[2] He's a faculty member for the International Relations Program at the ESPM college in São Paulo[3] and also teaches geopolitics on his YouTube channel entitled Professor HOC.

[1] Cukier spent 7 years living in the U.S. and has worked for the United Nations at the Security Council in New York, The Organization of American States, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the Peacebuilding & Development Institute.

[6] In 2008 Cukier returned to Brazil and founded the Insight Geopolítico, a consultancy firm in international political risk.

He is a frequent public speaker and commentator for most media outlets, including O Globo, CNN Brazil, The New York Times, among others.

In 2017 he became the Deputy Secretary for Urban Security at the City of São Paulo[4] and led the City Cameras (CCTVs) public surveillance program,[11][12] as well as efforts to tackle the world's largest open drugs scene of crack-cocaine, Crackland.