David Pimenta is a PhD candidate in Comparative Politics at the Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon. He holds an MS in Business Administration from ISCTE Business School and a BA in International Relations from the Catholic University of Portugal. He is Editor at Politikon – IAPSS Journal of Political Science and columnist at Público newspaper, where he writes on politics, international relations and history. Previously he held several management positions across various organizations. His research interests include nationalism, ethnic conflicts, geopolitics and history.