The Director of the Charles III-Juan March Institute of Social Sciences at the Charles III University of Madrid, where he is also a lecturer in political science. His latest books include La desfachatez intelectual (2016), La impotencia democrática (2014) and La izquierda, fin de un ciclo (2019). His fields of interests include terrorism and comparative politics. 

He is a regular contributor to La Vanguardia, the digital newspaper infoLibre and the digital magazine CTXT.