Zenonas Tziarras

Zenonas Tziarras left PRIO in 2022. The information on this page is kept for historical reasons.

Email: zenonas@prio.org

Work phone: +357.22.456555/4

Twitter: @ZenonasTziarras

Zenonas Tziarras
This profile contains centre-specific content. View the full profile at PRIO.org.

News & events
Publications
Blog posts

News

Thursday, 24 Mar 2022

Republic of Cyprus looking to the Middle East in its foreign policy

The Foreign Policy of the Republic of Cyprus: Local, Regional and International Dimensions (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022) edited by Zenonas Tziarras, is the first book on the foreign policy of the Republic of Cyprus (RoC), and the first to develop and systematically apply the concept of Foreign Policy Maturity.

Policy brief

2022

The Ukraine War and Turkey as a “Third Pole” in a New International Order

PRIO Cyprus Centre Policy Brief

News

Thursday, 16 Sep 2021

Molecule,Structure.,Science,Background,With,Hydrocarbon,Molecules.,3d,Illustration. Photo: SimoneN/Shutterstock.

Podcast Episode on Natural Resources and Struggles for Power in the Eastern Mediterranean

Recent discovery of hydrocarbon has exacerbated existing geopolitical tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean.

What a Biden Presidency Could Mean for the Middle East

What Peace for Syria? Spheres of Influence, the Sunni Opposition and the Day After

Re-imagining the Eastern Mediterranean Series: PCC Report

Policy brief

2020

Turning the Tide in Libya: Rival Administrations in a New Round of Conflict

PRIO Cyprus Centre Policy Brief

PRIO Blogs

Monday, 21 Oct 2019

Yellow: Kurdish controlled territories. Red: Syria government controlled territories. Orange: Territories returned to the Syrian government after an agreement. Purple: Territories controlled by Operation Peace Spring. Light green: Turkey controlled zone West of Euphrates. Dark green: HTS (Syrian al Qaeda) dominated territories. Source: https://syria.liveuamap.com/.

A New Phase in the Syria Conflict and New Security Challenges

On 9 October 2019, Turkey launched its third invasion in Syria dubbed “Operation Peace Spring”, this time in north-eastern Syria. The previous two operations, “Euphrates Shield” and “Olive Branch” took place in north-western Syria (west of river Euphrates) and established a Turkey-controlled zone between the cities of Jarablus to the ...

Edited volume

2022

The Foreign Policy of the Republic of Cyprus: Local, Regional and International Dimensions

Edited volume

Monograph

2022

Turkish Foreign Policy: The Lausanne Syndrome in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East

Monograph

PRIO Blogs

Thursday, 12 Nov 2020

Photo by Gayatri Malhotra via Unsplash .

What a Biden Presidency Could Mean for the Middle East

With a winner finally announced in the US election, researchers at the PRIO Middle East Centre present a few thoughts on what a Biden presidency could mean for the Middle East. What are likely to be the guiding foreign policy principles of a Biden administration and how will regional and ...

News

Thursday, 15 Oct 2020

What Peace for Syria? PRIO Cyprus Centre & PRIO Middle East Centre Report

Since the outbreak of the conflict almost 10 years ago, Syria has become a country of limited sovereignty.

News

Wednesday, 24 Jun 2020

Geopolitical Antagonisms Usher Libya Into a New Conflict Phase

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.

PRIO Report

2020

The Libya Conflict and its Security Implications for the Broader Region

Re-imagining the Eastern Mediterranean Series: PCC Report

Trump’s Withdrawal from Syria: Should I Stay or Should I Go?

Current projects

Project

Jan 2022 – Sep 2025

https://analytic-storytelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/RodeKruis_Infographic_IHL.jpg. Red Cross

Red Lines and Grey Zones: Exploring the Ethics of Humanitarian Negotiation

Led by Kristoffer Lidén.