Nicola Bilotta is a Senior Fellow at the Istituto Affari Internazionali where he works on international political economy, digital economy and geo-finance. He is currently coordinating IAI’s work in the EU-US Trade and Technology Dialogue. He is an Adjunt Professor at the LUMSA University. Prior to this he worked as a Senior Research Analyst at the Banker Research Team (Financial Times), with which he still collaborates as a senior consultant. He was the coordinator of the Think20 (T20) Task Force “Infrastructure Investment and Financing” under the Italian G20 Presidency. He co-authored the books “The (Near) Future of Central Bank Digital Curriencies. Risks and Opportunities for the global economy and Society” and “The Rise of Tech Giants. A Game Changer in Global Finance and Politics”.