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SELECTED Peer-reviewed:

  • "Arming a Nation: Italy's Role in Israel's Clandestine Arms Pipeline, 1947-1949," Israel Affairs (forthcoming: 2025). 


  • "Striking the Empire: The Rome Embassy Bombing and the Irgun Campaign against Britain in Europe, 1946-1947," Intelligence and National Security (2025).


  • With Francisco Javier Rojas, "The Quiet Actor: US Intelligence and Mexico's Neglected Role in the Cold War," The Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Vol. 55, No. 3 (2025), 415-41. 


  • "Effective Naval Diplomacy: German-Italian Submarine Cooperation in the Atlantic, 1939-1941," War in History, Vol. 32, No. 3 (2025), 245-60.


  • With Joel Hayward, "The 1942 Garmisch Conference: A Snapshot of Mid-War Axis Strategy," War in History, Vol. 32, No. 3 (2024), 225-244.


  • With Joel Hayward, "The 1941 Merano Conference: Building a Relationship through Military Diplomacy," Diplomacy & Statecraft , Vol. 35, No. 2 (2024), 262-83.


  • "The Neglected Campaign: The Italian Naval Contribution to the Siege of Leningrad," War in History, Vol. 31, No. 2 (2024), 148-62.


  • "Crucial but Overlooked: The Italian Naval Contribution to the Conquest of Sevastopol," War in History, Vol. 31, No. 1 (2024), 82-96. 


  • "Guerra per procura: la rivalità imperiale anglo-italiana nella Penisola Araba, 1923-1934," Nuova Rivista Storica, Vol. 108, No. 3 (2023), 1007-30, ISSN 0029-6236.


  • "British Responses to Italian Non-Belligerence, September 1939 to June 1940," The English Historical Review, Vol. 138, No. 592 (2023), 566-90. 


  • "The Wingate of the Israeli Navy: The Extraordinary Story of Fiorenzo Capriotti," Israel Affairs, Vol. 29, No. 3 (2023), 618-31. 


  • "Rome Confidential: Deception and Espionage in the British Embassy," Intelligence and National Security, Vol. 38, No. 3 (2023), 379-89. 


  • "Mission Impossible: The Italian Air Bombing of Bahrain and the British Response," British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, Vol. 51, No. 4 (2022), 683-94. 


  • "Anglo-Italian Armament Trade Competition in Iraq, 1937-1940," Journal of Commonwealth and Imperial History, Vol. 40, No. 2 (2012), 263-85. 


  • "La guerra delle parole: la propaganda anti-inglese di Radio Bari, 1935-1940," Nuova Storia Contemporanea, Vol. 15, No. 1 (2011), 65-87, ISSN 1126-098X.

Dr Fiore's main research interests focus on Fascist Italy, the Anglo-Italian imperial competition in the Middle East, the origins of the Second World War, and Axis naval cooperation.

Editorials & Policy Papers:

  • "The Abraham Accords and the Palestinian Issue," e-International Relations, (2020).


  • "Lebanon’s Economic Crisis: An Opportunity to Contain Hezbollah?" e-International Relations, (2020).


  • With Diego Moya-Ocampos and Jaime Ingram, "Dangerous Liaisons: Iranian-Venezuelan Relations," IHS Jane’s Intelligence Review (2013).


  • "L’asse Venezuela-Iran alla prova del voto," AffarInternazionali (2012).


  • "Rethinking the EU’s Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Policy," The Heptagon Post (2011).


  • "Israel-Lebanon Scramble for Eastern Mediterranean Gas," The Heptagon Post (2011).


  • "Israel and the Iranian Nuclear Programme: Roll Back or Containment?" IAI-WP 11-18 (2011), 1-15. 


  • "Se in Siria crolla il regime," AffarInternazionali (2011).


  • "How Israel Can Turn the Unrest in the Middle East into an Opportunity for Peace-making," IAI-WP 11-05 (2011), 1-12.


  • "An Opportunity for Peacemaking," The Heptagon Post (2011).


  • "What Is Worse for Israel, Attacking or Not Attacking Iran’s Nuclear Infrastructure?" e-International Relations (2011).


  • "Ghajar Divided Again," e-International Relations (2011).


  • "What Lurks Behind Iran’s Increasing Involvement in Latin America?" The Heptagon Post (2010).


  • "Was the Mossad Really Behind the Resurgence of Kurdish Terrorism in Turkey?" The Heptagon Post (2010).

Dr Fiore has also published numerous editorials and policy papers on contemporary issues, such as the evolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict and nuclear proliferation in the Middle East.


Copyright © 2022 Massimiliano Fiore - All Rights Reserved. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author and do not reflect the views of the Rabdan Academy or the United Arab Emirates government.


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