Ismet Fatih Čančar holds a BA in Economics from Sarajevo School of Science and Technology and University of Buckingham, and an MA in International Political Economy from King's College London. He most recently was Partnership for Peace Research Fellow at NATO Defense College in Rome from March to July 2022. He currently serves as an Advisor to the Minister of Security of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is an author of numerous professional papers and newspaper articles. His expertise and research interest are split between international political economy and security relations, foreign affairs and energy security. Specifically, his research examines the geopolitics of Western Balkans, the Euro-Atlantic security of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the democratization processes and transitional state development.