Eleonora Ardemagni is an expert on Yemen, Gulf monarchies (political and security issues), and Arab military forces. She is a Senior Associate Research Fellow at the Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI), a Teaching Assistant at the Catholic University of Milan, and an Adjunct Professor at Aseri (Master in Middle Eastern Studies-MIMES). Former Gulf Analyst for the NATO Defense College Foundation (2015-2020). In 2019 she published "The Huthis: Adaptable Players in Yemen’s Multiple Geographies", CRiSSMA-Università Cattolica, Educatt. She edited "From Warlords to Statelords: Armed Groups and Power Trajectories in Libya and Yemen", (with F. Saini Fasanotti), ISPI, Ledizioni-LediPublishing, 2022, and "The Security Side of Gulf Visions. Adapting Defence to the Connectivity Age", ISPI, Ledizioni-LediPublishing, 2024.