Mariano López de Miguel is a historian with a master’s degree in Contemporary History from the University of Cantabria, a specialist in conflicts in Eastern Europe (Ukraine, the Balkans and the former Yugoslavia), the Caucasus (Chechnya, Abkhazia and Georgia) and the Middle East (mainly concerning the Arab-Israeli conflict). He is also a doctoral researcher at the University of Murcia and a member of the Editorial Board of the Online Blog “Conversación sobre la Historia”. He is currently studying for a doctorate at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the University of Murcia.