Ilaria Carrozza is a Project Coordinator at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). Her current research at PRIO focuses on security force assistance to developing countries in Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia. She has a long-standing interest in Chinese politics, China-Africa relations, the Global South, and international security. Prior to joining PRIO, she completed her PhD in International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She was also the editor of the Millennium Journal of International Studies and a visiting researcher at the School of International Studies at Peking University.