| Post: | Lecturer |
| Other posts: | Lecturer (International Relations) (Cst) |
| Lecturer in International Relations (Global School) | |
| Location: | Arts C C350 |
| Email: | F.Petito@sussex.ac.uk |
| Telephone numbers | |
| Internal: | 6714 or 8892 |
| UK: | (01273) 876714 or (01273) 678892 |
| International: | +44 1273 876714 or +44 1273 678892 |
Biography
Fabio Petito joined the Department of International Relations in 2007, having previously taught at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London. He has also taught in recent years at the ESCP-EAP in Paris and at 'L'Orientale' University in Naples. Fabio holds a Laurea in Economic and Social Disciplines (DES) (magna cum laude) from Bocconi University, Milan, Italy and he undertook his MScEcon in International Politics at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth and his PhD in the department of International Relations at the LSE, where he was also editor of Millennium: Journal of International Studies.
Role
Lecturer in International Relations
Convenor of the MA Programmes
Research
Fabio's research interests lie in: International Relations Theory/International Political Theory (Religion and International Relations; The Theory and Practice of Dialogue of Civilisations; The International Political Thought of Carl Schmitt; Geopolitics); The International Politics of the Mediterranean (Middle Eastern and North African Politics; Political Islam; The EU's foreign policy and the Euro-Mediterranean Relationships); secondary interests (Italian Foreign Policy; American Grand Strategy; The Ethics and Transformation of Warfare).
Teaching
Final Year Undergraduate Options
- The United States in the World
MA Core Course
- Geopolitics and Grand Strategy
MA Option
- Religions, Cultures and Civilizations in International Relations
Publications
Books and Special Issues:
(2009 in print), Special Issue "The Islamic World between Europe and the US", International Politics, vol. 46 no. 5 (2009), guest editor with Joseph A. Camilleri and Luca Anceschi.
(2009) Civilizational Dialogue and World Order: The Other Politics of Cultures, Religions and Civilizations in International Relations (New York: Palgrave), co-edited with Michális S. Michael, with chapters by Fred R. Dallmayr, Ashis Nandy, Chandra Muzaffar, Zhang Longxi, Manfred B. Steger, Richard Shapcott, Phillip Darby, Armando Salvatore, Raffaele Marchetti,
(2009) Il Mediterraneo nelle relazioni internazionali tra Euro-mediterraneo e Grande Medio Oriente (Milano: Vita e Pensiero), co-edited with Elisabetta Brighi, chapters by Roberto Aliboni, Chris Hill, Joseph Camilleri, Fred Halliday, John L. Esposito, Samir Amin, Christopher Coker, Danilo Zolo, Joseph Maila, Mark LeVine and Fabio Petito.Michael T. Seigel, Toh Swee-Hin and Fabio Petito.
(2007) The International Political Thought of Carl Schmitt: Terror, liberal war and the crisis of global order (London and New York: Routledge), co-edited with Louiza Odysseos, hardback and paperback editions, with chapters by Chris Brown, Danilo Zolo, Chantal Mouffe, Gary Ulmen, Alain de Benoist, Andreas Behnke, Mitchell Dean, Alessandro Colombo, J. Peter Burgess, Sergei V. Prozorov, Mika Ojakangas, Louiza Odysseos and Fabio Petito.
(2003) Religion in International Relations: The Return from Exile, co-edited with Pavlos Hatzopoulos, (New York: Palgrave, 2003), hardback and paperback editions, with chapters by Richard Falk, Terry Nardin, Ole Waever, John Esposito, Fred Dallmayr, Volker Rittberger, andrea Hasenclever, Scott Thomas, Vendulka Kubalkova, Cecelia Lynch. Italian translation: Ritorno dall'esilio. La religione nelle relazioni internazionali (Milano: Vita e Pensiero, 2006), with a preface by Andrea Riccardi and a new introductory note to the Italian edition.
(2006) Special Focus, 'The International Theory of Carl Schmitt', Leiden Journal of International Law 19, No. 1 (January 2006), co-edited with Louiza Odysseos, comprised of five original articles.
