Dr. Domitilla Sagramoso is Lecturer in Security and Development at the Department of War Studies, King's College London. She obtained an MA in War Studies (KCL) and a PhD at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London in 1999. She joined the Department in 2005, having previously been the Principal Researcher at the Caucasus Policy Institute, within the International Policy Institute (KCL). From 1999 to 2004, she was a Research Fellow at the Centre for Defence Studies, at King's College London. She is an Associate Fellow of the Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House. Dr. Sagramoso's interests lie in the field of conflict, security and development in Russia, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. She is currently conducting research on a project on Terrorism, Violence and Islam in the Russian North Caucasus.