Riccardo Pennisi is a political analyst focusing on geopolitics, demographics, social and electoral trends. He has previously carried out studies and written university papers on democratization in Central-Eastern Europe, state building and EU enlargement; then worked with the Assembly of European Regions in Strasbourg, France. Pennisi has been a regular contributor for Italian think tanks such as Limes, Eastwest, ISPI and AffarInternazionali, and has authored the book "Europei? Fotografia di un continente disorientato".
Eugenio G. Scola is a specialist of American Politics and Culture. A lawyer, he graduated in Law from University of Florence and specialized in comparative law. He spent three months at the New York University as a postgraduate student. He worked for the 2008 campaign of Barack Obama with Democrats Abroad in Italy and followed on the field the 2012 presidential campaign.