Email: de.leon.petta@usp.br

deleon.costa@riobrancofac.edu.br

ORCid: 0000-0003-0913-8113

Education:

• PhD Degree – University of São Paulo, Human Geography Department. Theme: Cooperation between Nation-State and Organized Crime: A Dark Geopolitics. Supervision by Professor Dr. André R. Martin (2013 - 2017) FAPESP – Scholarship (Foundation for Research Support of the State of São Paulo)
• Master’s Degree – University of São Paulo, Human Geography Department. Theme: Trafficking in Human Beings as a threat in international politics: a case of deterritorialization? Supervision by Professor Dr. André R. Martin (2010 - 2012)
• Graduate Studies in Politics and International Relations – FESP-SP (School Foundation of Sociology and Politics of São Paulo) (2007 - 2009)
• B.A. in History – Uni Sant’Anna University (2004-2006)

Internships:

• Honorary Researcher in The University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong, China) (June/2015 – September/2015). Supervision by Professor Dr. Karen J. Laidler.
• Visitor Researcher in Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, Virginia, United States) (January/2015 – May/2015). Supervision by Professor Dr. Carolin Goerzig.

Field of Study and Teaching areas:

• International Studies
• Strategic Security
• Political Geography and Geopolitics

Experience:

• Professor in Rio Branco College (August/2017 – Current)
  • Courses taught:
    • Strategy and International Security
    • Contemporary International Relations
    • Asian International Relations

• Researcher in São Paulo Research Foundation – FAPESP (Fundação de Âmparo a Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo) (January/2014 – July/2017)

• Professor in Faculty of Guarulhos (July/2013 – December/2015)
  • Courses taught:
    • Geopolitics and Political Geography
    • Economical Geography

Published Articles in Journals:

• Why there is no real difference between Terrorist Organization and Organized Crime faction, just a matter of interaction towards the State in Contemporary Voices: St Andrews Journal of International Relations . 1-1, pp. 39–48. 2018. (English) DOI: http://doi.org/10.15664/jtr.1472
• As tríades e as sociedades secretas na China: entre o mito e a desmistificação. Revista Brasileira de Ciências Sociais. Vol. 32 n° 93 fevereiro/2017. (Portuguese) DOI: 10.17666/329309/2017
• Chinese Geopolitics: Space Program Cooperation among China, Brazil, and Russia. Astropolitics, v. 14, p. 90-98, 2016. (English) DOI: 10.1080/14777622.2016.1148465
• A ideologia da globalização: uma análise de seus exageros. Revista de Geopolítica. , v.6, p.65 - 79, 2014. (Portuguese)
• O Campo de Batalha do Século XXI: Como Será o Teatro de Guerra no Futuro. Revista de Geopolítica, v.3, p.31 - 48, 2012. (Portuguese)
• Tráfico Humano como Ameaça na Política Internacional. Revista Internacional de Direito e Cidadania, v.4, p.95 - 102, 2011. (Portuguese)

Published Articles in Conferences Annals:

• “Geopolitical Management through Irregular Actors”. In ATINER's Conference Paper Series POL 2016-2110 2016. (English)
• “A Geografia e o Crime”. In: XIV Colóquio Ibérico de Geografia - A Jangada de Pedra Geografias Ibero-Afro-Americanas. Actas do XIV Colóquio Ibérico de Geografia. Guimarães: Associação Portuguesa de Geógrafos e Departamento de Geografia da Universidade do Minho, 2014. p. 77-81. Guimarães / Portugal, 2014. (Portuguese)
• “Cooperação entre Estado-Nação e crime organizado”. I Encontro brasileiro de estudos estratégicos e relações internacionais (eberi I). Niterói / Brazil, 2014. (Portuguese)
• “A despolarização do Atlântico Norte e o Equilíbrio de Poder Mundial”. In VII EPOG - Meeting of the Post-graduate Students of FFLCH (EPOG), 2012: Estudos Interdisciplinares nas Humanidades: perspectivas e limites. São Paulo / Brazil, 2012. (Portuguese)
• “A ameaça do Tráfico Humano na Política Internacional”. In VI Meeting of the Post-graduate Students of FFLCH (EPOG), 2011: São Paulo / Brazil, 2011 (Portuguese).

