A world in flux: Cyprus and the Eurozone crisis

Exploring contemporary issues in European & International Studies

As news is released that the German parliament has backed the Cyprus bailout, experts at King’s unpick the circumstances that led to Cyprus’ bankruptcy and discuss the stability of the Eurozone in the first of a new series of podcasts.

In the first episode Dr Magnus Ryner and Professor Alex Callinicos discuss whether Cyprus is a unique case in the Eurozone crisis and ask why the International Monetary Fund’s plan to restructure the Cypriot banks was not taken up in the end. What is the potential for spill over from Cyprus to other much bigger cases in the Euro periphery? What does the future hold both for the Euro itself and the political face of European politics as we know it?

The series, which has been launched by the Department of European & International Studies, is designed to shed light on contemporary political issues in the news. ‘We want to provide expert analysis of contemporary issues which are in the public eye and showcase the research expertise of the Department’ Dr Gonzalo Pozo-Martin Lecturer in International Political Economy explained. ‘Upcoming sessions will explore topics such as the German elections, the Arab Spring and the European Union’.

The Department of European & International Studies is hosting an event on the 3 May to explore the evolution of the European Union since 1992. For more information please see Celebrating 20 Years of European Studies at King's.

Dr Magnus Ryner is Reader in International Political Economy. One of the most prominent threads in his research revolves around questions of human welfare and work in relation to changing configurations of the state, civil society and in international organisation, which he has linked systematically to the rise of the European Monetary Union and the Eurozone crisis.

Alex Callinicos is Professor in European Studies and has published extensively on Marxism, social theory, political philosophy, political economy, and race and racism. He is also an active contributor to the development of the movement for another globalization, participating in the World Social Forum and an animator of the European Social Forum.

Moderator of this podcast episode, Dr Gonzalo Pozo-Martin, is lecturer in International Political Economy.

Music: ' I Dunno' by Grapes. Licensed under creative commons from dig.ccmixter.org

Homepage image: Licensed under creative commons from Wikimedia Commons.