Author: Leonardo Jacopo Maria Mazzucco

Leonardo Jacopo Maria Mazzucco is a PhD candidate in Institutions and Policies at the Catholic University of Milan, Italy. His research interests revolve around the foreign policy and security affairs of the Gulf region. He tweets at @mazz_Leonardo.

Iran

Iranian Naval Strategy: The Strengths and Weaknesses of Confrontationalism

Defense & Security

Over the last four decades, Iran has constructed its identity as a nation around opposition...

October 30, 2022

Iran

Iranian Naval Strategy: The Domestic Roots of Iran’s Asymmetric Warfare

Defense & Security

The foreign and defense policies of Iran are deeply intertwined with the geography of the...

October 16, 2022

Iran

The Iranian Conundrum: Analyzing Divergent Saudi and Israeli Security Dilem...

Geopolitics

With Saudi Arabia opening the country’s air space to all air carriers, including Israeli flights,...

July 20, 2022

GCC

A Changing Balance of Power in the Red Sea

Defense & Security

On March 23, the Ever Given container vessel veered out of control while sailing through...

July 19, 2021