PhD in International Relations, Department of International Relations London School of Economics and Political Science, (LSE), University of London, 1991. Expert in International Relations, European foreign policy, Euro-Mediterranean relations, parliamentary diplomacy and regional integration. ARAID Senior Research Fellow, Research Unit on International and European Studies, University of Zaragoza, Spain, Dec. 2007-. Senior Fellow, Oct. 2003-Nov.2007 & Head of the Euro-Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Studies Unit, Jan. 2005-Nov. 2007. Associate Senior Fellow, Cyprus Center for European and International Affairs, University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus, Dec. 2000-Nov.2007. Professor Jean Monnet, 1995-2002 and Director of the Euro-Mediterranean Study Center in Readingen University (England), 1995-2000; Univ. of Reading (1997)