Published Chapters in Books:

• “São Paulo: Brazil’s Geopolitical Anchor of Resistance”.
  • In Towards New Political geographies: Bridging East and West. Publisher: China Review Academic Publishing, 2017. (English)
  • In Memoir of International Forum on Frontiers of Political Geography. Publisher: Chinese business press, 2017. (Chinese)

Finished articles under review or accepted but in process of publication:

• The Underground War: The dispute of power among Organized Crime in the Paraguay-Brazil border area. – Accepted, in process of publication (English)
• Organized Crime in Asian Communities in Brazil: Aspects of Chinese and Korean Criminality – Under review (English)
• Reviewing the concept of technological singularities: How can it help to explain human evolution? – Under review (English)
• Delimiting Geopolitics: A formal approach to defining when it is a geopolitical matter – Under review (English)
• The Chinese geopolitics of Trains (in partnership with Prof. Dr. Tao Song from Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing). - Under review (English)

Lecturers and Seminars:

• Organized Crime and Criminal Factions. School of Magistrates, Federal Regional 3rd Court Region. São Paulo / Brazil, 2017.
• Triads and Chinese Organized Crime. Brazilian Agency of Intelligence. Presidency of the Republic, Institutional Security Office. São Paulo / Brazil, 2017.
• The Geopolitics of Brazil: Directions and Perspectives. In Association of Americans Geographers Annual Meeting. Boston / United States, 2017.
• Methodology in geopolitics: problems, examples and issues. In Harvard University, Political Geography Specialty Group Preconference Meeting. Cambridge / United States, 2017.
• The Underground War: The dispute of power among Organized Crime in the Paraguay-Brazil border area. In O. P. Jindal University, 18th World Congress of Criminology. Delhi / India, 2016.
• São Paulo: Brazil’s Geopolitical Anchor of Resistance. International Forum on Frontiers of Political Geography. In Sun Yat-sen University. Guangzhou / China, 2016.
• Geopolitical Management through Irregular Actors. In Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER), 15th Annual International Conference on Politics. Athens / Greece, 2016.
• Brazil: Economy, Politics and Geography. In The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Hong Kong, 2015.
• Crime and Geography in Latin America. In The University of Hong Kong. Hong Kong, 2015.
• A Geografia e o Crime. In Universidade do Minho, XIV Colóquio Ibérico de Geografia - A Jangada de Pedra Geografias Ibero-Afro-Americanas, Portuguese Association of Geographers. Guimarães / Portugal, 2014.

Organized events:

• Symposium Organized Crime, State and Society. In University of São Paulo, Faculty of Philosophy, Languages and Literature, and Human Sciences, 2013. With Professor Dr. André Roberto Martin (São Paulo, Brazil)

Current projects and researches:

· The Geopolitical History of Brazil (Book)

Journal Reviewer:

• Behaviour & Information Technology

Participation in events, conferences, exhibitions:

• XI Academic Congress of National Defense, 2014. (Resende, Brazil)
• 8º Meeting of Brazilian Public Security Forum (FBSP), 2014. (São Paulo, Brazil)
• 3º Congress of Combat and Prevention of Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism. 2013. (São Paulo, Brazil)
• Committee of Brazilian External Relations and National Defense, "National Defense Strategy". By Brazilian Government, 2012. (Brasilia, Brazil)
• VII International Meeting of Migration and Trafficking in Persons in Latin America. 2012. (São Paulo, Brazil)
• I International Symposium of Geopolitics and Diplomacy, 2011. (São Paulo, Brazil)
• 7º International Congress of Law, in São Judas Tadeu University, 2010. (São Paulo, Brazil)
• International Symposium of History and War, 2010. (São Paulo, Brazil)
• V Academic Congress of National Defense, 2008. (Resende, Brasil)

