George Kyris
Biographic Data
| ID | 1433446 |
|---|---|
| NAME | George Kyris |
| GIVEN NAMES | George |
| FAMILY NAME | Kyris |
| SIGNATURE | KYRIS G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Birmingham |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4396-8532 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 55 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
State Recognition, Conflict and International Parliaments
State-building and the recognition of a right to statehood
Informed by a novel conceptualization of the recognition of a right to statehood and its relation to state-building, this study explores under what conditions international organizations contributed to the building of a state in post- 1999 Kosovo, even when, unlike what is the norm elsewhere, they did not show an explicit support for independence. In this way, the study offers a new set of lenses to view state-building in Kosovo, but also helps u…
The Recognition of a Right to Statehood and Palestine
What is a recognition of a right to statehood and how it matters for Palestine and the conflict with Israel, and international relations more broadly? I argue that this recognition matters because it often informs international state-building and as a prelude to proper diplomatic state recognition. More specifically in this case, I show that the international community's recognition that Palestinian self-determination must be satisfied through an…
International Society and Its Many Contestations
International society debates help us theorize how states or non-state actors matter for the organization of international relations but pay less attention to actors that transcend the state/non-state binary, and especially how contested states that lack recognition and are excluded from international society have engaged with its norms and institutions, particularly in a collective fashion. In order to explore this, we focus on the Unrepresented…
State recognition and dynamic sovereignty
This study reflects on sovereignty as dynamic, whereby associated conditions, like recognition, fluctuate in quality and quantity within a unit and over time, and adds to existing discussions that concentrate on changes in the meaning of (rather than associated conditions with) sovereignty or more static approaches to partial sovereignty relative to other actors in international relations (e.g. in the context of hierarchical relations). I do so b…
Collective Recognition and Regional Parliaments
This study explores whether and how regional parliaments facilitate collective state recognition, a question that has been overlooked within a literature that focuses more on recognition by individual states or international organizations more generally. We do that through a scoping exercise of how regional parliaments of four major international organizations (AU, CoE, EU, OSCE) have responded to past and present contested statehood efforts that…
The European Union in Northern Cyprus
This article explores the role of the EU in unrecognised, also known as contested, states and more specifically, how their level of international recognition and empirical statehood (i.e. government authority and control) influence the EU’s engagement. By studying the case of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, the article finds that the EU engagement takes the form of ‘state avoidance’, mostly characterised by an effort to engage without en…
Sovereignty and Engagement without Recognition
This work explores if and how UN and EU engagement without recognition with the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) has failed to promote the resolution of the Cyprus conflict. To be more specific, the paper traces the process via which ideas of sovereignty impact the approach of those organisations towards Cyprus and their engagement with the de facto state of TRNC and the consequent impact on the conflict. It is shown that sovereignty pl…
Europeanisation, Sovereignty and Contested States
Combining the literature on sovereignty and Europeanisation, this article investigates the engagement and impact of the European Union (EU) on contested states (states lacking recognition) through a comparative study of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) and Palestine. We find that characteristics of contested statehood mediate EU engagement and impact: the lack of international recognition limits EU's engagement but encourages develo…
The Impact of the Eurozone Crisis on National Foreign Policy
This article investigates the impact of the eurozone crisis on the foreign policy of an EU Member State, Cyprus. Drawing on the literature on Europeanization of national foreign policies, it is argued that Cypriot foreign policy, despite the general frustration caused by the financial crisis within broader society, has actually undergone further Europeanization. We show that leadership is a critical intervening variable in this enhanced Europeani…
The Europeanisation of Contested Statehood
The Europeanisation of Contested Statehood: The EU in northern Cyprus acts as a case study of the impact of the EU on institutions, political parties and civil society in 'contested states', self-declared states which remain unrecognised in world politics. Research drawn from qualitative analysis of official documents, public discourse and interviews with various officials and political and social elites within the EU and at a local level provide…
Europeanisation of Contested Statehood
The Europeanisation of Contested Statehood
Introduction -- Europeanisation : understanding the impact of the EU in contested states -- From Ottomans to the threshold of European Union : the Turkish Cypriots over the years -- The European Union and the Turkish Cypriot civil society : 'people's diplomacy'? -- The European Union and Turkish Cypriot political parties : a new dimension? -- The European Union and the Turkish Cypriot institutions : a different enlargement -- Conclusion : contest…
The Fifth Greek Presidency of the Council of the European Union
A model of ‘contested’ Europeanization
This article investigates the European Union’s (EU) relevance to the Turkish-Cypriot (TC) administration, pegged to the Europeanization debate. The study contributes to the discussion on Europeanization and the EU’s international role, especially in cases of contested states, which constitute an important element of the EU’s current global agenda but remain an under-researched topic. The argument advanced is that the Europeanization of the TC adm…
