Chiara Lovotti

Chiara Lovotti is a PhD candidate at the faculty of History and Cultures at the Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna. Her research interests relate to socio-political transformations in the Middle East and North Africa, with a focus on Syria and Iraq; relations between Russia and the MENA countries; and Russian foreign policy towards the broader MENA region. Her PhD research delves into the role and impact of the Soviet Union on the state-building processes in three postcolonial Arab countries: Egypt, Syria, and Iraq.