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Luigi Toninelli is a Junior Research Fellow at the ISPI Middle East and North Africa Centre. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Linguistic and Cultural Mediation from the University of Milan and a Master’s degree in Languages for International Relations from the Catholic University of Milan. While earning his master’s degree, he studied Political Science and International Relations at the Université Saint-Joseph in Beirut. Luigi’s research interests focus on Lebanon and Iran, with a focus on power processes, nationalism, and competition for access to power within society.
To encourage and incentivize long-overdue structural reforms, the European Union and the broader international community should adopt a more proactive, hands-on approach to Lebanon. The current context calls for an approach that balances assistance delivery with active support to the Lebanese government in its quest to reform and rebuild the state.
