Nicola Casarini (PhD, LSE) is Senior Fellow and Head of Research Asia at the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI). He is Visiting Professor at the Graduate Institute in Geneva and a non-resident Global Fellow at the Wilson Center in Washington DC. Prior to this, he held positions at the at the EU Institute for Security Studies in Paris; at Bocconi University in Milan; at the European University Institute in Florence; and at the London School of Economics (LSE).

His research interests focus on the interplay between foreign policy, security studies and regional integration. He has published widely on EU-China and EU-East Asia relations; Chinese foreign policy; East Asia's security; and transatlantic relations. He is the author of Remaking Global Order；The Evolution of Europe-China Relations and its Implications for East Asia and the United States. He is also the editor of various volumes, including Brussels-Beijing: changing the game. His forthcoming book is Understanding Europe-China Relations: Key Concepts and Themes (London and New York: Routledge, 2019).

His work has appeared - through op-eds, interviews and citations - in (among the others): TIME Magazine, Foreign Affairs, The Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, The Financial Times, The National Interest, Reuters, Euronews, Xinhua, Project Syndicate, The Diplomat, Asia Times, China Daily, The Japan Times, The Korea Herald, The Straits Times, South China Morning Post.