Davide Ragnolini is a Ph.D candidate at the University of Philosophy of Turin (Italy) and currently Ph.D Visiting Fellow at Cardiff School of Law and Politics. He is also a research associate with the “Istituto di Politica” (IdP), and since 2013 he is contributor of the quarterly Italian geopolitical review: “Eurasia. Rivista di studi geopolitici”. His research project revolves around the Hobbesian conception on interstate relations, exploring the so called “Hobbesian Tradition” in IR and focusing on the history of international ideas and early modern European history. You can follow his Academia profile here.