Dr Benedetta Berti is Head of Policy Planning in the Office of the Secretary General at NATO. She is also Associate Researcher at the Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy at Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Visiting Professor at the College of Europe and a Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute.
An Eisenhower Global Fellow and a TED Senior Fellow, in the past decade Benedetta has held research and teaching positions at West Point, The Institute for National Security Studies and Tel Aviv University, among others. Her research focuses on armed groups, internal wars, and protection of civilians.
Dr. Berti is the author of four books, including “Armed Political Organizations. From Conflict to Integration” (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013). Her work and research have appeared, among others, in Foreign Policy, Foreign Affairs, the National Interest, the Wall Street Journal and The New York Times; as well as in Civil Wars, Democratization, Government & Opposition, Mediterranean Politics, the Middle East Journal, Parameters, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, Terrorism and Politica Violence.
She holds a BA in Oriental Studies from the University of Bologna, an MA and PhD in International Relations from The Fletcher School (Tufts University), and two post-doctorates in International Relations and Political Science, from Hebrew University and Ben Gurion University.
To read more about Benedetta Berti, kindly visit: http://www.benedettaberti.com/ or @benedettabertiw on social media.
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Geographic focus:
- Albania
- Austria
- Bahrain
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- Central America
- Channel Islands
- Croatia
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Estonia
- Europe
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Global
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jordan
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Mexico
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Morocco
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- Nicaragua
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russia
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Southern Europe
- Spain
- State of Palestine
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Timor-Leste
- Tunisia
- U.S.A.
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- Western Europe
- Yemen
Subject expertise:
- Armed conflict (causes, dynamics, prevention)
- Armed groups
- Armed groups and armed conflict
- Climate security, natural resources and DDR
- Community violence reduction
- DDR planning
- DDR processes, programming and support
- DDR-related tools
- Demobilization and reinsertion
- International intervention
- Military roles and responsibilities
- National and local ownership
- Political context of DDR
- Regional and subregional actors in DDR
- Reintegration
- Security sector reform and DDR
- Terrorism, violent extremism and DDR
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