration
09:30 – 09:50 III.  Eastern Mediterranean Security and Geopolitics
Chair:

  • Odysseas Christou, Assistant Professor of Government, International Law and  ,International Relations, Department of Law, University of Nicosia

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
Keynote Address
10:50 – 11:20
IV. The Eastern Mediterranean and the Upheaval in the Broader Middle East
Chair:

  • Evie Zambetakis, Director, Eastern Mediterranean Studies Initiative (EMSI)

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
12:45 – 13:05 V.  The EU and Eastern Mediterranean 
Chair:

  • Thanos Koulos, Lecturer in political sociology and European studies, Department of Politics and Governance, University of Nicosia

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

 

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