Fabio Petito is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Sussex and has taught in recent years at SOAS in London, the ESCP-EAP in Paris and at ‘L’Orientale’ University in Naples. His research focuses on civilizational analysis, comparative political theory, Contemporary Religion, Diplomacy and International Relations, Geopolitics, Italian Studies, Mediterranean Politics. Among his publications: Religion in International Relations: The Return from Exile (2003, co-editor with Pavlos Hatzopoulos) and Civilizational Dialogue and World Order: The Other Politics of Cultures, Religions and Civilizations in International Relations (2009, co-edited with Michális S. Michael). Currently, he is working on a monograph entitled The International Political Theory of Dialogue of Civilization. He is a member of the International Coordinating Committee of the World Public “Dialogue of Civilizations” and Scientific Coordinator of the MAE-ISPI-Trento seminar on ‘Religions and International Relations.’