Analysts
Margherita Rigoli
She is completing the MSc in International Relations and Diplomacy at Leiden University in collaboration with the Clingendael Institute. She focuses primarily on EU development policies in the Global South, and EU defence policy.
Stefano Giantin
Journalist based in the Balkans since 2005, he covers Central- and Eastern Europe for a wide range of media outlets, including the Italian national news agency ANSA, and the dailies La Stampa and Il Piccolo.
Giorgio Cella
PhD in Politics and Institutions at the Catholic University of Milan, where he holds a seminar in Post-Soviet Geopolitics and the Ukrainian crisis. His main areas of expertise are Eastern European and Russian Geopolitics and History of International Relations.
Elena Potito
Researcher on NATO and EU Common Foreign and Security Policy, focuses on the Western Balkans, EU enlargement, and conflict prevention. She has worked with think tanks such as the International Crisis Group and Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), and holds an IntM in Security, Intelligence and Strategic Studies (IMSISS) and a B.A. in Global Governance from the University of Tor Vergata and Sciences Po Lille.
Fabio Indeo
PhD in Geopolitics. He is analyst and member of the Advisory Board at The Hague Research Institute and research fellow at the University of Siena. Moreover Indeo is geopolitical analyst for the Italian Institute for Asia.
Jason Pack
Jason Pack is the Founder of the boutique consultancy Libya-Analysis LLC and the US-based non-profit Eye on ISIS. He is Senior Analyst for Emerging Challenges with the Foundation, being Founder & Director of the NATO & the Global Enduring Disorder Project.
Gerardo Spagnuolo
Specialist in semiotics, emerging technologies, information warfare, soft power strategies and crisis communication skills.
Umberto Profazio
Maghreb and Gulf Analyst for the NATO Defense College Foundation, he was previously Libya Analyst for the Conflict, Security and Development Programme at the IISS and regularly publishes on issues such as political developments, security and terrorism in the Middle East and North Africa region.
Mauro Primavera
Ph.D. in Institutions and Policies, researcher at OASIS International Foundation and Teaching Assistant in Geopolitics, History of Islamic Asia, History of Civilization and Political Culture at the Catholic University of Milan. His research areas include Arab and Mediterranean geopolitics, history of MENA region, Arab secular and religious movements.
Matteo Baldassari
Mr Baldassari is completing the Master's in International Relations with a major in Security at LUISS Guido Carli University, enriched by an exchange program at Sciences Po Paris. He focuses primarily on the wider Mediterranean area as well as terrorism and extremism in the region.
Umberto Profazio
Maghreb and Gulf Analyst for the NATO Defense College Foundation, he was previously Libya Analyst for the Conflict, Security and Development Programme at the IISS and regularly publishes on issues such as political developments, security and terrorism in the Middle East and North Africa region.
Roberto D'Agostino
Executive and Italian Honorary Diplomat based in Russia, an expert in Government Relations and Russia’s domestic and international affairs. Graduated in Oriental Studies in Italy, he specialised in Middle East and Soviet Studies in Cairo, Moscow and New York.
