Fabrizio is an analyst specializing in international relations and keenly interested in the Indo-Pacific. He holds a PhD in Political Science from the Graduate Institute of International Affairs and Strategic Studies, Tamkang University, Taiwan. He earned his MA in International Relations from the University of Tasmania, and has also a Master in Political Science from the University of Milan. He is a Senior Research Fellow at the Ocean Policy Research Institute of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation in Tokyo, and a Research Fellow at the CEMAS Center of the University of Rome “La Sapienza”. He publishes and lectures on a range of themes, from Blue Economy policies in Insular Pacific to Cross-Strait security dynamics, and is frequently asked to comment for international media, especially on China-Pacific Islands issues and Sino-Vatican dialectics. He also serves as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (non-resident) of the Sovereign Order of Malta to the Republic of Nauru.