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Alessandro Barbera started his career at the Ap.Biscom agency and has been writing for La Stampa for over twenty years. He covers international affairs, politics, public finance, and global economics. Barbera has collaborated with Aspenia and co-authored La lunga notte dell’euro with Stefano Feltri. A finalist for the Estense Prize, in 2017 he won the State Street Press Award for an investigative report on waste management. He was a writer for In mezz’ora on Rai Tre and is currently working on XXI Secolo on Rai Uno.

Sir Julian King is a Senior Advisor at Flint Global, Fellow of RUSI and the Oxford Internet Institute. He was the last British European Commissioner, serving as EU Commissioner for the Security Union from 2016-2019, with responsibility for counter-terrorism, cyber security, tackling hybrid threats, disinformation, and securing critical digital infrastructure. He joined the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in 1985.  He has held various positions, including:  UK Ambassador to France (2016); Director General Economic & Consular (2014); DG of the Northern Ireland Office London and Belfast (2011); UK Ambassador to Ireland (2009); EU Commission Chef de Cabinet to Commissioner for Trade (2008); UK Representative on EU Political and Security Committee, (2004). Sir Julian is a graduate of Oxford University and the Ecole Nationale d’Administration, Paris.