E uropeanization beyond Contested Statehood
This article investigates the impact of the European Union ( EU ) on the Turkish‐Cypriot civil society, pegged to the Europeanization debate. The article contributes to the discussion on Europeanization and the role of the EU in contested states, which remains a neglected topic in the literature. The argument advanced is that a series of factors that relate to the contested statehood of the Turkish‐Cypriot case mediate the occurrence of Europeani…
Europeanization and the Turkish–Cypriot Political Parties
The paper seeks to investigate the European Union (EU) impact on the Turkish–Cypriot (TC) political parties via (a) the TC prospects for EU integration as part of a united Cyprus and (b) the recently commenced Brussels–northern Nicosia interaction. In doing so, the paper engages with the discussion on “Europeanization” and argues that the EU integration has affected TC party competition and its outcome. This process of “Europeanization” is import…
Europeanisation, Sovereignty and Contested States
Combining the literature on sovereignty and Europeanisation, this article investigates the engagement and impact of the European Union (EU) on contested states (states lacking recognition) through a comparative study of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) and Palestine. We find that characteristics of contested statehood mediate EU engagement and impact: the lack of international recognition limits EU's engagement but encourages develo…
E uropeanization beyond Contested Statehood
This article investigates the impact of the European Union ( EU ) on the Turkish‐Cypriot civil society, pegged to the Europeanization debate. The article contributes to the discussion on Europeanization and the role of the EU in contested states, which remains a neglected topic in the literature. The argument advanced is that a series of factors that relate to the contested statehood of the Turkish‐Cypriot case mediate the occurrence of Europeani…
The European Union in Northern Cyprus
This article explores the role of the EU in unrecognised, also known as contested, states and more specifically, how their level of international recognition and empirical statehood (i.e. government authority and control) influence the EU’s engagement. By studying the case of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, the article finds that the EU engagement takes the form of ‘state avoidance’, mostly characterised by an effort to engage without en…
Sovereignty and Engagement without Recognition
This work explores if and how UN and EU engagement without recognition with the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) has failed to promote the resolution of the Cyprus conflict. To be more specific, the paper traces the process via which ideas of sovereignty impact the approach of those organisations towards Cyprus and their engagement with the de facto state of TRNC and the consequent impact on the conflict. It is shown that sovereignty pl…
Collective Recognition and Regional Parliaments
This study explores whether and how regional parliaments facilitate collective state recognition, a question that has been overlooked within a literature that focuses more on recognition by individual states or international organizations more generally. We do that through a scoping exercise of how regional parliaments of four major international organizations (AU, CoE, EU, OSCE) have responded to past and present contested statehood efforts that…
State recognition and dynamic sovereignty
This study reflects on sovereignty as dynamic, whereby associated conditions, like recognition, fluctuate in quality and quantity within a unit and over time, and adds to existing discussions that concentrate on changes in the meaning of (rather than associated conditions with) sovereignty or more static approaches to partial sovereignty relative to other actors in international relations (e.g. in the context of hierarchical relations). I do so b…
A model of ‘contested’ Europeanization
This article investigates the European Union’s (EU) relevance to the Turkish-Cypriot (TC) administration, pegged to the Europeanization debate. The study contributes to the discussion on Europeanization and the EU’s international role, especially in cases of contested states, which constitute an important element of the EU’s current global agenda but remain an under-researched topic. The argument advanced is that the Europeanization of the TC adm…
International Society and Its Many Contestations
International society debates help us theorize how states or non-state actors matter for the organization of international relations but pay less attention to actors that transcend the state/non-state binary, and especially how contested states that lack recognition and are excluded from international society have engaged with its norms and institutions, particularly in a collective fashion. In order to explore this, we focus on the Unrepresented…
Europeanization and the Turkish–Cypriot Political Parties
The paper seeks to investigate the European Union (EU) impact on the Turkish–Cypriot (TC) political parties via (a) the TC prospects for EU integration as part of a united Cyprus and (b) the recently commenced Brussels–northern Nicosia interaction. In doing so, the paper engages with the discussion on “Europeanization” and argues that the EU integration has affected TC party competition and its outcome. This process of “Europeanization” is import…
Europeanization and the Turkish–Cypriot Political Parties
The paper seeks to investigate the European Union (EU) impact on the Turkish–Cypriot (TC) political parties via (a) the TC prospects for EU integration as part of a united Cyprus and (b) the recently commenced Brussels–northern Nicosia interaction. In doing so, the paper engages with the discussion on “Europeanization” and argues that the EU integration has affected TC party competition and its outcome. This process of “Europeanization” is import…
A model of ‘contested’ Europeanization
This article investigates the European Union’s (EU) relevance to the Turkish-Cypriot (TC) administration, pegged to the Europeanization debate. The study contributes to the discussion on Europeanization and the EU’s international role, especially in cases of contested states, which constitute an important element of the EU’s current global agenda but remain an under-researched topic. The argument advanced is that the Europeanization of the TC adm…
