Marco Michieli is a political analyst, journalist, and community manager originally hailing from Venice, Italy. Marco's passion for storytelling has given him tremendous opportunities to write about everything from election coverage in Europe to the wave of populism that we are seeing around the globe. Marco's job has allowed him to work on behalf of politicians, the Belgian-Italian Chamber of Commerce, and the Italian Consulate. Marco Michieli holds a Ph.D. in Political Sciences from the University of Pavia (Italy) with a concentration on Comparative Analysis of Democracies.