Contemporary Security Frameworks and the Peace Talks in Cyprus

Seminar on Cyprus  ‘Contemporary Security Frameworks and the Peace Talks in Cyprus’.

The event will feature brief presentations by Professor Yuji Uesugi, Dr Emel Akcali and Dr Neophytos Loizides followed by discussion with the audience. The panel which is open to the public will offer an opportunity to discuss new ideas for the reunification of Cyprus and we look forward to your participation.

Yuji Uesugi is Professor at the prestigious Waseda University in Japan and he is currently visiting University of Kent as a Senior Research Fellow. Professor Uesugi is a leading academic practitioner and has advised his government in several occasions including international peacekeeping missions in Asia. He is very familiar with the history of Cyprus as he has written his PhD on the UN mission in Cyprus published in Japanese.

Dr Akcali is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Politics and International Relations at Swansea University and has written several books and articles on Cyprus and Dr Neophytos Loizides at the University of Kent, is currently conducting a parallel public opinion survey of Greek and Turkish Cypriots in the diaspora and Cyprus on the peace talks.

Speakers Professor Yuji Uesugi, Dr Emel Akcali, and Dr Neophytos Loizides

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Organised by Cypriot Estia