Carlo Palleschi is a Ph.D. candidate in Development Economics at La Sapienza University of Rome. He is a Consultant at the World Bank and Analyst at the Center for International Studies. Previously, he worked at the Food and Agriculture Organization, at the Center for Economic and International Studies (University of Tor Vergata) and at the European Union Institute for Security Studies focusing. He graduated in Economics at La Sapienza University in October 2018 with a thesis on game theory models applied to peace negotiations in intrastate conflicts, with a special focus on the conflict in the Niger Delta.