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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

Russia Out, Israel In: The Double Standard of International Sport

Autori
Jörg Krieger
Leo Goretti
Details
Rome, IAI, September 2025, 4 p.
In: IAI Commentaries 25|54

In the media

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

Station Sat: The Key is Winning Over Trump

Le Monde: En Italie la russophilie de Salvini embarrasse la coalition au pouvoir

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,…