Riccardo Bosticco is a PhD Researcher at the Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy – Vrije Universiteit Brussel. He is also a NextGen Associate Fellow at NATO Defence College and a Junior Academic Fellow at the European Policy Centre. Before, he was a trainee at the European Commission and worked as a research assistant at Maastricht University and Instituto Affari Internazionali. He holds a Research Master in European Studies from Maastricht University and a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and Diplomatic Affairs from the University of Bologna.