Raffaele Marchetti is Deputy Rector for Internationalization and Professor in International Relations in the Department of Political Science and the School of Government at LUISS Guido Carli, Italy. His research focuses on global politics and governance, hybrid and city diplomacy, transnational civil society, (cyber-)security and political risk, and democracy. His book publications include City Diplomacy: From City-States to Global Cities (2021) and Global Strategic Engagement: States and Non-State Actors in Global Governance (2016).