‘Budapest bella, ma non ci vivrei’ www.roars.it/ecco-il-test...

In case this got lost, reminder that at COP30 the United States is not sending any high level representatives, and apparently no technical staff either, for the first time in 30 years.

-E come va il dibattito pubblico in Italia sulla politica estera e le relazioni internazionali? -Eh, al confronto, va meglio la Fiorentina…

"Information and national security during international crises" www.eurac.edu/en/institute...

It is worth noticing that Italy remains the sole W middle power without a National Security Strategy and a National Security Council...

Putin’s mesmeric sway on Trump on.ft.com/48HkTdu

💡 Valerio Vignoli & @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social FIND…💡 a curvilinear support for military aid across the left–right axis. Yet, FdI’s backing constitutes a deviation from this model. Read the article here 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

It’s a beautiful day to resist democratic backsliding!

From 1,5% to 2% of the GDP in "one night" for 🇮🇹... How? Still a mystery not explained by official docs (below the DPP): "military mobility" (??) + "sectors with more military focus" (???) 🤔

Defense expenditure: Italy moved from around 1.5% to 2% of the GDP in 2025. How? We don’t know exactly. We waited months for a detailed answer. The DPP (👇) supposed to finally provide some info. Yet, no info at all. Still a mystery…

"Extending the armed forces’ participation in internal security gives rise to problems within the military.Soldiers are transformed into subordinates of the police, they are relegated to routine constabulary duties".See this paper, Charles Moskos Prize 2025, on🇮🇹 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

If mil leaders don’t buy the message, they can keep quiet or self-select out. Those who don’t want to be part of politicized military (or agree w/ the ideology) leave. This aims to weed out committed professionals who strongly adhere to norms of nonpartisanship. 6/

For the Guardian, @turnbulldugarte.com and I discuss our research that clearly shows one thing: Labour's anti-immigration strategy will only strengthen Reform and weaken its own electoral prospects. It won't win voters back but ultimately normalizes the far right www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Why is political violence on the rise in the United States? Ursula Daxecker and @neerajprsd.bsky.social of the University of Amsterdam and @andrearuggeri.bsky.social of the University of Milan look at the trend and where it might lead blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

New article published by our own @bertjanverbeek.bsky.social Jutta Joachim, Chris Nijhuis, and Andrej Zaslove (with @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social ) in @cambridgecria.bsky.social 👉 'The foreign policy of populist governed Middle powers: Italy and the Russia-Ukraine war' 👉 doi.org/10.1080/0955...

We have front-row seats to the greatest voluntary liquidation of a great power’s status and geopolitical influence in modern history, writes columnist @stephenwalt.bsky.social.

‘Information and national security during international crises’ EURAC, October 3rd www.eurac.edu/en/institute...

Thanks to @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social for giving us the possibility to guest edit a special issue on "Political violence in democracies". Ursula Daxecker, @neerajprsd.bsky.social and I wrote an open access introduction: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... Thanks to all authors of 14 articles!

Glad to see our paper out: "The foreign policy of populist governed Middle powers: Italy and the Russia-Ukraine war" Cambridge Review of International Affairs www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Roundtable - Italy and the Transformation of European Security (in Italian. Tavola rotonda sul riarmo europeo) at #SISP25 www.radioradicale.it/scheda/76717...

ops..."US Pushes Back on Italy Counting Sicily Bridge as NATO Asset" (yet, still not clear how Italy had mysteriously reached the 2%...) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

‘Ukrainian artillerists say they aren’t using howitzers any less because of drones. They are telling the U.S. and other allies that big guns retain some key advantages, not least greater firepower.’ www.wsj.com/world/europe...

"Leaders who violate alliances could attempt to minimize the damage by misrepresenting the terms of the alliance, claiming that circumstances have changed, or painting the ally’s behavior in an unflattering light" Tomz and Weeks 2021, ISQ #Ukraine #NATO

"Famine in Gaza: ‘A failure of humanity itself’, says UN chief" news.un.org/en/story/202...