(2001) Special Issue, 'Religion and International Relations', Millennium: Journal of International Studies, vol. 29 no. 3, co-edited with P. Hatzopoulos, with articles from S.N. Eisenstadt, Stephen Chan, Anthony Smith, Bassam Tibi, Miroslav Volf, Andreas Osiander.
Articles and Book Chapters:
(forthcoming) "IR? No thanks, in Italy we prefer geopolitics", co-authored with Elisabetta Brighi, International Politics.
(2009), "Europe, the United States and the Islamic World: Conceptualising a Triangular Relationship", with Joseph A. Camilleri and Luca Anceschi, International Politics, vol. 46 no. 5 (Sept 2009), Special Issue on "The Islamic World between Europe and the US"
(2009) "Dialogue of Civilizations as an alternative model for world order" in F Petito and M Michalis (eds.) Civilizational Dialogue and World Order: The Other Politics of Cultures, Religions and Civilizations in International Relations (New York: Palgrave), 47-67.
(2009) "Imperial monologue or Civilizational Dialogue", co-authored with M Michalis, in F Petito and M Michalis (eds.) Civilizational Dialogue and World Order: The Other Politics of Cultures, Religions and Civilizations in International Relations (New York: Palgrave), 3-25.
(2009) 'Carl Schmitt,' with L. Odysseos, in Jenny Edkins and Nick Vaughan-Williams (eds), Critical Theorists and International Relations (London: Routledge).
(2008) 'Vagaries of Interpretation: A Rejoinder to David Chandler's reductionist Reading of Carl Schmitt', with L. Odysseos , Millennium: Journal of International Studies 37, No.2 (2008): 463-475.
(2007) "Khatami's Dialogue of Civilizations as International Political Theory", in Fred Dallmayr and Abbas Manoocheri, ed., Civilizational Dialogue and Political Theory: Tehran Papers, Global Encounters: Studies in Comparative Political Theory (Lanham, MD: Lexington Book).
(2007) "The Global Political Discourse of Dialogue among Civilizations: Mohammad Khatami and Vaclav Havel", Global Change, Peace & Security [formerly Pacifica Review] vol. 19, no. 2 (2007), 103-125.
(2007) "The International Political Thought of Carl Schmitt: An introduction", co-authored with Louiza Odysseos, in The International Political Thought of Carl Schmitt: Terror, liberal war and the crisis of global order, ed. Louiza Odysseos and Fabio Petito (London: Routledge), 1-17.
(2007) "Against World Unity: Carl Schmitt and the Western-centric and Liberal Global Order" in The International Political Thought of Carl Schmitt: Terror, liberal war and the crisis of global order, ed. Louiza Odysseos and Fabio Petito (London: Routledge), 166-83.
(2006) "Introducing the International Theory of Carl Schmitt: International Law, International Relations, and the Present Global Predicament(s)", Leiden Journal of International Law, joint author with Louiza Odysseos, vol. 19 no. 1 (2006), 1-7.
(2006) "Values in European Union Development Cooperation Policy", co-authored with F. Bonaglia and A. Goldstein, in Values and Principles in European Foreign Policy, eds. Ian Manners and Sonia Lucarelli (London and New York: Routledge), 164-184.
(2004) "Dialogue of Civilizations as Global Political Discourse: Some Theoretical Reflections", The Bulletin of the World Public Forum 'Dialogue of Civilizations', vol. 1 no. 2, 21-29.
(2003) "Havel and the Future of International Relations", World Affairs, vol. 7 no. 4, 106-19.
(2003) "The Return from Exile: An Introduction", co-authored with P. Hatzopoulos in Religion in International Relations: The Return from Exile, eds. Fabio Petito and Pavlos Hatzopoulos (New York: Palgrave), 1-20.
(2000) "Fuzzy Politics around Fuzzy Borders: The European Union's Near Abroad", Cooperation and Conflict, joint author with T. Christiansen and B. Tonra, vol. 35 no. 4 (2000), 389-415.