Marzia Giambertoni

Marzia Giambertoni is a policy analyst at RAND. Her research portfolio encompasses a range of international security and defense challenges, including combatant command coordination across EUCOM, CENTCOM, and SOUTHCOM; transnational threat networks; the impact of emerging technologies on strategic competition; and space security cooperation. At the core of her research is a drive to disentangle complex security relationships into practical insights for decision-makers navigating interconnected global challenges.

Prior to joining RAND, Giambertoni served as a U.S. Security Assistance Director’s Fellow for the Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Studies at the Watson Institute, where she focused on assessing, monitoring, and evaluating security sector assistance initiatives. She also worked as a Program Analyst at the U.S. Naval War College and as a Research Assistant for the Middle East Institute, focusing on Iran.

Giambertoni holds a Master of Public Affairs and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and International & Public Affairs, both from Brown University.

Education

Bachelor of Arts in economics, Brown University; Bachelor of Arts in international relations, Brown University; Master of Arts in public affairs, Brown University

Languages

Spanish; Italian; French; Arabic; Portuguese

Selected Work

Giambertoni, Marzia, Hezbollah's Networks in Latin America: Potential Implications for U.S. Policy and Research, RAND Corporation (PE-A3585-1), 2025
Ries, Charles P., Daniel Egel, Shelly Culbertson, David E. Thaler, C. Ross Anthony, Robin Meili, Mark Christopher Schwartz, Amal Altwaijri, Raphael S. Cohen, Marzia Giambertoni, Trevor Johnston, Robert Lane, Clara de Lataillade, Pauline Paillé, Theiline Pigott, Eric S. Rubin, Kobi Ruthenberg, Alexandra Stark, and Michael T. Wilson, Pathways to a Durable Israeli-Palestinian Peace, RAND Corporation (RR-A3486-1), 2025