Armando Marques-Guedes

Armando Marques-Guedes is a Professor at the Nova School of Law, New University of Lisbon (UNL), and also serves as a Faculty Member in the Strategy Department at IESM. With a distinguished academic career spanning several decades, he holds a summa cum laude Doctorate in Social and Cultural Anthropology from the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at Universidade Nova de Lisboa, where he was affiliated from 1990 to 1999. He also earned his Agrégation in Law at the NOVA School of Law in 2005. His academic journey includes studies at prestigious institutions including the Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas (ISCSP), the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), and the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris.

His research interests span across multiple disciplines with a strong focus on African Studies, Social Anthropology, International Strategy, International Relations, and Political Science. Professor Marques-Guedes has developed particular expertise in security studies, geopolitics, globalization, and terrorism, with recent work focusing on Arctic security, maritime security, and the security implications of submarine cables. His scholarly output demonstrates a progression from theoretical work on state functioning in the era of globalization to increasingly applied research on contemporary security challenges.

His publications from 2023-2025 reveal a clear thematic focus on geopolitical tensions involving Russian and Chinese expansionism, particularly examining their military and economic strategies in the Arctic, Mediterranean, and Atlantic basins. His work on terrorist networks represents a significant contribution to understanding non-hierarchical organizational structures in security contexts, with applications to contemporary counterterrorism strategies.

Professor Marques-Guedes has received significant academic recognition, with over 76,000 followers on Academia.edu, placing him in the top 0.1% of scholars on the platform. His work is frequently cited and has substantial public impact, as evidenced by his numerous media appearances including interviews with CNN Portugal on critical geopolitical issues such as the S-300 missile incident in Poland.

As an educator, he teaches doctoral seminars on Law, Politics and Security at the NOVA School of Law, indicating his active role in mentoring the next generation of scholars and practitioners in international security and law. His prefaces to works on Angolan maritime governance demonstrate his regional expertise in Lusophone Africa and commitment to capacity building in post-colonial contexts.