REVISITING RELATIONS BETWEEN RUSSIA AND CYPRUS IN THE NEW EUROPEAN AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT

 

 

Conference organized by

the Center for European and International Affairs of the University of Nicosia

in cooperation with the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Cyprus

 

 

Tuesday, 18 November 2014

17:45 – 20:20

 

 

UNESCO Amphitheatre, Europa Building

University of Nicosia

 

 

 

 

17:30 – 17:45          Registration

 

Welcoming Address:

17:45 – 17:50          Andreas Theophanous

President, Center for European and International Affairs,

University of Nicosia

 

Opening Address:

17:50 – 18:05          H.E. Mr Stanislav V. Osadchiy

Ambassador, Embassy of the Russian Federation in Cyprus

 

 

SESSION I: PERSPECTIVES ON THE RELATIONS BETWEEN EU AND RUSSIA:

Chair:                    Andreas Theophanous

 

18:05 – 18:25          Nadia Arbatova

Head, Department of European Studies, Institute of World Economy and

International Relations (IMEMO), Russian Academy of Sciences

The EU-Russia relations in the context of the Ukrainian conflict

 

18:25 – 18:45          Theodoros Tsakiris

Assistant Professor of Geopolitics and Hydrocarbons

European Perspectives on the Russian-Ukrainian Crisis and Broader Implications

 

18:45 – 19:05          Discussion

 

19:05 – 19:20          Break

 

 

SESSION II: ADDITIONAL STAKES INVOLVED:

Chair:                    Andreas Theophanous

 

19:20 – 19:40          Anna Koukkides-Procopiou

Foreign Policy Analyst, Research Associate, Center for European

and International Affairs, University of Nicosia

The Stakes for the US, EU and Russia in the Eastern Mediterranean

 

19:40 – 20:00          Costas Melakopides

Associate Professor, Department of Social and Political Sciences,

University of Cyprus

Reaffirming Pragmatic Idealism in Russia-Cyprus Relations: The Apparent Virtuous Cycle of Nicos Anastasiades

 

20:00 – 20:20          Discussion

 

 

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