Roberto Castaldi is Lecturer in International Relations and Political Science at the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna of Pisa. At the Centre for Studies on Federalism, he is vice-editor of Perspectives on Federalism (www.on-federalism.eu) and The Bibliographical Bulletin on Federalism (www.federalism-bulletin.eu). His research interests focus on federalism, European integration, and international systems change.

• Contents: Lucio Levi: The Invention of Federalism – Gottfried Dietze (†): Thoughts on the American and French Revolutions. A Broad View – Massimo Mori: Alexander Hamilton and Immanuel Kant. A Comparison of Two Federalisms – Murray Forsyth: The Scope and Limits of the Political. Hamilton and Kant – Sergio Pistone: Peace as a Condition for Democracy – Ira Straus: Democratic Peace and Federalist Peace Theories. Allies or Enemies?– Roberto Castaldi: The Relations between International and Domestic Politics – Joseph Preston Baratta: The Complementarity of the Thinking of Kant and Hamilton in the United States – Corrado Malandrino: The «Invention» of Complementarity of the Federalist Thought of Kant and Hamilton in Italy.

«It is on [...] rich intellectual terrain that the authors sharpen their analyses and political expertise by placing federal structures, peace and democracy at the core of their scientific investigation and subsequently help to provide a greater understanding of the founding ideas of Kant and Hamilton in this context.» (Michel Theys, Bulletin Quotidien Europe 04/2014)