Giuseppe Dentice, PhD, is Head of MENA Desk at Center for International Studies (CeSI) and Teaching Assistant at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan. His research interests apply to Egypt, Israel and Gulf monarchies, socio-political transformations in the Greater Middle East, US foreign policy in the Middle East, as well as International Relations of the Middle East. He published extensively – in Italy and abroad – on a wide range of issues regarding the MENA region and International Politics.