"Chiara Vilardo graduated from Law School at the University of Catania. She holds a Master degree in Geopolitics and Global Security of La Sapienza University, with a final thesis on the difficulties of the energy transition in Serbia, the Rio Tinto case and its geopolitical implications. She actively contributes to “Osservatorio sul Mediterraneo” of the Istituto di Studi Politici S. Pio V, in Rome.