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    “Taking the Lead: EU Mediation Role Assessed by Iran and Lebanon”
    - co-authors Ruth Hanau-Santini and Lorenzo Trombetta, in Sonia Lucarelli and Lorenzo Fioramonti (eds.), External Perceptions of the European Union as a Global Actor, Routledge, London 2010, pp. 52-69. http://www.amazon.com/dp/0415619610



    Iranian Perceptions of the European Union”
    - co-author Ruth Hanau Santini, in Sonia Lucarelli and Lorenzo Fioramonti (eds.), Research Report on the Project: The External Image of The European Union – Phase 2, GARNET Working Paper, January 2009.
    http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/garnet/workingpapers/6209_alt.pdf



    “Shi‘a Studies and the Islamic Republic of Iran: Claiming Islam Back to its Own History”
    - In Iranian Review of Foreign Affairs (IRFA), Vol. 1, No. 4, Winter 2011, pp. 175-190. http://www.isrjournals.ir/en/islam/56-shii-studies-and-the-islamic-republic-of-iran-claiming-islam-back-to-its-own-history.html www.isrjournals.ir



    “L’irréligion d’Ahmadinejâd” (Ahmadinejad’s Irreligion)
    - in Outre-Terre, revue européenne de géopolitique: Iran, le compte à rebours, No. 28 (2/2011), Avril 2011, pp. 89-99. www.cairn.info (In French)



    “La democrazia iraniana alla prova della piazza” (Iranian Democracy Facing Street Protests)
    - in Limes, rivista italiana di geopolitica: La rivolta d’Iran nella sfida Obama-Israele, No. 4/2009, July 2009, pp. 83-93.
    www.temi.repubblica.it (In Italian)



    “Fsf: familles sans frontières” (Families Without Borders)
    - co-author Lorenzo Trombetta, Limes, rivista italiana di geopolitica: Il buio oltre Gaza, No. 1/2009, January 2009, 143-152.
    www.temi.repubblica.it (in Italian)



    “Identità sciita tra potere e democrazia” (Shi‘i Identity Between Power and Democracy)
    - in Rivisita di Intelligence, strategie per la sicurezza: Enigma Iraniano, Second Year, No. 3, September 2006, pp. 141-154.
    www.cesint.org (In Italian)



    “Crescente sciita, o Grande Medio Oriente sciita” (The Shi‘i Crescent, or Greater Shi‘i Middle East)
    - in Atlante Geopolitico Treccani, Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana fondata da Giovanni Treccani, Rome 2011, p. 340. www.treccani.it (In Italian)



    “Iran: la rivincita degli esperti di relazioni internazionali e dell’élite religiosa” (Iran: The Revenge of the Experts on International Relations and of the Religious Establishment)
    - in Geopolitica, Rivista dell’Istituto di Alti Studi in Geopolitica e Scienze Ausiliarie, June 17, 2013. www.geopolitica-rivista.org (In Italian)



    “La repubblica islamica è una teocrazia?” (Is the Islamic Republic a Theocracy?),
    - in Limesonline, June 2009.
    http://temi.repubblica.it (In Italian)



    “Il voto e le proteste: la grande prova della democrazia iraniana” (The Elections and the Protests: the Big Challenge of the Iranian Democracy),
    - in Limesonline, June 2009.
    www.temi.repubblica.it (In Italian)