Dr Massimiliano Fiore

Dr Massimiliano Fiore is an international historian and military analyst who specialises in Fascist Italy, the Anglo-Italian imperial competition in the Middle East, the origins of the Second World War, Axis naval cooperation, and the Arab-Israeli conflict.

He has taught and advised at the Department of War Studies, King's College London, the London School of Economics and Political Science, the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, and at the University of Exeter. Currently at the Rabdan Academy in the United Arab Emirates, he is the author of a well-received book on Anglo-Italian relations in the Middle East and numerous peer-reviewed articles, editorials, and policy papers. His research was funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, the School of Social Sciences and Public Policy Research Studentship, and the University of London Scholarship Fund.

Originally from Italy, he received a BA in Political Science (Naples), an MA in International Affairs (Milan), and an MA in Diplomatic Studies (Rome). He then completed his education in the United Kingdom where he took an MA and a PhD in War Studies at King’s College London.

Qualifications

• PhD in War Studies from King’s College London

• MA in War Studies from King’s College London

• MA in Diplomatic Studies from the Italian Society for International Organisation (SIOI)

• MA in International Affairs from the Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI)

• BA in Political Science from the University of Naples L’Orientale

Career Highlights

• A/Professor of International History and War Studies, Rabdan Academy 

• A/Professor in Geopolitics and Global Security, Department of Political Science, Sapienza University of Rome 

• Editor-in-Chief, The Heptagon Post

• Lecturer in War Studies, Department of War Studies, King’s College London 

• Lecturer in Middle Eastern History, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter 

• Lecturer, Defence Academy of the United Kingdom 

• Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of International History, London School of Economics and Political Science