Prof Alessio Patalano

Prof Alessio Patalano is a Professor of War & Strategy in East Asia at the Centre for Statecraft and National Security (CSNS), based within the Department of War Studies at King’s College London. He specialises in maritime strategy and doctrine, Japanese military history and strategy, East Asian security, and European defence and foreign policy. Patalano has extensive international experience in academic and military engagement, and policy advice. He taught at the UK Joint Command and Staff Services College (JSCSC), and held research positions at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at the IRIS in Paris, and for KOMATSU Corporation, with responsibility to deliver timely high-impact risk analysis. He was visiting professor at the Italian Naval War College (ISMM), and held affiliations at Aoyama Gakuin University, the National Defence Academy, the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), and at the Japan Maritime Command and Staff College (JMCSC). Patalano is an academic advisor to the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), and was chair of the maritime strategy group of the Secretary of State’s Office for Net Assessment and Challenge (SONAC) at the UK Ministry of Defence.