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Geographic Areas
Middle East
Israel

Issues
International Relations
International Relations Theory
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
EU Foreign Policy

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Raffaella Del Sarto
Adjunct Professor of Middle East Studies and International Relations
(Spring Semester)
Professor, Robert Schuman Centre, European University Institute, and Director of the BORDERLANDS project (ERC)

Background and Education
Ph.D. in International Relations, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; MA in Political Science, University of Freiburg, Germany

Publications
“From Brussels with Love: Leverage, Benchmarking, and the Action Plans with Jordan and Tunisia in the EU's Democratization Policy”, co-author with T. Schumacher, Democratization 18(4) (2011); "Borderlands: The Middle East and North Africa as the EU’s Southern Buffer Zone" in Mediterranean Frontiers: Borders, Conflicts and Memory in a Transnational World (2010); “Back to Square One? The Netanyahu Government and the Prospects for Middle East Peace,” Mediterranean Politics 14(3) (2009); “Italy’s Politics without Policy: Balancing Atlanticism and Europeanism in the Middle East,” co-author with N. Tocci, Modern Italy 13(2) (2008); “Wording and Meaning(s): EU-Israeli Political Cooperation according to the ENP Action Plan,” Mediterranean Politics 12(1) (2007); Contested State Identities and Regional Security in the Euro-Mediterranean Area (2006); The Convergence of Civilizations: Constructing a Mediterranean Region, edited with E. Adler, F. Bicchi, and B. Crawford (2006); Security and Democracy in the European Union, edited with C. Kantner and A. Liberatore, Special issue of European Security 15(4), (2006)

Awards and Affiliations
Pears Fellow in Israel and Mediterranean Studies, Middle East Centre at St Antony’s College, University of Oxford (2007-2011); Marie Curie Fellowship at the European University Institute, Florence (2005-2007); Jean Monnet Fellowship at the European University Institute (2004).

Languages
Italian
English
French
German
Hebrew
Spanish (reading and comprehension)
Arabic (basic)

Classes
Israel-Palestine Conflict: History, Politics, Narratives