Adolfo Chiri is a professor at Harvard University Chiri has PhD in International Economy, University of Miami, USA; M.P.A. in Political Economy and International Security, Harvard University, USA. He has been president of East Gate Media; Executive Vice President of Strategies for Energy Dependent Economies, Inc .; chief economist and vice president of research and knowledge management at Strategy Research Corporation. He has conducted academic research in the area of competitiveness, security and energy at Harvard University.