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".