Professor Antonio Calcara is Head of the Geopolitics and Technology Programme at CSDS and a Research Professor at VUB, where he is leading the European Research Council project ‘Competition in the Digital Era’ (CODE): Geopolitics and Technology in the 21st Century’. He holds a PhD in Political Science from LUISS University in Rome. He has previously held academic positions at the University of Antwerp, LUISS University and SciencesPo Paris. He has received research funding from the European Research Council, the Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO), and the European Commission. His research focuses on geopolitical and technological competition in the advanced technology sector. His work has been published in International Security, Security Studies, Review of International Political Economy, Contemporary Security Policy, West European Politics, International Studies Review, Governance, Journal of European Integration and European Security. He is the author of European Defence Decision-Making: Dilemmas of Collaborative Arms Procurement (Routledge).