Antonio Briones Peñalver in recent years has focused on entrepreneurs, business projects creation and management, inter-company cooperation, strategic alliances, and, in general, business collaboration relationships, international cooperation projects, innovation firms, and security and defence strategies in the European Union. He has been a researcher for the Portugal International Centre (CIEO), European Accredited Doctor, and for directing two doctoral theses and more than a dozen research works together with publications of international reference articles and books. Peñalver has developed several publications and has taken part in several Projects for International Development Cooperation between the European Union and Central America, sponsored by the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.