He holds a BA in Political Science (University of Cyprus), an MA in International Relations (University of Kent) and a PhD in Political Science (Vrije Universiteit Brussel). His research interests lie in the fields of philosophy of the social sciences, theory of world politics, the use of organized violence in world politics, EU’s foreign and security policy, the security aspects of the Cypriot state and the mediating agencies of Europeanization in Cyprus. He is associated with a number of professional associations and research networks, such as EU-CONSENT and FORNET. Since 2002 he is Research Fellow at the Cyprus Center for European and International Affairs.