CURRICULUM VITAE
Federico Bordonaro
Name and Surname: Federico Bordonaro
Nationality: Italian
Born: July 1st, 1972 in Rome, Italy
Email: info AT federicobordonaro.net
Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/fbordo
CURRENT ACTIVITIES
- Europe Desk Editor, consultant and teacher with the Italian think-tank Equilibri.net [www.equilibri.net]
- Senior Analyst and European Editor with the Power and Interest News Report (PINR), an independent U.S.-based organization which utilizes open sources to provide conflict analysis and political risk assessments [ www.pinr.com ]
- Regular contributor to “Asia Times Online” [ www.atimes.com ], IPS News [www.ipsnews.net] and “Security Watch”, provided by the International Relations and Security Network (ISN) [ http://www.isn.ch/news/sw/]
- Lecturer at "La Sapienza" University of Rome, Eastern European History.
- Professor of Geopolitics at various Master programmes
PUBLICATIONS
- Co-author of the book La potenza incompiuta. Scenari di sicurezza europea nel XXI secolo, Francoangeli, Rome, 2005 [on ESDP and EU weapon acquisition strategies]
- Author of dozens of in-depth analyses, commentaries and intelligence reports for PINR, ISN, Jamestown Foundation's Global Terror Monitor, Strategic-Road.com, Asia Times Online
- Author of A Geopolitical Pivot, report on Pakistan for “Global Agenda Magazine”, January 2006
- India's Likely Grand Strategy in a Changing South Asian Context , for the House of Commons
MEDIA APPEARANCES
- Interviewed on European and Italian political and economic affairs by the BBC World Service (Radio and TV) several times since 2005
- Various interviews with Sky-Tg 24, Radio Radicale, Radio Popolare (Italy); Radio Free Europe (RFERL)
EDUCATION
- Ph.D., Sorbonne University, Paris-IV, 2005. Thesis on the The Problem of a European Security and Defence Policy since 1990. Director: Prof. Georges-Henri Soutou
- D.E.A., Sorbonne University, Paris-IV, 2000 (Contemporary History)
- Degree in Modern and Contemporary History, "La Sapienza" University, Rome, 1997.
FIELDS OF EXPERTISE
- European security and defense policy
- Political and strategic issues in Eastern Europe, Central and South Asia
- Geopolitical thought
- History of International relations
FOREIGN LANGUAGES
- English
- French
- German
- Russian (basic)