Cinzia Bianco
Analyst - Consultant
Gulf State Analytics
Cinzia Bianco is an analyst at the US geopolitical risk consultancy Gulf State Analytics. Based in London (UK), she focuses on the Gulf region, working also on political, security and macro-economic risk analysis. She is a contributor to major international outlets such as the Middle East Institute, the Middle East Policy Council, and the Italian Review of Geopolitics "Limes". In 2013/2014, she carried on a Research Fellowship based in the Gulf region for the European Commission's research programme "Sharaka" on EU-GCC relations. Bianco received an MA in "Middle East and Mediterranean Studies" from King's College London and is currently undertaking a PhD program at the University of Exeter (UK) where she focuses on developments in the Gulf region after the 2011 Arab uprisings.