PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Registered Wargaming Associate | Laboratorio di Wargaming della Difesa, CASD/SSUOS | October 2025 – Present
- Tested and facilitated Red Teaming scenarios for senior military leadership (46° CiMiC Course), focusing on multi-domain operational challenges.
- Youngest associate within the Defense Wargaming Laboratory (DWGLab), contributing to the development and update of simulation frameworks.

Junior Threat Intelligence Analyst – Asia/Pacific | Hozint – Horizon Intelligence | September 2025 – March 2026
- Produce high-priority threat assessments for the Asia-Pacific region, integrating SOC-MINT and GEO-INT tools to identify emerging geopolitical risks.
- Deliver actionable intelligence through country risk evaluations and direct briefings to management, supporting strategic risk mitigation.

Junior Research Fellow – Europe | Centro Studi Geopolitica.info | January 2025 – Present
- Conduct in-depth research on the Italian and European defense industrial base (EDIB), focusing on procurement trends and strategic autonomy (Author page).
- Lead the technical organization of high-level conferences, managing speaker relations and panel curation for defense-related summits.

Research Fellow – AI & Cybersecurity | EPIS Thinktank | September 2025 – Present
- Coordinate with cross-functional working groups to analyze the impact of disruptive technologies on global security architectures (Author page).
- Execute Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) investigations into cyber warfare trends and AI-driven defense mechanisms.

ADDITIONAL EDUCATION

Grand École Diploma (Franco-Italian Degree) | Sciences Po Lille | 2023 – 2028 (https://alumni.sciencespo-lille.eu/fr/cv/edoardo-barca/sciences-po-lill…)
- Prospective Specialization in Master “Stratégie, Intelligence Economique & Gestion de Risque” (SIGR M2)
- Student activities in MUNWALK, acted as delegate for diplomacy simulations and Wargames (Lyon, Paris)

C.A.F. in Theory, Design and Conduct of Professional Wargaming | CASD/SSUOS | February 2026
- Intensive program in professional wargaming design and game theory.
- Admitted as the youngest participant in the course’s history.

Erasmus+ ANALYST Training in Corporate Intelligence | ANALYST Consortium (EU Commission) | May – July 2025
- Focused on corporate intelligence, risk analysis, and OSINT.
- Awarded Best Single Performer of the School (intern spotlight).

AREL – Agenzia di Ricerche e Legislazione
- Scuola di Politiche, 2026 Cohort – Education & Work specializing module
- Summer School Scuola di Politiche 2025 Cohort – Participated in multiple Q&A panels

Sant’Anna School for Advanced Studies, Pisa
- Seasonal School TECHWAR – Technological Dimensions of War: Legal, Ethical and Conceptual Challenges (2025)
- Seasonal School AFRICONNECTIONS – Transdisciplinary approaches to Development, Security and Innovation (2024)

Sapienza CIMEO (Centre for Investigation and Modelling of Experimental Observations)
- CIMEO Experimetrics & Behavioral Economics Summer School 2024 – 2025
- Workshop Speaker 2024 – Pollution punishment’s utility in an industry v. policymaker game form
- Workshop Speaker 2025 – The EU military procurement in Game Theory terms

CONFERENCES
Diplomacy & Wargaming

- LEIMUN 2025: Delegate of the Sámi Council in DISEC; awarded Best Delegation
- SPLIMUN 2025: EU Delegate in the World Trade Organization; referenced on the official WTO website
- FMUN 2025: Honorable mention as best delegate as the delegation of the French Republic in the UNSC
- 1st Defense Wargaming Workshop (Italian Higher Defense Studies Center, Defense Wargaming Laboratory)
- MUNWAR 2025: Falklands War’s Wargame (English – speaking event)
- LYONMUN 2025: Korean War’s Wargame (French – speaking event sponsored by IESD Lyon)

Military Affairs

- European Horizons NATO Summit Leiden (2025): Participated in a workshop on Chinese hybrid warfare
- Cyberdefense and Cyberwarfare in the Aerospace Industry (Center for Aerospace Military Studies Giulio Douhet): Part of invitation-only high level conference. Took part in Q&A
- Indo-Pacific Conference (NATO DC Foundation, 2025): Took part in Q&A panel; coverage published by Adnkronos (https://www.youtube.com/live/ZwUfHJyZwyc?si=rhBY_TImztSJqfxh)
- NATO in the South Strategic Reflections and Cooperative Security (NATO DC Foundation, 2025): Took part in Q&A section over social engineering for Grey Zone Warfare opportunities in the region

Intelligence & Civilian Affairs
- The Intelligence Analyst’s Role in a Complex Security Landscape: Intern spotlight of the conference, awarded the intership certificate for the Erasmus+ “ANALYST” project
- Organized Crime & Crypto – new scenarios of the illicit global economy (Associazione 7 Colonne, Aula Magna Corte Suprema di Cassazione, Rome): Organizer of the seminar for the association

NETWORK

- Associazione 7 Colonne: Event manager
- RIASSISU – Rete Italiana dellɜ Allievɜ delle Scuole e degli Istituti di Studi Superiori Universitari: Member of the debate committte
- UFE – European Federalist University Union: Board Member, Director for Education, Seminars and Training
- University of Rome “La Sapienza”: Student Representative for the SPSC’s faculty (2024 – 2026)