Dr Chiara Cervasio

Policy Fellow and Programme Manager, Nuclear Responsibilities
Nuclear Diplomacy | Trust-building | Asia-Pacific

Chiara is a Policy Fellow and Programme Manager of the Programme on Nuclear Responsibilities at BASIC. Chiara also collaborates with the BASIC’s Programme on Risk Reduction in the Arctic.

Chiara’s expertise includes nuclear diplomacy, trust-building practices, nuclear risk reduction, and crisis management and de-escalation practices, particularly in Southern Asia. Chiara’s research focuses on security dynamics between nuclear-armed states in the Asia-Pacific, especially India-China and India-Pakistan relations, as well as Arctic security dynamics. Chiara has published in high impact journals and regularly writes policy briefs and reports on these topics.

Chiara has presented her work at policy forums such as the Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO), Wilton Park, and the Department of National Defence (DND) of Canada. Additionally, she has presented at conferences like ISODARCO, BISA, ISPP, and ECPR. In 2023, her paper “Exercising Status Recognition Sensibility: The Empathic De-escalation of the Sino-Indian 1998 Status Dilemma,” published in International Relations, received the Best Paper Prize at the Italian Standing Group of International Relations (SGRI) Conference.

Chiara holds a PhD in Political Science and International Relations from the University of Birmingham. Her PhD focused on distrust reduction and crisis management in contemporary China-India relations. In addition, Chiara holds a first-class Master from the University of Bologna in International Security and a first-class degree in Politics and International Relations from the University of Pisa.

Expertise:

 Trust and empathy in international politics

– China-India and India-Pakistan relations

– Nuclear policy in Southern Asia

 Third-party dialogue interventions

 Crisis prevention and management practices

 Nuclear Responsibilities

 Arctic security relations

Please note Chiara works remotely from Italy. If you’d like to invite her to a UK-based event, please contact her two weeks in advance.

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