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Eleonora Ardemagni
Eleonora Ardemagni is an expert on Yemen, Gulf monarchies (political and security issues), and Arab military forces. She is a Senior Associate Research Fellow at the Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI), a Teaching Assistant at the Catholic University of Milan, and an Adjunct Professor at Aseri (Master in Middle Eastern Studies-MIMES). Former Gulf Analyst for the NATO Defense College Foundation (2015-2020). In 2019 she published "The Huthis: Adaptable Players in Yemen’s Multiple Geographies", CRiSSMA-Università Cattolica, Educatt and in 2022 she edited (with F. Saini Fasanotti), "From Warlords to Statelords: Armed Groups and Power Trajectories in Libya and Yemen", ISPI, Ledizioni-LediPublishing.
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