Research Seminar: Cypriot Embassy Placements and Function Abroad: An Examination of the Influences of Investment Decisions

The Department of European Studies and International Relations 

Would like to invite you to the 

Research Seminar 

Cypriot Embassy Placements and Function Abroad:

An Examination of the Influences of Investment Decisions

By

Ellada Hadjimanoli

Former MA Student of Dept. of European Studies and International Relations

Wednesday, 30^th of October, 2013

11:30 – 13:00 

Room: M115 Conference Room, Millennium Building (1^st floor)

University of Nicosia

Seminar Coordinator: Craig Webster

Abstract

Cyprus lacks the resources to place embassies in every country in the world. As a result, Cyprus is forced to make choices about which states will be rewarded with embassies. By combining quantitative and qualitative methods, it is concluded that the need to promote its national interests led the Cypriot Government to place its embassies and send more staff in powerful countries, EU members, and countries with which it maintains significant economic relations. Furthermore, overseas Cypriots, Middle East countries and subjective factors, in terms of governmental preferences and ideological and sentimental reasons, also appear to affect the Cypriot embassy placements and function abroad.

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