Dr. Constantinos Adamides is Associate Professor of International Relations and the Head of the Department of Politics and Governance at the University of Nicosia (UNIC). He is also the Director of the Institute of Studies for Politics and Democracy, and a visiting professor at the University of Malta’s Center for Conflict Resolution. He currently serves on the Executive Academic Board of the European Security and Defense College (ESDC) and he was a member of the Republic of Cyprus’ first Geostrategic Council (2014–2018). His current research is on conflicts, Eastern Mediterranean geopolitics and how AI affects disinformation and cognitive warfare.