REMINDER: INVITATION | REVISITING RELATIONS BETWEEN CYPRUS AND THE UK IN AN ERA OF UNCERTAINTY: 27/4/2026

 

INVITATION: 27/4/2026

 

REVISITING RELATIONS BETWEEN CYPRUS AND THE UK IN AN ERA OF UNCERTAINTY

 

April 27, 2026

UNESCO Amphitheatre, University of Nicosia, 18:00-19:30

 

 

18:00-18:10              Welcome Addresses:

                                 Associate Professor Michalis Kontos (Board Member, Cyprus Center for

                                 European and International Affairs)

                                 Professor Tim Potier (Visiting Scholar, Centre for Geopolitics,

                                 University of Cambridge)

 

18:10-19:00              Speakers:

                                 Professor Brendan Simms (Founder Director of the Centre for Geopolitics,

                                 University of Cambridge)

                                 Britain and the Geopolitics of the Mediterranean: Past and Present

                                 Former Ambassador Nicholas Hopton (Director of the Mediterranean

                                 Programme, Centre of Geopolitics, University of Cambridge)

                                 Prospects for the Region in 2026: A Geopolitical Perspective

                                 Professor Andreas Theophanous (President of the Cyprus Center for

                                 European and International Affairs)

                                 Security Challenges in the Middle East and the British Bases in Cyprus

 

                                 Chair: Mary Varda (Research Fellow, Cyprus Center for European

                                 and International Affairs)

 

19:00-19:30              Q&A

 

19:30-20:30              Reception at the Block Restaurant, University of Nicosia

 

RSVP by April 26, 2026 – 22841600, e-mail: cceia@unic.ac.cy