For my co-authored article "Why China Has Not Caught Up Yet," I have won the "Best 2019 Research Article on U.S. Foreign Policy and Grand Strategy" from the American in the World Consortium beetween the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced and International Studies of Johns Hopkins University, Duke University and Univeersity of Texas at Austin.
I have been invited to present my research at Stanford University, Columbia University, University of Chicago, Boston University, Dartmouth College, George Washington University, Georgetown University, European University Institute, University of Genoa, University of Notre Dame, University of Miami, Naval War College, Fordham University, Florida International University, Southern Denmark University, and others.
You can find my Google-Scholar profile here.
My research interests include military technology, diffusion of military innovations, political economy of national security, rise and fall of great powers, and more generally security studies.
Peer-reviewed Publications
Andrea Gilli, Mauro Gilli, Antonio Ricchi, Aniello Russo, Sandro Carniel, "Climate Change and Military Power: Hunting for Submarines in the Warming Ocean," Texas National Security Review, Vol. 7, No. 2 (Spring 2024), pp. 16-41.
Antonio Calcara, Andrea Gilli, Mauro Gilli and Ivan Zaccagnini, “Will the Drone Always Get Through? Offensive Myths and Defensive Realities," Security Studies Vol. 31, No. 5 (2022), pp. 791-825. (Appendix).
Antonio Calcara, Andrea Gilli, Mauro Gilli, Raffaele Marchetti and Ivan Zaccagnini, "Why Drones Have Not Revolutionized War: The Enduring Hider-Finder Competition in Air Warfare," International Security Vol. 46, No. 4 (Spring 2022), pp. 130–171 (Appendix)
Asoni, Andrea, Andrea Gilli, Mauro Gilli and Tino Sanandaji, “Mercenary Army of the Poor? Technological Change and the Demographic Composition of the Post-9/11 U.S. Military," Journal of Strategic Studies Vol. 45, No. 4 (2022), 568-614.
Gilli, Andrea and Mauro Gilli. “Why China Has Not Caught Up Yet: Military-Technological Superiority and the Limits of Imitation, Reverse Engineering, and Cyber Espionage." ." International Security Vol. 43, N. 3 (Winter 2018/19), pp. 141-189. (Appendix)
Response and counter-response: Michael C. Horowitz, Shahryar Pasandideh, and Andrea Gilli and Mauro Gilli, “Correspondence: Military-Technological Imitation and Rising Powers,” International Security, Vol. 44, No. 2 (Fall 2019), pp. 185–192.
Gilli, Andrea and Mauro Gilli. "The Diffusion of Drone Warfare? Industrial, Infrastructural and Organizational Constraints." Security Studies Vol. 25, N. 1 (Winter 2016), pp. 50-84.
Gilli, Andrea and Mauro Gilli. "The Spread of Military Innovations: Adoption-Capacity Theory, Tactical Incentives and the Case of Suicide Terrorism," Security Studies vol. 23, n. 3 (Summer 2014), pp. 513-547. (Appendix)
Response: Michael Horowitz, "Adoption Capacity and the Spread of Suicide Bombing, A Response to Andrea Gilli and Mauro Gilli," H-Diplo ISSF (January 2015).
Response: Andrea Gilli and Mauro Gilli, "A Response to Michael Horowitz," H-Diplo ISSF (June 2015).
Druckman, James N., Mauro Gilli, Samara Klar, and Joshua Robison. "The Role of Social Context in Shaping Student-Athlete Opinions Regarding Unionization and Pay for Play." Plus One (December 2014).
Druckman, James N., Mauro Gilli, Samara Klar, and Joshua Robison. "Drug and Alcohol Use among College Student-Athletes." Social Science Quarterly (October 2014).
Druckman, James N., Mauro Gilli, Samara Klar, and Joshua Robison. "Athlete Support for Title IX." The Sport Journal (May 2014).