Fabiana Sofía Perera is an associated professor at the Center for Hemispheric Studies of Defense William J. Perry and Non-Resident Fellow of the Modern War Institute of the United States Military Academy at West Point. Before joining the Perry Center, Fabiana worked in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Undersecretariat of Policy Affairs of the Western Hemisphere. Fabiana has a master’s degree in Latin American studies at the Georgetown University and a PhD in Political Science at George Washington University.