Chiara Proietti Silvestri is an energy market analyst at the research and consulting firm RIE - Ricerche Industriali ed Energetiche, in Bologna, Italy. Her research focus are the political and economic dynamics of the main international energy issues. Chiara has been collaborating for several years with ISPI - Istituto di Politica Internazionale as an Associate Research Fellow for Energy Security; she regularly contributes to the "Focus on Energy Security" for the International Policy Observatory of the Italian Parliament.