Lorenzo Termine is Max Weber Fellow at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute. He earned his PhD in Political Studies and later served as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Sapienza University of Rome. He is an Adjunct Professor of International Relations at the University of International Studies in Rome (UNINT). In addition, he is affiliated with Sapienza's CEMAS Research Centre and the Centre for Geopolitical and International Relations Studies “Geopolitica.info”. He has contributed to the Italian Ministry of Defense’s Institute of Research and Analysis and held visiting scholar positions at Georgetown University and the Atlantic Council.