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Leo Goretti

Position
Head of the "Italian foreign policy" programme; Editor "The International Spectator"
Biography

Leo Goretti is Head of the "Italian foreign policy" programme at IAI, editor of The International Spectator, the peer-reviewed English-language journal of the Istituto Affari Internazionali, and editor of IAI’s series IAI Commentaries, Trends and Perspectives in International Politics and IAI Research Studies.
Leo holds a PhD in History from the University of Reading (UK). He has published extensively on Italian history and politics, in peer-reviewed journals (Modern Italy, Passato e presente, The International Journal of Sport and Society), for international think tanks (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, DGAP) and in IAI’s own editorial series. He regularly provides expert insights to international and Italian news outlets such as the BBC, Foreign Policy, Politico Europe, Deutsche Welle, Der Spiegel, Le Monde, Le Figaro and la Repubblica.

Publications

Data pubblicazione

Sport and International Politics in the Changing World Order

Sport and International Politics in the Changing World Order
Edited by
Emidio Diodato
Leo Goretti
Veronica Strina
Details
Milano, EDUCatt, 2026, 183 p. (Polidemos ; 18)
In: Libri

In the media

The New York Times: The Olympics Are a Show of Global Harmony. The World Is Anything But.

Yle: Meloni brought stability and made Italy a US credit cruncher in the EU

Station Sat: The Key is Winning Over Trump

Research

The project (September 2025-June 2026) aims at strengthening Italy’s role as a privileged interlocutor between the United States, Europe and key actors in the Middle East, contributing to regional…
This project aims to promote knowledge exchange and transfer between policymakers and international affairs experts, with a view to creating a more cohesive group in the broad "foreign policy…
IAI, with the support of the Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo and Fondazione CSF, promotes the Bachelor’s and Master’s dissertation award ‘Italy, Europe and International Relations: History,…