Chiara Cervasio Email & Phone Number

I am a Policy Fellow and Programme Manager at BASIC, where I lead the Programme on Nuclear Responsibilities. My expertise includes nuclear diplomacy, trust-building practices, nuclear risk reduction, and crisis management and de-escalation, particularly in Southern Asia.My research focuses on security dynamics between nuclear-armed states in the Asia-Pacific, especially India-China and India-Pakistan relations, as well as Arctic security dynamics. I have published in high-impact journals and regularly write policy briefs and reports on these topics.I have presented my work at policy forums such as the Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO), Wilton Park, and the Department of National Defence (DND) of Canada. Additionally, I have presented at conferences like ISODARCO, BISA, ISPP, and ECPR. In 2023, my paper “Exercising Status Recognition Sensibility: The Empathic De-escalation of the Sino-Indian 1998 Status Dilemma,” published in International Relations, received the Best Paper Prize at the Italian Standing Group of International Relations (SGRI) Conference.I hold a PhD in Political Science and International Relations from the University of Birmingham, where my research focused on distrust reduction and crisis management in contemporary China-India relations. I also have a first-class Master's degree in International Security from the University of Bologna and a first-class degree in Politics and International Relations from the University of Pisa.