Nicolò Sartori, MA, is Senior Fellow and Head of the Energy, Climate & Resources Programme at the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI). His research focuses on the external dimension of EU energy policy, as well as on the process of European integration in the energy and climate domain. He is Professional Fellow at the World Energy Council (WEC) Italy, and editor of the column ‘Centers of Gravity’ in the international review Oil Magazine. He served as faculty advisor at the NATO Defense College in Rome, where he also conducted research on NATO's role as energy security provider in the Caspian region. He holds a BA in International and Diplomatic Studies from the School Roberto Ruffilli in Forlì and an MA in International Relations from the University of Bologna. Nicolò gives lectures on international and European energy policies to different academic institutions, in particular he is guest lecturer on ‘The Development of the Southern Gas Corridor’ at Sciences Po’s Master in International Energy, and at the LUISS Guido Carli's Master in International Security.