Cavanna is analyst at the Centre d’analyse, de prévision et de stratégie at the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs. He was previously a visiting assistant professor at Lehigh University and Tufts University (Fletcher School), a postdoctoral fellow at Southern Methodist University, and a lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania. His current book project is on the U.S.-China competition in Europe and Eurasia. His most recent articles and book chapters have been published by the Texas National Security Review (Unlocking the Gates of Eurasia: China’s Belt and Road Initiative and its Implications for U.S. Grand Strategy), Oxford University Press India (Quest for a Peaceful, Prosperous and Friendly Neighbourhood: India’s South Asia Policy, 2004–14), the Brookings Institution Press (Coercion Unbound? China’s Belt and Road Initiative), and the Oxford Research Encyclopedia (U.S. Grand Strategy since 1776). He also worked on U.S. policy in South Asia and America’s war in Afghanistan. Cavanna holds a French “Agrégation” in History, an MA and PhD in History from Sciences Po Paris, and an MA from Audencia Business School. He was also a Fox Fellow at Yale University.