Federico Bordonaro
Name and Surname: Federico Bordonaro
Nationality: Italian
Born: July 1st, 1972 in Rome, Italy
Email: redazione@equilibri.net
Skype: fbordo
SUMMARY AND CURRENT ACTIVITIES
I am a geopolitical analyst with solid expertise in the following areas:
- European security and the ESDP ;
- The Black Sea-Caspian region, with a particular focus on energy security, energy policy of regional states, frozen conflicts, and the geopolitical and social dynamics in Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, and Azerbaijan ;
- The Darfur conflict and the geopolitics of Sudan and Chad, as well as its implications for US and European security strategies ;
- Pakistan's geopolitics and the security issues affecting the Indian Ocean region and the Afghan-Pakistani border.
I am the managing editor of Equilibri's European Desk (http://www.equilibri.net/categoria/Europa) and senior analyst with the Power and Interest News Report (http://www.pinr.com).
I regularly teach geopolitical analysis at COESPU's programme for peacekeeping studies (http://www.carabinieri.it/Internet/Coespu/), with special focus on Sudan and the Darfur question.
I also teach geopolitics at Rome's university "La Sapienza" in the framework of the Master programme in "Geopolitica e Sicurezza globale", see http://www.uniroma1.it/Studenti/laureati/master/bandi/05242.pdf .
I am lecturer of East European history at Rome's university "La Sapienza" for the academic year 2008-2009.
SELECT PUBLICATIONS
- Author of La Geopolitica anglosassone: dalle origini ai nostri giorni, Guerini, Milan 2009
- 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, Panorama Difesa, AGI-Energia, and other publications.
- 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)