Dr. Alberto Bin

Dr. Alberto Bin is Director, Partnerships and Cooperation in the Political Affairs and Security Policy Division at NATO Headquarters in Brussels. In this capacity, he is responsible for the development and implementation of NATO’s policy in support of partnership, dialogue and cooperation with non-NATO nations across the globe.

Prior to joining NATO, Dr. Bin was Deputy Director of the Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies at the University of Malta, where he held the Chair of international history. He was also Visiting Professor at the Department of Political Studies at the University of Catania, Italy and lectured at a number of universities and other academic institutions. Prior to that, Dr. Bin worked for several years in the private sector including in the Middle East.

Dr. Bin’s undergraduate education was in history at the “La Sapienza” University in Rome, Italy. He received a Masters degree and a Ph.D. in international relations from the Graduate Institute of International Studies at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. He has published books and articles on – inter alia – Mediterranean and Middle East security.