Luigi Narbone
Director
Prof. Luigi Narbone is the Director of the Mediterranean Platform at the School of Government, Luiss Guido Carli and Professor of Practice at Luiss Guido Carli University. From 2015 to 2021 he was co-founder and Director of the Middle East Directions Programme at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, as well as professor and coordinator of the Peace and Security cluster at the School of Transnational Governance, at the European University Institute.
Before moving to academia, Prof. Narbone had a long diplomatic career at the European Union and the United Nations. From 2008 to 2012 he was Ambassador, Head of the EU Delegation to Saudi Arabia, as well as non-resident EU Ambassador to Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait. Previously he held positions in Brussels, New York, Moscow, Santiago, Ankara and Khartoum.
He holds a Laurea in Political Science from the University of Bologna and an MA in international Affairs from Johns Hopkins SAIS, Washington D.C. and was a Fulbright Scholar, NATO and EU fellow.
Prof Narbone main research interests are MENA geopolitics, security and political economy, Gulf studies, conflict dynamics and peacebuilding. He is author of numerous academic publications and policy papers.
Email: lnarbone@luiss.it
Working languages: Italian, English, French, and Spanish.
Among his most recent ebooks:
Russia’s Soft Power Strategies in the MENA Region and Africa, Mediterranean Platform ebook, Luiss Guido Carli School of Government, 2024
Stepping Away from the Abyss. A Gradual Approach Towards a New Security System in the Persian Gulf, MEDirections ebook, (ed. with A. Divsallar) European University Institute, 2021.
Revisiting Natural Resources in the Middle East and North Africa (ed.), MEDirections ebook, European University Institute, 2020.
Fractured Stability: War Economies and Reconstruction in the MENA (ed.), MEDirections ebook, European University Institute, 2019.
Inside Wars: Local Dynamics of Conflicts in Syria and Libya (ed. with A. Favier & V. Collombier), MEDirections ebook, European University Institute, 2016.
The Gulf Monarchies beyond the Arab spring: Changes and Challenges (ed. with M. Lestra), MEDirections ebook, European University Institute, 2015.
The Gulf Monarchies beyond the Arab spring: Changes and Challenges (ed. with M. Lestra), MEDirections ebook, European University Institute, 2015.