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Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict
Divided Societies: Cyprus
European Union as a Peace Building System
International Peace Studies: Theories and Practice
Ethics of Peace and International Conflict
Peace, Conflict and Globalization
Conflict and Dialogue
Neighbors/Enemies: Greeks and Turks
Conflict, Peace and Globalization

Harry Anastasiou holds a Ph.D. in the Political Sociology of Peace and Conflict from the Union Institute & University, Cincinnati, Ohio, and a Doctorandus Degree in Social Science and Philosophy focusing on Global Technology and Social Change from the Free University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He earned a Master of Arts in Social Science from the University of Toronto, Canada, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Philosophy from Geneva College, Pennsylvania.
Anastasiou is a core faculty member of the Conflict Resolution Graduate Program and of International Studies. For over a decade he has played a leading role in the development and growth of a citizen-based peace movement in the ethnically divided island of Cyprus and in Greek-Turkish relations. He has also been a participating member of "The Harvard Study Group," a high-level bi-communal think tank comprised of policy leaders, negotiators, and academics working on ideas and approaches for the peaceful resolution of the Cyprus problem. As an academic, he has published numerous articles on peace and conflict issues, focusing in particular on Cyprus, Nationalism, and Peacebuilding. Anastasiou has worked in Canada, the U.S., and Cyprus.

"In relationships of violence life becomes a stranger and truth a paradox. In relationships of peace life fulfills and truth liberates."