Karina Stange Calandrin has a Ph.D. and Master in International Relations from the San Tiago Dantas Graduate Program (UNESP, UNICAMP, PUC-SP). She was a visiting researcher at the Department of Peace and Conflict Management at the University of Haifa in Israel and the Institute of International Relations at the University of São Paulo (IRI-USP). Currently, she is conducting her postdoctoral research at the International Relations Institute at the University of São Paulo and is also an International Relations professor at the University of Sorocaba (UNISO). Her research focuses on Decision-making Process, Foreign Policy Analysis, International Relations Theory, Israeli Institutions, Israeli Identity, and International Security.