Costanza Musu, Ph.D.

cmusu@uottawa.ca


Associate Professor

University of Ottawa

Year of PhD: 2003

City: Ottawa, Ontario

Country: Canada

About Me:

Dr. Costanza Musu is Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa and Editor-in-Chief of the journal International Politics (Palgrave). She obtained her PhD in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Subsequently she was a Jean Monnet Fellow at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence and Assistant Professor of International Relations at Richmond University (London-UK). She has been a consultant for the Military Center for Strategic Studies – Center for Advanced Defense Studies (CeMiSS-CASD), the think tank of the Italian Ministry of Defence. She has published extensively on Western policies towards the Middle East. Her current research, supported by a SSHRC Insight Grant, focuses on the fight against the illicit trafficking of antiquities looted from conflict areas in the Middle East.

Research Interests

Middle East

Europe-Middle East Relations

Middle East Security

Terrorism Financing

Counter-terrorism Financing

Antiquities Looting

Antiquities Trafficking

International Law

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

My Research:

Prof. Musu has published extensively on Western policies towards the Middle East. Her current research, supported by a SSHRC Insight Grant, focuses on the fight against the illicit trafficking of antiquities looted from conflict areas in the Middle East.