Visiting Fellow
Infrastructures, trade, energy, European Union
Italian, English, French
Alberto Rizzi is a visiting fellow with the European Power programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations, based in the Rome office. Previously, he was a pan-European fellow at ECFR.
His research interests focus mainly on European economic policies, international trade, and the geopolitics of energy and infrastructures. Rizzi has extensive experience in research, having worked at the Italian Institute for International Political Studies, the European Army Interoperability Centre, the Italy-China Foundation, and the Italian Embassy in Tallinn.
He holds a BA in international and European studies from the University of Milan and an MA in international politics and regional dynamics from the same institution. He later completed an advanced master’s in EU economic governance at the Institute for European Studies of the Université Libre de Bruxelles.
Plans unveiled at the G20 for a trade corridor linking the EU to India via the Gulf could rival China’s Belt and Road Initiative. But the participants face considerable challenges to ensure its economic viability and secure the necessary financing
To propel the green transition, the EU and its member states need to intensify their ‘friend-shoring’ with non-rivals in the global south. Three promising areas are critical raw materials, sustainable agriculture, and mature renewables technology
The EU should invest more Global Gateway funding in the southern neighbourhood, helping it achieve strategic nearshoring, clean energy, and regional connectivity goals
Strengthening ties with India has become essential both diplomatically, bringing together Delhi, Brussels and Washington, and economically, attaching Europe to the fastest-growing member of the G20
Alberto Rizzi comments on IMEC, the new Economic Corridor aimed at bridging the distances between Europe, Middle East and India
Throughout Europe, the pro-China season has come to an end and has been replaced by headwinds. The eyes of European diplomacies are focused on Rome, not without some concern.
Alberto Rizzi takes stock of Italy’s relationship with China, particularly regarding the maxi Strait Bridge project
With the energy transition and the construction of a sustainable mobility system, the Ministry of Infrastructure is one of the most relevant domestically, in Europe and internationally
Alberto Rizzi’s analysis on the strategic character of the Ministry of Infrastructures in the wake of the formation of the new Italian government
Alberto Rizzi warns that the Italian Brotherhood of Italy leader’s bid for “union of nations” could block progress on European integration
If carried out, these reforms could boost the country’s long-term growth, which is currently very low
Alberto Rizzi comments on the necessity for the next Italian government to pursue the reforms launched by Draghi