He is a historian of America’s role in the world and specializes in U.S. relations with the Arab Middle East. Dr Citino was trained in diplomatic and Middle Eastern history at Ohio State University and completed an intensive Arabic language program at the University of Chicago. His research focuses on the post-World War Two era and encompasses not only state diplomacy but also unofficial encounters between the U.S. and Arab societies. In his most recent work, he examines the transnational circulation of ideas related to economic development during the cold war and compares the ideas of American and Arab modernizers.