Dr Pablo del Hierro Lecea is an Associate Professor in History at the University of Maastricht. He holds a PhD in History from the European University Institute (Florence, Italy), and MA and BA in History from Complutense University (Madrid, Spain). He specializes in the history of international relations during the Cold War, with special emphasis on decolonization, and political movements in the twentieth century. He is the author of two monographs (Bloomsbury and Palgrave), one book for a wider readership (Editorial Crítica), as well as multiple articles and book chapters.