The Middle East on fire

Pejman Abdolmohammadi (PhD) is Associate Professor in International Relations of the Middle East at the University of Trento and Visiting Professor at Berkeley. Associate Researcher at ISPI, he was a Research Fellow at LSE (2015-2018) and a lecturer at John Cabot. He directs the NAMEPES Summer School. He collaborates with The Economist and other media. He is the author of the "Geopolitica con Pejman" podcast on Spotify.

Paolo Magri is President of the Advisory Board of the Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI) and Professor of International Relations at Bocconi University. He is member of the Board of Directors of LUISS University and of the Touring Club Italia; member of the Council of ECFR. He is a regular speaker, writer and commentator to diverse media outlet.

Valeria Talbot is head of the Middle East and North Africa Centre at the Italian Institute of International Political Studies (ISPI). She also is a lecturer at the Master in Middle Eastern Studies at Alta Scuola di Economia e Relazioni Internazionali (ASERI) of the Catholic University of Milan.

Middle East correspondent in Beirut,1983/87; Moscow correspondent, 1987/91. From 1991 global correspondent and columnist. Media leader World Eco. Forum; Senior advisor Istituto Studi Politica Internazionale, ISPI; member Istituto Affari Internazionali, IAI. Books: “Inside India”, 1988; “Russia After Eltsin”, 1999; The Stones and the Olive Tree – A History of Palestine”, 2002; “Israel an Incomplete Dream”, 2008. Blog Slow News http://ugotramballi.blog.ilsole24ore.com/.