Experts
Maurizio Geri, PhD
Dr. Maurizio Geri is a GMU-SCHAR School postdoctoral researcher and an Italian Navy lieutenant reservist (POLAD for Naval General Staff).
He has been granted the prestigious EU Marie Curie fellowship for 3 years: 2024 at GMU in Washington DC, 2025 at VUB and German Marshall Fund in Brussels, and 2026 at Ca’ Foscari University in Venice. His research focuses on the EU-NATO cooperation in dual use Emerging Disruptive Technologies to avoid Russian hybrid warfare, in the energy-resources-climate security nexus.
Dr. Geri is a senior strategic analyst in international security and a former analyst for different NATO bodies, to include ACT in the US, HQ in Brussels and NATO CMRE/Strategic Direction-South HUB in Italy.
He holds a PhD in International Security from Old Dominion University in Virginia, a MA in Cultural Studies and a BA in International Relations from the University of Florence, Italy and he published a book and several articles, both academic and journalistic.