Érico Duarte is an associate professor of Strategic Studies and International Relations at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, a senior fellow at the National Defense College, and a non-resident scholar at the Naval War College, Brazil. He was a Ridgway Scholar at the US Army Heritage and Education Center, a visiting fellow at the Joseph Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver, Corbett Centre for Maritime Policy Studies at King's College, Institute for Peace Studies and Security Policies (IFSH) at Hamburg University, Rui Barbosa Chair at Leiden University and Joaquim Chissano University in Mozambique. He has collaborated with the Brazilian Air Force University, Army Command and General Staff School, Army Artillery Command, and Navy General Staff. He has a PhD and an MSc in Strategic Studies from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and a B.A. in International Relations from the University of Brasilia. Along with Angolan Brigadier Manuel Correia de Barros, he has edited Maritime Security Challenges in the South Atlantic and Navies and Maritime Policies in the South Atlantic, both by Palgrave Macmillan.