Dr. GIUSEPPE DENTICE is the Head of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Desk at the Center for International Studies (Ce.S.I.). His research interests apply on international relations of the Middle East and geopolitical and security issues in the MENA region, with a special focus on socio-political transformations and governance in Egypt, Israel and Gulf monarchies. He is Ph.D in “Institutions and Politics” at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan (2020). In the same University he is also Teaching Assistant in “History of Civilisations and Political Cultures” and “International History: The Wider Mediterranean area”, respectively since 2019 and 2020. He published extensively – in Italy and abroad – on a wide range of issues regarding the MENA region and international politics. He is also regularly interviewed on Middle East affairs by Italian and international media outlets.