Nicolò Murgia is a junior researcher in the “Defence, security and space” programme at IAI. He also works as an analyst at London Politica. Previously, he completed internships at the Centro Studi Internazionali in Rome, AKE International, and Hozint.

Nicolò holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics and Business Management from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan and a Master of Arts in International Security Studies from Charles University in Prague. He has also participated in the Digital Sherlocks program at the Digital Forensic Research Lab of the Atlantic Council.

Recent pubblications:

• La trasformazione della Bundeswehr nel nuovo orizzonte strategico tedesco, 3 agosto 2022
• Kenya Plans to Send a Police Task Force to Haiti, 3 settembre 2023
• The Expansion of the ADF in East Africa, 31 luglio 2023
• South Africa’s Strategic Balancing with Russia, 20 giugno 2023

Luca Cinciripini is a researcher in the “EU, politics and institutions” programme at IAI. He holds a PhD from the Catholic University of Milan, with a thesis on the interaction between the EU and NATO in the European defence regime. Previously, he was Visiting researcher at the University College London (UCL) and the University of Edinburgh. He graduated in Law from LUISS Guido Carli and obtained a 1st level Master in International Relations from ASERI (Alta Scuola di Economia e Relazioni Internazionali) of the Catholic University. His research interests include EU Foreign and Security Policy, inter-organisational relations in the field of Euro-Atlantic defence, EU-UK defence and security relations, international terrorism and climate security.