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==World | ==World Pioneer in Peace Projects== | ||
Anastasiou’s interest and commitment to peace have their roots in life-long experiences in Cyprus, his home country. Having experienced the ravages, suffering and dead ends of violent conflict, ranging from the civil and interethnic bloodshed of the [[1960s to the coup d’état and the Turkish invasion of Cyprus]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprus_dispute]], and to all the perils that followed, Anastasiou concluded that there must be more constructive ways of resolving differences than the ways of lethal conflict. This was the vision that motivated Anastasiou to becoming engaged over the years in practical peace-enhancing initiatives in the Eastern Mediterranean and eventually obtaining his doctoral degree in International Peace and Conflict Studies | Anastasiou’s interest and commitment to peace have their roots in life-long experiences in Cyprus, his home country. Having experienced the ravages, suffering and dead ends of violent conflict, ranging from the civil and interethnic bloodshed of the [[1960s to the coup d’état and the Turkish invasion of Cyprus]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprus_dispute]], and to all the perils that followed, Anastasiou concluded that there must be more constructive ways of resolving differences than the ways of lethal conflict. This was the vision that motivated Anastasiou to becoming engaged over the years in practical peace-enhancing initiatives in the Eastern Mediterranean and eventually obtaining his doctoral degree in International Peace and Conflict Studies | ||
