Jessica Carter

Jessica Carter is a Communications Specialist and Team Leader at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence. She joined the EUI in 2022 after having served as Deputy Director of Communications for six years at the European University Association. Previously, Jessica worked at the Aspen Institute’s Rome headquarters for nearly a decade, where she was co-founder and Managing Editor of the award-winning journal on geopolitics, Aspenia online. A trained journalist, Jessica spent the first six years of her career as a political reporter and anchor working in television newsrooms in the United States.

Eliminating chemical weapons in Syria: will it really work? A conversation with Riccardo Redaelli

The Syrian chemical weapons deal pulled off by the United States and Russia seems like a win-win situation for all parties. The US avoided an expensive war, Russia found its way back into the international spotlight and Syria gained…

Pope Francis between novelty and tradition: a conversation with Greg Burke (Vatican Senior…

It is hard to deny that Pope Francis is a master communicator. In less than two months, he successfully put the Catholic Church in the spotlight and in a positive manner - a task that very recently seemed next to impossible. Pope Francis,…

Testing the Tea Party in the struggle for the soul of the GOP

“From our founding, the Tea Party represents the voice of the true owners of the United States: WE THE PEOPLE.” These words, published on the Tea Party’s “About us” webpage, seem almost ironic now that the 2012 election results have been…

Why the Dems could keep the Senate – despite Romney’s turnaround

Over the summer, Democrats had something to seriously stress over: losing their precious Senate majority in the November 6th elections. Some polls had Republicans gaining control by a wide margin mostly due to hard fights in a relatively…

Libya’s election as a learning process, conversation with Mohamed Wefati

Long-awaited political participation and a return of the air of the Arab Spring – the people of Libya are finally reaping the benefits of their painful revolution. For the first time in five decades, democratic elections were held in Libya…

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