Koktsidis

Pavlos Ioannis Koktsidis, PhD Student (BA Lancaster, MA Queen's Belfast)
K1082002@qub.ac.uk

Thesis
My PhD research concentrates on the factors responsible for the outbreak of inter ethnic conflict in Fyr.Macedonia and the ways these factors continue to affect the course of the Peace Process. The theme I have set to explore begins with a question on the ways external and internal variables (conflict generating factors) contributed to the escalation of interethnic conflict into a violent crisis. In turn, I set to investigate the impact these very same variables have on the implementation of the Peace Accord. The core thesis holds that a number of security and geopolitcal variables, the so -called 'conflict generating factors' (external and internal)will continue to affect the peace process, thus impeding any meaningful efforts for resolving the conflict.  

Areas of Research

My major research interests are on regional security, ethnic conflict and the management of peace processes, militant nationalism and terrorism.

Supervisors:  Professor Adrian Guelke and Dr Roberto Belloni.

Publications

  • 'Political Parties and Political Violence: A Comparative Analysis of Sinn Fein and Herri Batasuna. Evaluation of Government Responses to Militant Ethno Nationalism', pp 317-336, in International Research on Global Affairs, Edited by Gregory T. Papanikos (ATINER, 2005).