Federica Cidale

Research Fellow

Federica Cidale is a PhD student in International Relations and Asian studies at Palacký University Olomouc in the Czech Republic and CEIAS Research Fellow. She holds an MA from Rijksuniversiteit Groningen in the Netherlands and has studied and worked in Italy, Belgium and Japan. Her main research delves into the growing influence of cybertechnologies on international politics. Furthermore, her research interests extend to Japan's domestic politics, East Asian security, the Indo-Pacific region, ASEAN – particularly Myanmar – and non-Western state systems such as Tianxia and Mandala. Federica is also involved in the EU-funded project “The EU in the Volatile Indo-Pacific” (EUVIP; 2023-2025). Research interests: East Asian security, technology, AI, non-Western IR theories, Japan, ASEAN, Myanmar