Researcher at the Department of Political Science, Sapienza University of Rome, where he teaches Geopolitics of the Sea and Geopolitics of Resources. Member of the steering committee of CISGAT (Centre for Geopolitical Studies and Territorial Analysis) established at Sapienza, he is co-director of the Geopolitical Studies series published by Carocci. In recent years, he has been reflecting on the historical and epistemic foundations of geopolitics, which led to the publication of Geopolitics. From Thought to Action (edited with E. Boria; Argos, 2022), Spaces and Powers. Political Geography, Economic Geography and Geopolitics (with C. Cerreti and P. Sellari; Laterza, 2019), Living Space. A Controversial Geopolitical Concept (edited; Carocci, 2025).