Federico Petroni is a senior fellow at Yorktown Institute, a journalist, and a geopolitical analyst. He serves as U.S. Editor at Limes, Rivista Italiana di Geopolitica, Italy’s leading geopolitical magazine, where he authors the column «Fiamme Americane» on the relationship between domestic political conflict and foreign policy. He is the coordinator of the Scuola di Limes, Italy’s first school of geopolitics and government. He has lectured at Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele in Milan and is a regular commentator on national radio and television.