Musu, Costanza
Dr. Costanza Musu is Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa. Her research focuses on the Common Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union, on EU policy towards the Middle East, on EU-NATO relations and on Transatlantic relations in the field of security and defense. Her latest book, "European Union Policy towards the Arab-Israeli Peace Process: The Quicksands of Politics" was published by Palgrave Macmillan in the series Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. Media Experience: Dr. Musu has a great deal of experience responding to TV, Radio and Print Media inquiries.
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Current position(s), Institution
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa
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Fields of expertise
European Union foreign and security policy
EU policy towards the Middle East conflict
Transatlantic Relations in the field of security and defense EU-NATO relations
International security
Conflict resolution
EU policy towards the Middle East conflict
Transatlantic Relations in the field of security and defense EU-NATO relations
International security
Conflict resolution
Research Groups
Projects relevant to the cluster
“The EU’s CSDP deployments and the instruments of state power: exploring the challenge of post-conflict state reconstruction”: major grant application with colleagues from several European universities. Involved as member of the Scientific Council.
Publications related to European/EU Studies
2010 Musu, C., ‘European Union Policy towards the Arab-Israeli Peace Process. The Quicksands of Politics’, Palgrave Macmillan.
2011 (forthcoming) Musu, C., ‘Europe, the Southern Neighbourhood and the Middle East.
Struggling for coherence’ in Sven Biscop & Richard Whitman (eds.): ‘The Routledge Handbook of European Security’, Routledge, forthcoming in 2011
2010 Musu, C., ‘European Security and the Middle East Peace Process: An Unavoidable Entanglement?’ in Frederic Merand (ed.) ‘European Security since the Fall of the Berlin Wall ’, European Union Series - University of Toronto Press.
2010: Musu, C., ‘The Middle East Quartet: A New Role for Europe?’ in Daniel Möckli and Victor Mauer (eds.): ‘A Strained Partnership: European-American Relations and the Middle East from Suez to Iraq’, Routledge
2007: Musu, C. and Casarini, N. (eds.), ‘EU Foreign Policy in an Evolving International System: The Road to Convergence’, Palgrave Macmillan
2007: Musu, C.: The EU and the Middle East Peace Process: A Balance, Studia Diplomatica, The Brussels Journal of International Relations, in ‘Global Europe’, Special Issue on the Occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Treaty of Rome and the 60th Anniversary of the Royal Institute for International Relations, Brussels
2007: Musu, C., ‘Two Years of EU-Israel Action Plan: An Assessment of the Political Dimension’, in Nathanson R. and Stetter S. (eds.) ‘EU-Israeli Relations: The Regional Dimension Reconsidered’ IEPN – Israeli European Policy Network, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Berlin/Tel Aviv
2006: Musu, C.: ‘Profile. NATO’s Mediterranean Dialogue: recent developments’, Mediterranean Politics, Routledge, Volume 11, Number 3, November 2006
2006: Musu, C., ‘The Madrid Quartet. An Effective Instrument of Multilateralism?’, in Nathanson R. and Stetter S. (eds.) ‘The Monitor of the EU-Israel Action Plan’, IEPN – Israeli European Policy Network, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Berlin/Tel Aviv
2011 (forthcoming) Musu, C., ‘Europe, the Southern Neighbourhood and the Middle East.
Struggling for coherence’ in Sven Biscop & Richard Whitman (eds.): ‘The Routledge Handbook of European Security’, Routledge, forthcoming in 2011
2010 Musu, C., ‘European Security and the Middle East Peace Process: An Unavoidable Entanglement?’ in Frederic Merand (ed.) ‘European Security since the Fall of the Berlin Wall ’, European Union Series - University of Toronto Press.
2010: Musu, C., ‘The Middle East Quartet: A New Role for Europe?’ in Daniel Möckli and Victor Mauer (eds.): ‘A Strained Partnership: European-American Relations and the Middle East from Suez to Iraq’, Routledge
2007: Musu, C. and Casarini, N. (eds.), ‘EU Foreign Policy in an Evolving International System: The Road to Convergence’, Palgrave Macmillan
2007: Musu, C.: The EU and the Middle East Peace Process: A Balance, Studia Diplomatica, The Brussels Journal of International Relations, in ‘Global Europe’, Special Issue on the Occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Treaty of Rome and the 60th Anniversary of the Royal Institute for International Relations, Brussels
2007: Musu, C., ‘Two Years of EU-Israel Action Plan: An Assessment of the Political Dimension’, in Nathanson R. and Stetter S. (eds.) ‘EU-Israeli Relations: The Regional Dimension Reconsidered’ IEPN – Israeli European Policy Network, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Berlin/Tel Aviv
2006: Musu, C.: ‘Profile. NATO’s Mediterranean Dialogue: recent developments’, Mediterranean Politics, Routledge, Volume 11, Number 3, November 2006
2006: Musu, C., ‘The Madrid Quartet. An Effective Instrument of Multilateralism?’, in Nathanson R. and Stetter S. (eds.) ‘The Monitor of the EU-Israel Action Plan’, IEPN – Israeli European Policy Network, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Berlin/Tel Aviv
Outreach Experience
Several radio interviews with Radio Canada (in French) on various issues (Middle East politics, Arab-Israeli conflict, European foreign policy, etc.)
Television interview with Radio Canada on the Flotilla Crisis (June 2010, in French)
Interview with CTV on the Gaza War (20 January 2009)
Editorial on the National Post on the CUPE-proposed boycott of Israeli academics (6 January 2009)
Interview with Embassy Magazine on the Gaza War (7 January 2009)
Interview with the Ottawa Citizen on the CUPE-proposed boycott of Israeli academics (6 January 2009)
Television interview with Radio Canada on the Flotilla Crisis (June 2010, in French)
Interview with CTV on the Gaza War (20 January 2009)
Editorial on the National Post on the CUPE-proposed boycott of Israeli academics (6 January 2009)
Interview with Embassy Magazine on the Gaza War (7 January 2009)
Interview with the Ottawa Citizen on the CUPE-proposed boycott of Israeli academics (6 January 2009)
Open to media contact
YES
Institution
University of Ottawa, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
Department Phone Number
613 562 5689
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Education and professional achievements
2008-2010: Mediterranean Politics (Routledge). Member of the journal’s International Advisory Board
2004-2007: Mediterranean Politics (Routledge), Book Reviews Editor
2004-2007: Richmond University, London, UK. Assistant Professor of International Relations
2004: Post-doctoral Jean Monnet Fellow, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Florence, Italy
2004: Ph.D. International Relations, London School of Economics, United Kingdom
1999: MPhil International History, University of Milan, Italy
1997: B.A. International History, University of Milan, Italy
2004-2007: Mediterranean Politics (Routledge), Book Reviews Editor
2004-2007: Richmond University, London, UK. Assistant Professor of International Relations
2004: Post-doctoral Jean Monnet Fellow, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Florence, Italy
2004: Ph.D. International Relations, London School of Economics, United Kingdom
1999: MPhil International History, University of Milan, Italy
1997: B.A. International History, University of Milan, Italy
Courses taught
Graduate courses:Concepts and Issues of International AffairsThe European Union in the WorldThe Arab-Israeli Peace ProcessUndergraduate courses:New Concepts of SecurityInternational Law and Conflict
Fluent spoken languages
English, French, Italian
Fluent written languages
English, Italian