Interviews, programmes and comments in the media:

• Os ataques na Síria (The attacks on Syria). Hora News. Record News TV. April 2018.
• A situação do Taliban no Afeganistão (The situation of Taliban in Afghanistan). Duas a Dois, BandNews. January 2018. http://midia.smi.srv.br/audio/2018/01/30/04_bandnewsduasadois30.01bandnewsfm15hs27.mp3
• Donald Trump anuncia transferência da embaixada de Tel Aviv para Jerusalém (Donald Trump announces the transfer of the embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem). Record News Channel, December 2017. http://tv.r7.com/record-news-play/jornal-da-record-news/videos/donald-trump-anuncia-transferencia-da-embaixada-de-tel-aviv-para-jerusalem-05122017
• Bashar al-Assad agradece apoio de Vladimir Putin no conflito na Síria. (Bashar al-Assad thanks Vladimir Putin for his support in the conflict in Syria). Globo New, Jornal das Dez, November, 2017. http://g1.globo.com/globo-news/jornal-das-dez/videos/t/todos-os-videos/v/bashar-al-assad-agradece-apoio-de-vladimir-putin-no-conflito-na-siria/6305403/
• População do Iêmen está prestes a morrer de fome. Literalmente. (Yemen's population is about to starve. Literally). R7 News International, November, 2017. https://noticias.r7.com/internacional/populacao-do-iemen-esta-prestes-a-morrer-de-fome-literalmente-20112017
• Como a Catalunha influencia outros movimentos separatistas na UE (How Catalonia may influences others separatist movements in EU). Estadão, November 2017. http://internacional.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,como-a-catalunha-influencia-outros-movimentos-separatistas-na-ue,70002076339
• Terrorista de NY tinha objetivo de gerar morte, violência e caos (NY Terrorist aimed to bring death, violence and chaos). R7 News International, November 2017. https://noticias.r7.com/internacional/terrorista-de-ny-tinha-objetivo-de-gerar-morte-violencia-e-caos-02112017
• Em desespero, grupo terrorista faz “jogo de cena” para mostrar força (In desperation, terrorist group does "scene game" to show strength). R7 News International, November 2017. https://noticias.r7.com/internacional/em-desespero-grupo-terrorista-faz-jogo-de-cena-para-mostrar-forca-01112017
• Professor de relações internacionais fala sobre processo de independência da Catalunha (Professor of international relations talks about the independence of Catalonia). Record News Channel, October 2017. https://noticias.r7.com/record-news/jornal-da-record-news/videos/professor-de-relacoes-internacionais-fala-sobre-processo-de-independencia-da-catalunha-10102017
• Ataques em pontos turísticos querem “espalhar o medo” no mundo (Attacks on tourist spots want to “spread fear” in the world). R7 News International, October 2017. http://noticias.r7.com/internacional/fotos/ataques-em-pontos-turisticos-querem-espalhar-medo-no-mundo-03102017#!
• Triads, Chinese Secret Societies and Organized Crime. BossaNova Films, May 2017.
• 巴西人眼中 華人形象正面 (The Brazilian eyes of Chinese are positive) (Hong Kong Economic Journal), July 2015.

Awards:

• Winner of Excellent Paper - “São Paulo: Brazil’s Geopolitical Anchor of Resistance”. International Geographical Union, Commission on Political Geography Pre-Conference. In Sun Yat-sen University, 2016.
• Winner of Best Article - “O Brasil na Rota do Crime Organizado e Terrorismo Internacional”. I Concurso de Artigos (I Articles Contest), VII Congresso Internacional de Direito (VII International Congress of Law). In São Judas University, 2010.