Giovanni Ercolani (PhD Social Anthropology, University of Murcia, Spain; PhD Int. Rel. & Security Studies, Nottingham Trent University, UK) is a Sociocultural Anthropologist, (1) Researcher at the ‘Society and Culture’ research group (University of Murcia, Spain); (2) Researcher Associate at ‘LADEC - Laboratoire d’Anthropologie des Enjeux Contemporains’ (Université Lumière Lyon 2, France); (3) Thesis Adviser at the ‘Peace Operations Training Institute’ (USA); and (4) Fellow (elected) of the ‘Royal Anthropological Institute Great Britain and Ireland’ (UK).