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:
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| 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:
Nadia Arbatova, Head, Department of European Studies, Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Russian Academy of Sciences |
| 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:
Zenonas Tziarras, Post-Doctoral Researcher, Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Cyprus |
| 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:
Mitchell Belfer, President, Euro-Gulf Information Centre |
| 11:20 – 11:40 | Discussion Chair:
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| 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:
Megumi Nishimura, Professor, Faculty of Law, Ritsumeikan University |
| 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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