E uropeanization beyond Contested Statehood
This article investigates the impact of the European Union ( EU ) on the Turkish‐Cypriot civil society, pegged to the Europeanization debate. The article contributes to the discussion on Europeanization and the role of the EU in contested states, which remains a neglected topic in the literature. The argument advanced is that a series of factors that relate to the contested statehood of the Turkish‐Cypriot case mediate the occurrence of Europeani…
The Europeanisation of Contested Statehood
Introduction -- Europeanisation : understanding the impact of the EU in contested states -- From Ottomans to the threshold of European Union : the Turkish Cypriots over the years -- The European Union and the Turkish Cypriot civil society : 'people's diplomacy'? -- The European Union and Turkish Cypriot political parties : a new dimension? -- The European Union and the Turkish Cypriot institutions : a different enlargement -- Conclusion : contest…
The Fifth Greek Presidency of the Council of the European Union
The Europeanisation of Contested Statehood
The Europeanisation of Contested Statehood: The EU in northern Cyprus acts as a case study of the impact of the EU on institutions, political parties and civil society in 'contested states', self-declared states which remain unrecognised in world politics. Research drawn from qualitative analysis of official documents, public discourse and interviews with various officials and political and social elites within the EU and at a local level provide…
Europeanisation of Contested Statehood
Europeanisation, Sovereignty and Contested States
Combining the literature on sovereignty and Europeanisation, this article investigates the engagement and impact of the European Union (EU) on contested states (states lacking recognition) through a comparative study of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) and Palestine. We find that characteristics of contested statehood mediate EU engagement and impact: the lack of international recognition limits EU's engagement but encourages develo…
The Impact of the Eurozone Crisis on National Foreign Policy
This article investigates the impact of the eurozone crisis on the foreign policy of an EU Member State, Cyprus. Drawing on the literature on Europeanization of national foreign policies, it is argued that Cypriot foreign policy, despite the general frustration caused by the financial crisis within broader society, has actually undergone further Europeanization. We show that leadership is a critical intervening variable in this enhanced Europeani…
Sovereignty and Engagement without Recognition
This work explores if and how UN and EU engagement without recognition with the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) has failed to promote the resolution of the Cyprus conflict. To be more specific, the paper traces the process via which ideas of sovereignty impact the approach of those organisations towards Cyprus and their engagement with the de facto state of TRNC and the consequent impact on the conflict. It is shown that sovereignty pl…
The European Union in Northern Cyprus
This article explores the role of the EU in unrecognised, also known as contested, states and more specifically, how their level of international recognition and empirical statehood (i.e. government authority and control) influence the EU’s engagement. By studying the case of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, the article finds that the EU engagement takes the form of ‘state avoidance’, mostly characterised by an effort to engage without en…
Collective Recognition and Regional Parliaments
This study explores whether and how regional parliaments facilitate collective state recognition, a question that has been overlooked within a literature that focuses more on recognition by individual states or international organizations more generally. We do that through a scoping exercise of how regional parliaments of four major international organizations (AU, CoE, EU, OSCE) have responded to past and present contested statehood efforts that…
State recognition and dynamic sovereignty
This study reflects on sovereignty as dynamic, whereby associated conditions, like recognition, fluctuate in quality and quantity within a unit and over time, and adds to existing discussions that concentrate on changes in the meaning of (rather than associated conditions with) sovereignty or more static approaches to partial sovereignty relative to other actors in international relations (e.g. in the context of hierarchical relations). I do so b…
The Recognition of a Right to Statehood and Palestine
What is a recognition of a right to statehood and how it matters for Palestine and the conflict with Israel, and international relations more broadly? I argue that this recognition matters because it often informs international state-building and as a prelude to proper diplomatic state recognition. More specifically in this case, I show that the international community's recognition that Palestinian self-determination must be satisfied through an…
International Society and Its Many Contestations
International society debates help us theorize how states or non-state actors matter for the organization of international relations but pay less attention to actors that transcend the state/non-state binary, and especially how contested states that lack recognition and are excluded from international society have engaged with its norms and institutions, particularly in a collective fashion. In order to explore this, we focus on the Unrepresented…
State-building and the recognition of a right to statehood
Informed by a novel conceptualization of the recognition of a right to statehood and its relation to state-building, this study explores under what conditions international organizations contributed to the building of a state in post- 1999 Kosovo, even when, unlike what is the norm elsewhere, they did not show an explicit support for independence. In this way, the study offers a new set of lenses to view state-building in Kosovo, but also helps u…
State Recognition, Conflict and International Parliaments
Political science (15 works) · Law (13 works) · Politics (12 works) · Political economy (11 works) · Law (10 works) · Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · European union (9 works) · Cyprus History, Politics, Society (8 works) · European Union Policy and Governance (8 works)