VINOD K. AGGARWAL Professor of Political Science, University of California at Berkeley, FILIPPO ANDREATTA Faculty of Political Science, University of Bologna, FRANCO BRUNI Director, Scientific Committee of ISPI and Director, Department of Economics, Bocconi University, RENZO CAVALIERI Assistant Professor of Comparative Law, University of Pavia, MARTA DASSU Director of the Centre for International Political Studies (CESPI), FABRIZIO GALIMBERTI Chief Economic Writer for IL SOLE-24 ORE, formerly economic adviser to the Minister of the Treasury in Rome, CORRADO MOLTENI Associate Professor of Japanese Studies, State University of Milano, PAOLO PANICO teaches Economics of the Firm, University of Bergamo, Italy and Comparative Economics at Bocconi University, GIANLUCA PASTORI Ph.D. student, Cagliari University, VALERIA F. PIACENTINI Full Professor of History and Institution of the Muslim Countries, Catholic University of Milan, STEFANO SILVESTRI Vice President, Istituto Affari Internazionali in international editorialist of the Sole 24 Ore, BENEDETTA TRIVELLATO Graduate in Economics, Bocconi University, MARIA JULIA TROMBETTA Graduate in 'Discipline Economiche e Sociali', Boccoi University, GIANNI VAGGI Professor of History of Political Economy, University of Pavia.