Political analyst, writer and journalist with a diploma in Public Opinion, he has a Master’s degree in Political Studies, he did a postgraduate degree in Higher International Studies, he completed his doctoral studies in International Relations and completed his postdoctoral fellowship in Strategic Affairs, Security and Defense.

He is a Research Professor at the Colombian War College and Adjunct Professor at the William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies, based in Washington DC at the National Defense University.

He has been Distinguished Professor, Professor of Academic Excellence Award, Professor and Emeritus Professor of Political Science and International Relations at the Universidad del Rosario, is the author of eight books on political issues and, as a poet and novelist, has published two volumes.

He has also been presidential commissioner for crisis management with Venezuela, advisor on security and defense of the Presidency of the Republic and member of the Historical Commission of the Conflict and its Victims installed in Havana by the Negotiations Table between the National Government and the Farc in August 2014.