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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.

Washington and the strange world of leaks

Jessica Carter
Almost a year and a half has gone by since Julian Assange became a household name with the “Cablegate” scandal. Diplomats went as far as describing the incident as the “September 11th of the world of diplomacy” and a few politicians in…

Facing terror: fear in the aftermath of 9/11

Jessica Carter
On June 11, 2001, exactly three months before 9/11, Americans sat comfortably on their couches as they were transported via their television screens to Terre Haute, Indiana. That was the setting for the execution of the country's top…

Obama’s tour: the meaning of Europe

Jessica Carter
President Barack Obama crossed the Atlantic on Sunday night for a tour of the Old Continent including stops in Ireland, France and Poland. However, the only thing European that Americans have on their minds these days is the fall of IMF…