Raffaella A. Del Sarto, Associate Professor of Middle East Studies, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies

Raffaella A. Del Sarto is Associate Professor of Middle East Studies at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, SAIS Europe. Her areas of expertise include the international relations of the Middle East and North Africa-particularly in relation to Europe, the domestic-foreign policy nexus, questions of borders, power and interdependence, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and Israel's foreign and domestic policies. She is the author of Israel under Siege: The Politics of Insecurity and the Rise of the Israeli Neo-Revisionist Right (Georgetown University Press, 2017) and Contested State Identities and Regional Security in the Euro-Mediterranean Area (Palgrave Macmillan, 2006), and the editor of Fragmented Borders, Interdependence and External Relations: The Israel-Palestine-European Union Triangle (Palgrave Macmillan 2015). Her articles have appeared in International Affairs, The Middle East Journal, Journal of Common Market Studies, Democratization, amongst others.

"This book provides scholars but also policy makers and political actors with a comprehensive and uncompromising overview of the European policies toward the Middle East." - Daniel Meier, Journal of Borderlands Studies

"The book deconstructs the mainstream narrative surrounding the relations between the two regions, and then reconstructs it through the prism of imperialism ... Relying on extensive fieldwork, Del Sarto's commendable research endeavour is a recommended read for both students and researchers." - Mahmoud Javadi, European University Institute, Italy, International Affairs

"As good wines often do, this recently published book could become even more valuable in the coming years. Meanwhile, it already has the attributes to merit a prominent place among the must—read books on Euro—Mediterranean relations and European foreign policy at large." - Eduard Soler i Lecha, Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB), Barcelona, Spain, European Review of International Studies