I am an EUI alumni and a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy (CSDS) of the Brussels School of Governance (BSoG), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). My research focuses on arms collaboration, defense countertrade and offsets, the arms trade involving China and Russia, Italy’s foreign and defense policy, and EU strategic autonomy, with a recent emphasis on critical raw materials. For more information, please visit my LinkedIn.