Laura Guazzone

Laura Guazzone is Associate Professor of History of the Contemporary Arab World at the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Rome La Sapienza. Trained as Arabist and expert of regional security, her main research interests are the comparative politics and international relations of the North Africa and Middle East countries. She was Senior Research Fellow of the International Affairs Institute where she directed several research projects, among which: Israeli-Palestinian Peace Research Project; The Political Role of Islamist Movements in Contemporary Arab World Project; The Middle East in Global Change Project. She is member of the editorial board of The International Spectator [3] and of the international scientific board of Maghreb-Mashrek.