Leonardo Jacopo Maria Mazzucco is a researcher who focuses on the security affairs of the Gulf region. He is also an analyst at Gulf State Analytics (GSA), a Washington-based geopolitical risk consulting firm. He has an MA degree in Comparative and International Relations from Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and an MA degree in Middle Eastern Studies from the Graduate School of Economics and International Relations (ASERI) from the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan, Italy. He tweets at: @mazz_Leonardo. Dr. Kristian Alexander is a Senior Fellow and Director of the International Security & Terrorism Program at TRENDS Research & Advisory, Dubai (UAE)
