Project Team

Marco Pinfari, The American University in Cairo, Department of Political Science (EG)

Nadine Sika, The American University in Cairo, Department of Political Science (EG)

Relevant expertise (Marco Pinfari):

regional and inter-regional conflict resolution in the Mediterranean, especially in Arab Africa (Pinfari 2009; 2010; 2012a; 2012b); comparative analysis of peace negotiations (Pinfari 2011b; 2013) with specific focus on the Israeli - Palestinian conflict (Pinfari 2005). He worked for a number of collaborative projects, including EU - GRASP (Pinfari 2011a), and currently coordinates a partnership between the London School of Economics and Cairo University.

Relevant expertise (Nadine Sika):

Union pour la Méditerranée: l’Égypte de nouveau au centre (2009); The League of Arab States: Dynamics of Reform and the Resilience of Authoritarianism (forthcoming). She is the recipient of several grants from Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, and Ford Foundation (2009 - 2011) for the analysis of state - society relations in the Arab World; she is recipient of Volkswagen Foundation grant along with colleagues from Tuebingen University and Mohamed V University (April 2012 - April 2014) for comparative analysis of Arab Youth political and social engagement. She is member of the board of directors of an independent think tank, Partner s in Development.

Selected Publications:

• Pinfari, Marco (2005) Quale Pace? Storia ed Intepretazioni del Processo di Oslo (Bologna: Clueb)
• Pinfari, Marco (2009) ‘Nothing but Failure? The Arab League and the Gulf Cooperation Council as Mediators in Middle Eastern Conflicts’, Crisis States Working Papers Series , Crisis States Research Centre, LSE, Series 2, No. 45. Available online at: http://www2.lse.ac.uk/internationalDevelopment/research/crisisStates/Home.aspx
• Pinfari, Marco (2010) ‘Europe and Conflict Resolution in the Mediterranean: The Impact of ‘Hybrid Wars’, Quaderni di Relazioni Internazionali 13, 82-93.
• Pinfari , Marco (2011a) ‘Human Security in a Troubled Neighbourhood: The EU and the 2006 Lebanon War’, European Commission – 7th Framework EU - GRASP Case Study, for internal circulation.
• Pinfari, Marco (2011b) ‘Time to Agree: Is Time Pressure Good for Peace Negotiations?’, Journal of Conflict Resolution , 55 (5), 683-709.
• Pinfari, Marco (2012a) ‘Tunisia and Libya’, in Joel Peters (ed.), The European Union and the Arab Spring: Promoting Democracy and Human Rights in the Middle East (Lanham: Lexington Books), 33-48.
• Pinfari, Marco (2012b) ‘A Changing Mediterranean: Regional Organizations and North Africa during the Arab Spring’, The International Spectator 47 (1), 134-150.
• Pinfari, Marco (2013) Peace Negotiations and Time: Deadline Diplomacy in Territorial Conflicts (Oxford: Routledge).