Luigi Narbone

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’s 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.