Biography

Assistant Professor at the Military Academy. Advisor and Researcher at the National Defence Institute (IDN), between 2009 and 2021.

PhD in Institutional History and Contemporary Politics from the NOVA School of Social Sciences and Humanities (2005) and Master in Strategy from the Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas da Universidade Técnica de Lisboa  (1997). Graduated in History from the School of Arts and Humanities of the University of Lisbon (1990). Integrated Researcher at the Institute of Contemporary History (IHC), NOVA School of Social Sciences and Humanities.

Coordinator, in Portugal, of the C4 Colloquia, between the institutes of high defence studies of Portugal (IDN), Spain (CESEDEN), France (CHEM) and Italy (CASD) (from 2010 to 2021) on security in the Mediterranean, North Africa and Sahel. Coordinator of the research project Pensar Estrategicamente Portugal: A Inserção Internacional das Pequenas e Médias Potências e a Primeira Guerra Mundial, promoted by the National Defence Institute, in partnership with the Institute of Contemporary History of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of the NOVA University of Lisbon and the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon and supported by the Coordinating Committee of the Evocations of the Centenary of World War I of the Ministry of National Defence, for the five-year period 2014-2018. Coordinator, for the Ministry of National Defence, of the Core Competencies for Security, Defence and Peace Education, 2014 and 2022 editions, for use in the national education system.

Research fields

• Military and war history
• Estrategy
• Security
• Contemporary political history

Selected publications

• Pires, Ana Paula, António Paulo Duarte & Bruno Cardoso Reis. A Inserção Internacional das Pequenas Potências: Primeira Guerra Mundial. Lisbon: Instituto da Defesa Nacional, 2019. [link]🔓
• Duarte, António Paulo, “Energy Security Strategies: A Conceptual Interpretation,” in The Future of Energy: Prospective Scenarios on EU-Russia Relations, edited by Carla Fernandes and Teresa Rodrigues, 3-32. Hauppauge: Nova Science Publishers, 2019. [link]
• Duarte, António Paulo. “A Humanidade Demiúrgica sob o Signo do Aniquilamento: uma Reflexão Holística sobre o Conceito de Estratégia de Segurança Energética,” Nação e Defesa 153 (2019): 9-48. [link]🔓
• Pires, Ana Paula, António Paulo Duarte & Bruno Cardoso Reis. A Entering the First World War: the Experiences of Small and Medium Powers. IDN Cadernos nº 22. Lisbon: Instituto da Defesa Nacional, 2017. [PDF]🔓

Main projects

• Coordinator of the project “Pensar Estrategicamente Portugal: A Inserção Internacional das Pequenas e Médias Potências e a Primeira Guerra Mundial” [Thinking Strategically Portugal: The International Insertion of Small and Medium Powers and the First World War] — Promoted by the Instituto da Defesa Nacional, in a partnership with the IHC – NOVA FCSH and the Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa, with the support of the Comissão Coordenadora das Evocações do Centenário da 1ª Guerra Mundial do Ministério da Defesa Nacional. 2014-2018
• Researcher in the project “The Geopolitics of Gas and the Future of Euro-Russian Relations” — Coordinated by Carla Fernandes (IPRI NOVA) and funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (PTDC/IVC-CPO/1295/2014). 2016-2018 [link]