Giorgio Cuzzelli

Giorgio Cuzzelli is a retired Brigadier General of the Italian Army with a significant command- and staff experience at tactical-, operational- and strategic level in demanding joint- and multinational settings. His background covers policy making, international relations, global security, risk assessment, crisis and operations management, supervision of complex organizations, force planning, training and education. He teaches International Relations, Security Studies and Strategic Studies  at graduate- and post-graduate level in academic institutions in Italy and abroad.
His academic background includes a Bachelor’s Degree in Management & Organization (Viterbo, Italy, 2011), a Master’s Degree in International Studies (Naples, Italy, 2014), a Diploma for Graduates in International Development  (London, United Kingdom, 2016) and shorter, International Relations-oriented courses in Italy and abroad.
He is also a graduate of the Italian Army Staff College (Civitavecchia, Italy, 1994 and 1996) , the Joint Services Staff College (ISSMI) (Rome, Italy, 1997) and the Institute for Advanced Defence Studies (IASD) (Rome, Italy, 2009).
He is fluent in English and French, and has a good command of German.
He lives in Rome, Italy, and travels as required.
He authored with M. Bressan 'Da Clausewitz a Putin: la guerra nel XXI secolo' ('From Clausewitz to Putin: war in the 21st century'), published in 2022 by Ledizioni in Milan (ISBN 9788855266468).
Supervisors: Professor Rosario Sommella, Vice President for Education, University of Naples 'L'Orientale', Naples, Italy, [email protected], Professor Giuseppe Cataldi, Director, Department of Human & Social Sciences, University of Naples 'L'Orientale', Naples, Italy, [email protected], Professor Alessandro De Nisco, Dean, Faculty of Economics, Università degli Studi Internazionali (UNINT), Rome, Italy, [email protected], Professor Gennaro Malgeri, Director, Bachelor's Degree in Political & International Sciences, Liibera Università Maria SS. Assunta (LUMSA), Rome, Italy, [email protected], Professor Fabio Bettanin, Department of Human & Social Sciences, University of Naples 'L'Orientale', Naples, Italy, [email protected], Professor Luca Ratti, Department of Foreign Languages, 'Roma Tre' University, Rome, Italy, [email protected], Professor Gabriele Natalizia, Department of Political Science, 'Sapienza' University, Rome, Italy, [email protected], and Professor Vicki L. Birchfield, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA, United States, [email protected].