Andrea Margelletti

Born in Genoa, Andrea Margelletti is President of Ce.S.I. – Centre for International Studies, an institute serving as an advisor to the Italian Senate and the Chamber of Deputies.

Andrea Margelletti serves as Advisor to the Minister of Defence, Hon. Guido Crosetto. Since 2011, he has served as Advisor to the Minister of Defence under the Monti, Letta, Renzi, Gentiloni, Conte II and Draghi Governments. Since 2022, he has also served as Advisor to the FdI Parliamentary Group Leader in the Senate, Senator Lucio Malan. Previously, he held the positions of Member of the Advisory Committee of the International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament; Special Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Somalia; Advisor for Institutional Relations to the Italian Representation of the Regional Government of Kurdistan; Consultant to COPASIR – the Parliamentary Committee for the Security of the Republic; and Foreign Policy and Security Advisor to the PdL Parliamentary Group in the Chamber of Deputies. Since 2026, Andrea Margelletti has also been a member of the Board of Trustees of TRENDS Group, an independent research organisation based in the United Arab Emirates.

Andrea Margelletti was Co-Director of the Master’s Degree in International Relations at the University of Rome “La Sapienza” and has lectured in International Relations at the Master’s Programme in Peace Operations at Roma Tre University and at the Faculty of Investigative and Security Sciences of the University of Perugia and Narni. He currently holds teaching positions at the Training School of the Department of Information for Security (DIS), the Officers’ School of the Carabinieri, the Economic and Financial Police School, the Specialised Training School of the Guardia di Finanza, the Advanced Training School for Police Forces (SFP), and the Joint Intelligence Centre of the Defence General Staff. President Margelletti also teaches Hybrid Warfare at the NATO School in Oberammergau, Germany.

He is a member of the Scientific Committee of Eurispes – Institute of Political, Economic and Social Studies and of the De Gasperi Foundation. Since 2002, he has served as the international affairs and crisis commentator on Italy’s leading political talk show, Porta a Porta, hosted by Bruno Vespa. He is frequently interviewed by CNN, Al Jazeera, Sky and MSNBC. He is the author of the book Un mondo in bilico (A World in the Balance).

Andrea Margelletti is an Honorary Academician of the Angelica Costantiniana Academy, a Commander pro Merito Melitensi of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM), and a Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (OMRI). He is also the first and only honorary member of the Italian Special Forces.

In 2024, President Margelletti received the “Italia Informa” Award, an annual event bringing together prominent figures from the worlds of finance, economics, art, culture, civil society and public institutions.

In 2025, President Margelletti received recognition in the “Society for National Journalism” category at the 54th edition of the Guidarello Prize for Journalism.

Andrea Margelletti is married to Attorney Libera Cesino, President of the Libera dalla Violenza Association. Together, they have an English Bulldog named Winston.