Filippo Costa Buranelli is Lecturer in International Relations at the University of St Andrews, UK. He holds a PhD from King's College London and an MSc (Distinction) from the LSE. His interests are International Relations theory, international history, Eurasian politics, and regionalism. He is the convener of the Working Group on Regional International Societies at the International Studies Association. His research has been published in Millennium: Journal of International Studies, Journal of Eurasian Studies, International Politics, Geopolitics, and Global Discourse, as well as in edited volumes on International Relations theory and Central Asian politics. His co-authored work on the history and evolution of regionalism is forthcoming in the Oxford Research Encyclopaedia of International Studies, published by Oxford University Press. He also offers consulting services on Eurasian politics.