Cosimo Risi

Cosimo Risi was born in Salerno and lives in Rome. He graduated in Political Science at the University of Naples Federico II, final grade 110/110 cum laude. He perfected his international studies at the SIOI in Rome and at the Academy of International Law in The Hague.

He entered the diplomatic career of the Italian Republic. He holds various positions in Italy and abroad, namely at the Italian Permanent Representation to EU in Brussels. After years of service, he left as Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva and as Ambassador to the Swiss Confederation and the Principality of Liechtenstein in Bern.

In addition to his diplomatic activity, he combines his academic activity with assignments at various Italian and foreign universities, including the Federico II in Naples, the Luiss in Rome, the USI in Lugano, the European College in Parma. Since 2024, for clear fame, he has been appointed professor of International Law at the Department of Political Science at the University of Salerno.

He writes about foreign affairs for various newspapers. He is the author of hundreds of international publications, he is a speaker at thousands of conferences of the same nature.

In 2023 he made his debut as a novelist with Are You Going to Al-Quds? – Intrigue in the Holy Land. The first book in a series of international detective stories entitled Jazz Investigations and set in the Middle East. His last book is about Israel (2024) and Mideast crisis.

He is a specialist in European and Euro-Mediterranean affairs. He knows French, English, Spanish.