From May 4th to 14th 2020, the students of the 22nd Course of the “Istituto di Stato Maggiore Interforze (ISSMI)” were engaged in the Combined Joint Planning Exercise “Machiavelli”. “Machiavelli” is the final annual exercise of the Operational Planning course. This course is part of the study curriculum that leads to the achievement of the ISSMI title (the Italian equivalent of the US Joint Service Staff College).