Ecaterina MAŢOI is a Lecturer at Strategic, Public and Intercultural Communication Department, Security and Defense Faculty, „Carol I” National Defense University, Bucharest Romania. She holds a PhD in Intelligence and National Security („Carol I” National Defense University), a PhD. title in Near and Middle Eastern Studies (Humanities Faculty, Basel University, Switzerland),

Her areas of expertise and interests are: National Security, SSR in Post-Saddam Iraq, Propaganda & Disinformation, Cultures and civilizations through the lens of Security, The Military in 20th Century Middle East Politics; Geopolitics of the Persian Gulf region and Nuclear policies in MENA.