Dr. Zenonas Tziarras is a Lecturer in the Department of Turkish and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Cyprus. He holds a PhD in Politics and international Studies from the University of Warwick, UK. He attained a BA in Mediterranean Studies from the University of the Aegean, Greece, and an MA in International Relations and Strategic Studies from the University of Birmingham, UK. Zenonas has collaborated with various universities and research institutes in Cyprus and abroad, while he has worked as a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Social and Political Sciences of the University of Cyprus. His research was published in various books and journals. Zenonas is the co-founder of the platform Geopolitical Cyprus and a member of the Advisory Board of the centre for sociopolitical studies Politeia.