Dr. Luciano Zaccara is a Senior Non-Resident Fellow at Gulf International Forum. He is Principal Researcher at New Ground Research, Qatar. Also, a Visiting Associate Professor at the Georgetown University in Qatar, and Director of the Observatory on Politics and Elections in the Arab and Muslim World, Spain. Previously, he has been Research Associate Professor in Gulf Politics at the Qatar University, Gulf Studies Center (2014-25). He has also been Visiting Researcher at Princeton University, Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies (2018); Visiting Assistant Professor at Georgetown University in Qatar (2013-14); post-doctoral fellow at Autonoma University of Barcelona (2010-12); and Visiting Researcher at Exeter University, Institute for Arab and Islamic Studies (2008-09). He obtained a BA in Political Science from National University of Rosario, Argentina, and a PhD in Arab and Islamic Studies from Autonoma University of Madrid, Spain. His research interests are Iranian Politics and Foreign Policy; Gulf Politics; International Relations in the Persian Gulf; and Electoral Systems in MENA region. His latest publications are: “China’s Economic and Political Presence in the Middle East and South Asia”, Haghirian, M. & Zaccara, L. (Eds.), Routledge, 2023. “Foreign Policy of Iran under President Hassan Rouhani’s First Term (2013–2017)”, Zaccara, L. (Ed.), Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.
