...Now out as a book: “Owning the Past: The Omnipresence of Divergent Historical Narratives in Law and Politics”, edited by brilliant scholars Angelika Nussberger & Paula Rhein-Fischer, with my chapter 'The Politics of Forgetting and Foreign Policy'. Free access at verfassungsblog.de/wp-content/u...

An interview with @financialtimes.com from some months ago on the global green subsidy race, still relevant.. www.ft.com/content/852a...

🤓 From 'middle power' to subordinate ally? My new article on the descending trajectory of Italy's foreign policy and influence under Giorgia Meloni 📓 This is part of a forthcoming special issue edited by Profs Emidio Diodato and Raffaele Marchetti, with many other interesting contributions

...Environmentally better and probably more effective militarily than building a fence... www.ft.com/content/f36d...

As I argued recently (link.springer.com/article/10.1...), national nuclear industries need state aid in order to survive domestically, let alone compete in the international market. But does it make sense for the EU to invest in nuclear while renewables are cheaper, more decentralised and resilient?

With my comments on Meloni's foreign policy strategy (or lack thereof), as well as her inability to persuade Trump or reap benefits for Italy from her supposed preferential relationship with the US president @fiia.fi

OUT NOW: Luca Pantaleo and @marcosiddi.bsky.social have edited a great volume on the rule of law crisis and #DemocraticBacksliding in Europe, to which I have contributed a chapter on the rise and normalisation of the far right at EU level. Have a look, it's open access! 👇

Excellent (if very hot) 2 days in Milan last week at the conference of the Italian Standing Group on International Relations, co-organised with the SG Russia & Post-Soviet Space that I co-chair with Alessandra Russo and Nicolò Fasola

Good piece by Adam Tooze on European rearmament on.ft.com/3ZI7TPx

Occasionally, some semblance of an independent European stance appears, at least in rhetoric. But even if we take Macron seriously (there is much evidence to suggest otherwise), the other leader of the Franco-German motor offers a sad spectacle by kowtowing to Trump today www.ft.com/content/291e...

I was interviewed for a good article on the energy transition in Europe and its challenges by excellent journalists writing for Climate Home News www.climatechangenews.com/2025/05/16/e...

New Polish president Karol Nawrocki has been (co-)responsible for the country’s awful memory politics for years. I encountered his name and profile while researching the subversion of the then new Museum of the Second World War in Gdansk in 2018-9 www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

European Energy Politics - Marco Siddi | 2023 Episode 37 What drives the EU’s energy politics? Dr Marco Siddi @marcosiddi.bsky.social unpacks the geopolitics of energy and the fallout of the Ukraine war on energy relations. #EnergyGeopolitics #GreenTransition #EUGreenDeal youtu.be/qrjzWol5D7E

🔎 How can we ensure a fair energy transition? Policymakers back the shift to low-carbon energy, but ensuring fairness remains complex. This Working Paper compares how the EGD and the US IRA approach energy justice—focusing on procedural, recognition-based, and distributional fairness Read it here👇

Glad to host Rainer Quitzow and Luana Ladu from Forschungsinstitut für Nachhaltigkeit (RIFS) and @tuberlin.bsky.social in my courses at Cagliari University on 16 April

Join us at the next webinar of the ECPR Research Network on Energy Politics, Policy, and Governance! We will host Marja Helena Sivonen from the Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) @syke.fi 📅 Friday, April 4th, 2025 ⏲️ 12.00 (GMT) / 13.00 (CET) ▶️ Info & Registration: ecpr.eu/Events/296

A recent contribution to @verfassungsblog.de on 'The Politics of Forgetting and Foreign Policy', with a look into the case of Italy. Meloni's right-wing government is trying to revise & refocus the memory of Italy's fascist past by portraying Italians as victims verfassungsblog.de/the-politics...

An interview - in good company of excellent colleagues - on the future of Europe, where I contributed on the Italian government's stance (in Finnish) www.uusijuttu.fi/juttu/sP5VBh...

Brilliant to see @fiia.fi Briefing Paper by my excellent colleagues @marcosiddi.bsky.social, Tuomas Iso-Markku, @manuelmueller.foederalist.eu & Niklas Helwig quoted in @financialtimes.com piece on landmark #German elections tomorrow. www.ft.com/content/e5c0...

The @fiia.fi briefing paper on the Bundestag elections analyses the major political challenges facing Germany - in terms of domestic, European and foreign policy. By @marcosiddi.bsky.social, Tuomas Iso-Markku, @manuelmueller.foederalist.eu and @nhelwig.bsky.social

Authored by @marcosiddi.bsky.social & Cordelia Buchanan Ponczek and first published by @fiia.fi