Alan Friedman is a journalist, bestselling author and documentary producer who has been an award-winning foreign correspondent and commentator with the Financial Times of London, the International Herald Tribune/New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. He has also been a prominent talk-show host on Italian television, developing and anchoring prime-time shows for Rai 2 and Rai 3, Sky and La7. He is presently an opinion columnist for Italy’s La Stampa newspaper.