Serena Giusti teaches European Institutions and Russian Foreign Policy at the Università Cattolica of Milan, and Comparative Politics at the University of Padua and Former Communist Countries at the Masters in European Studies of the Luiss-School of Government . She is Associate Senior Research Fellow in the area ‘Russia and the Near East’ at the Institute for Studies in International Politics (ISPI) of Milan. She has worked for the European Commission and for Unicef and has been electoral observer for the OECD. She got a master’s degree in European Studies at the College of Europe (Natolin-Warsaw) and a PhD in Political and Social Sciences at the Istituto Universitario Europeo (Fiesole). Her fields of interest include: European integration, processes of transformation and democratisation in central and eastern Europe, EU enlargement, Russia foreign policy, security.

Among her recent publications: L’Orizzonte del Mondo – Politica internazionale, sfide globali, nuove geografie del potere (co-authored) Milan, Guerini Editore, 2010; “Russia in Crisis: Implications for Europe” in P. Della Posta, S.L. Talani (Eds.), Europe and the Financial Crisis, Palgrave, 2011; “EU Policy toward Ukraine and Belarus: Diverging Paths?” (with T. Penkova) in F. Bindi (Ed), The Foreign Policy of the European Union, Washington, Brookings Institution Press, 2010; “Russia just a normal great power?”, (with T. Penkova), ISPI Working Paper N.30, 2008, Ministero degli Affari Esteri; L’Europa sicura: Le politiche di sicurezza dell’Unione Europea (edited with A. Locatelli) Milan, Egea, 2008; Dimensioni e dilemmi della sicurezza nel Mediterraneo, (edited with L. Bardi and F. Bicchi), Rubbettino Università, 2008; “Approcci e teorie all’integrazione europea” in M. Ferrera, M. Giuliani (edited by), Governance e politiche nell’Unione europea, Bologna, il Mulino, 2008.

serena.giusti@europressresearch.com