Dr. George Kyris delivered a seminar at EMU Business and Economics Faculty, Political Science and International Relations Department as the guest speaker of Eastern Mediterranean University Cyprus Policy Center. Currently working as an academic staff member at Birmingham University Political Science and International Studies Department, Dr. Kyris carries out research on unrecognised countries and conflicts.

During the seminar, Dr. Kyris presented information on his book titled ‘The Europeanisation of Contested States’ and gave Northern Cyprus, Palestine, South Ossetia, Abhasia, Kosovo, Transnistria, Lugansk, Nagorno Karabakh, West Sahara, Somali and Taiwan as examples. Kyris put forth that states as such have common characteristics such as lack of international recognition, international isolations, the influence of a patron state, the lack of effective state structures, the lack of effective regional controls and conflict situations involving EU supporters and non-supporters.

At the end of the seminar, Kyris answered questions coming from the audience.

A full copy of the seminar video will soon be available on the webpage of EMU Cyprus Policy Center (http://cpc.emu.edu.tr) for those who wish to obtain further information about the seminar.