Jakub Romaniuk is a Non-Resident Fellow in the Eurasia Program at the Foreign Policy Research Institute and Programme Director at the Foundation Institute for Eastern Studies. At the Foundation Institute for Eastern Studies, organizer of the Economic Forum in Karpacz, Poland, he is responsible for the conference program, cooperation with international institutional partners, and relations with Italy and the United States. He holds a degree in Italian Philology and European Studies from the University of Warsaw and has completed part of his studies at the Università degli Studi di Pavia. He specializes in Central and Eastern Europe, transatlantic relations, Italian politics, and the geopolitics of sport.