is an associate professor in the Department of International Business and Economics, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest. He teaches Business-Government Relations, Corporate Governance, and International Relations. He is interested in law and economics, both at the business level but also at the policy level, and in what could be termed comparative political entrepreneurship (and its impact on national wealth creation and the international redistribution of prosperity). He is also focused on the study of war and conflict, with a particular interest in insurgency and intelligence.