Courses taught at Palazzo Rucellai
The European Union

Credentials
PhD in History of International Relations, University of Florence

Relevant Projects
Researcher at the Ca' Foscari University of Venice

Publications
Monographs:
Il governo del dollaro. Interdipendenza economica e potere statunitense negli anni di Richard Nixon, 1969-1973, Firenze, Polistampa, 2006 (preface by Ennio di Nolfo), ISBN: 88-596-0093-6. The book has been awarded the “Premio SISSCO Opera Prima”, by the Italian Society of Contemporary Historians in 2007.

Edited volumes:
(with A. Lorini), Cuba in the World, The World in Cuba. Essays in Cuban History, Politics and Culture, Firenze, Firenze University Press, 2009, ISBN: 978-88-8453-971-7.

Articles and essays:
“In the Shadow of the Washington Consensus: Cuba's Rapprochement with Latin America in a World Going Unipolar, 1985-1996”, in A. Lorini, D. Basosi (eds.), Cuba in the World, The World in Cuba. Essays in Cuban History, Politics, and Culture, Firenze, Firenze University Press, 2009, ISBN: 978-88-8453-971-7.
(with G. Bernardini) “The Puerto Rico Summit of 1976 and the End of Eurocommunism”, in L. Nuti (ed.), The Crisis of Détente in Europe. From Helsinki to Gorbachev, 1975-1985, London, Routledge, 2008, ISBN: 978-0-415-46051-4.
“Helsinki and Rambouillet. US attitudes towards trade and security during the early CSCE process, 1972–75”, in A. Wenger, C. Nuenlist, W. Mastny (eds.), Origins of the European Security System: The Helsinki Process Revisited, 1965-75, London, Routledge, 2008, ISBN: 978-0-415-43387-7.
“Alle radici della rivoluzione neoliberista: Nixon e l’abbandono di Bretton Woods”, Italia Contemporanea, n. 239-240, giugno-settembre 2005, ISSN: 0392-1077.
“Organismi geneticamente modificati: una questione politica internazionale”, Etica e economia, n. 2, 2004.
“Il crollo di Bretton Woods tra teoria economica e realpolitik”, Storia delle relazioni internazionali, n. 2, 1999, ISSN: 1120-0677.
“Principle or Power? Jimmy Carter's Ambivalent Endorsement of the EMS, 1977-1979”, Journal of Transatlantic Studies, n. 1, ISSN: 1479-4012(2010)8:1, forthcoming 2010.
“Verso un mondo unipolare? L'amministrazione Reagan e la crisi del debito estero latinoamericano, 1981-89”, in M.L. Napolitano, M.E. Guasconi, M. Cricco (eds.), La guerra fredda in America Latina, Firenze, Polistampa, forthcoming 2010.

Teaching Philosophy 
I hope to convince students that reality has many hidden facets and that asking questions is maybe more important than finding answers (although, unfortunately, at the end of the semester, asking questions will not be sufficient to pass the final exam).

Most Rewarding Moments
When students begin to realize that their knowledge of the EU allows them to read the news differently than before taking the course.

Favorite Quote
"En tiempos difíciles hay que endurecer el corazón sin perder la ternura" (Ernesto "Che" Guevara)
(In difficult times, one must harden without ever losing tenderness)