Ester Sabatino is Researcher in the "Defence" programme of IAI, where she works on research projects dealing with security and defence issues at the national and European levels. She earned a Master degree in International and Diplomatic Affairs from the School of Political Sciences of the University of Bologna (Forlì Campus) and a second level master in Expert in Politics and in International Relations from the LUMSA University. She already collaborated with IAI as junior researcher (2016-2017) on European projects related to defence issues, and worked at the EU Delegation to the Council of Europe, as well as in a consultancy agency in the energy sector.