Maria Dolores Cabras

is a passionate sinologist, analyst of International Relations, Geopolitics and Strategic Studies, specialized in China. She holds Master's degree in International Relations with honors at University of Florence (with discussion of the thesis "Empty and full of China's great strategy: national security, consensus building and operating limits of soft power in East Turkestan", in International Relations). And Bachelor's degree in Political Science and International Relations with honors at University of Cagliari (with discussion of the thesis "The Soviet point of view on the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution", in East Asian History). She has work experience as trainee at Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs- Consulate General of Italy in Alexandria of Egypt. Intern at the italian review "Eurasia - Rivista di studi geopolitici" and curator of the Special on China, entitled "La Cina e i suoi vicini" for "Il Caffè Geopolitico". Collaborator with several italian magazines of geopolitics and international relations, as "L'Occidentale", "Meridiani Relazioni Internazionali", "BloGlobal- Blog of International Relations". She also writes for the italian magazine of international policy "The Post Internazionale".