A new podcast series on ethics in peace negotiations is now available on Spotify.
This new FAIR case brief by Zenonas Tziarras focuses on how the Astana process became central to the peace efforts regarding the Syria conflict after 2017, but it has been heavily influenced by the interests and positions of its three sponsors or guarantor powers: Russia, Turkey, and Iran.
Edited by Zenonas Tziarras
The Red Lines and Grey Zones project has been officially launched with a kick-off meeting on the 1st of March.
New book by Zenonas Tziarras
Recent discovery of hydrocarbon has exacerbated existing geopolitical tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean.
On 9-10 September 2021, around 20 researchers met for a hybrid online-offline workshop to share their research on specific cases of ethical issues in peace negotiations and mediation.
The project "Red Lines and Grey Zones: Exploring the Ethics of Humanitarian Negotiation" has received funding from the Research Council of Norway.
Organised in the framework of Rome MED Mediterranean Dialogues, 29 June 2021
In this episode of The Conversation podcast, Dr.
In this talk for Deep Dive Politics Zenonas covers the international systemic drivers and individual state interests that led to the emergence of the new security architecture in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Zenonas Tziarras comments on the new round of talks on the Cyprus Problem that are taking place in Geneva.
In a recent article entitled "Energy and Sovereignty in the new Geopolitics of the Eastern Mediterranean" published in the Oxford Energy Forum, PRIO Cyprus Centre researcher Zenonas Tziarras asks how much of the recent crises can really be attributed to hydrocarbons, given other underlying issues and a history of regional tensions.
"Turkey’s adventures abroad are about more than hydrocarbons.
Since the outbreak of the conflict almost 10 years ago, Syria has become a country of limited sovereignty.
In the PRIO Cyprus Centre (PCC) Policy Brief 'Turning the Tide in Libya: Rival Administrations in a New Round of Conflict' – co-published with the PRIO Middle East Centre – Zenonas Tziarras and Ioannis Sotirios Ioannou analyze the geopolitical dynamics in Libya following Turkey's military intervention in December 2019.
What makes peace negotiations fair?This is the over-arching question asked in the project On Fair Terms: The Ethics of Peace Negotiations and Mediation, which has now received three years of NORGLOBAL funding from the Research Council of Norway.