Remarkable open letter from Bill Burns. "If intelligence analysts at the CIA saw our rivals engage in this kind of great-power suicide, we would break out the bourbon. Instead, the sound we hear is of champagne glasses clinking in the Kremlin and Zhongnanhai." theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Per chi fosse interessato, un mio intervento a Class CNBC in relazione a guerra in #Ucraina e difesa europea 👇https://video.milanofinanza.it/video/mercati-le-incognite-del-settore-difesa-in-attesa-del-faccia-a-faccia-tra-putin-e-zelensky-x9p6uaa

People are STILL minimizing b/c the worst hasn't happened. Sure, DC now has military checkpoints, but isn't crime bad there? Sure, people are being dragged away by goon squads, but aren't they mostly illegal? Sure, universities and the media are being strong-armed, but aren't they too liberal?

✨ Two additional articles from our new #SpecialIssue are now 🆓#FreeAccess! ⏳ 1⃣ The politics of military assistance: Italian parties’ positions on the war in Ukraine By Valerio Vignoli & @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social 📖 Read and ⬇️ download it here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Free access: "The politics of military assistance: Italian parties’ positions on the war in Ukraine" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Sending the Guard to police DC citizens politicizes the military--just like using it and active duty troops against protesters and in immigration and counter cartel missions does. This is no accident. It's part of a broader effort to transform the military into a partisan force.

I’m pleased to be part of this special issue, with the paper ‘The politics of military assistance: Italian parties’ positions on the war in #Ukraine’ (with V.Vignoli)

"Democracy is a system in which parties lose elections"

How the EU succumbed to Trump’s tariff steamroller https://on.ft.com/3ILGrKP

One in three Gazans goes multiple days without eating. Malnourished mothers can no longer produce milk to breastfeed their children and hospitals have run out of nutritional supplements to treat gaunt babies https://on.ft.com/3H9L154

Dichiarazione della Società Italiana di Scienza Politica (SISP) su Gaza

Doctors and health officials report wave of hunger deaths in Gaza https://on.ft.com/3IJ5jTB

"Il processo di Lezioni Apprese nelle Forze Armate Italiane" www.italiandefence.org/wp-content/u... Qui tutte le pubblicazioni legate al progetto www.italiandefence.org/pubblicazioni/

UNRWA has food for the entire population for over three months — stockpiled and ready also in Al Arish, Egypt. The supplies are available. The systems are in place. Open the gates. Let UNRWA deliver. 1 million children are waiting.

If Giorgia Meloni--or any future 🇮🇹 govt--wants to get near 3.5% of GDP on defense, they have will have to overcome massive public opposition. In this recent poll, only 25% of Italians agreed that Italy should spend more on defense by cutting social spending. www.censis.it/sites/defaul...

"Il meccanismo dello Step sarebbe simile all’Invest Eu, opzione caldeggiata da Meloni [...].Anche il nome, il richiamo alle tecnologie,rafforzerebbe la NARRAZIONE che vuol far passare la maggioranza, che non si spenderà solo in armi, ma per la sicurezza in generale" www.repubblica.it/esteri/2025/...

"This is foreign policy in the Trump era: Announce deals, push their resolution out a week or two, and hope they happen. If they don’t—move on and declare success, regardless of any actual outcomes" www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

I think there is a word for this. “The idea of the zone, according to Katz, is to accommodate … 600,000 Palestinians who have been living in the Mawasi area on the coast… after screening them…Palestinians will not be allowed to leave the zone, he said.” timesofisrael.com/katz-calls-for…

Our latest Workshop related to the "PRIN Project on Italian defense and lessons learnt". Here more info 👇https://www.italiandefence.org/internal-workshop-genoa-assessment-of-results-on-decision-making-process/ On our website you'll find additional info,publications,reports on Italian defense policy

"A dictator’s foreign policy" www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

Yesterday, @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social and Francesco Baraldi presented their ongoing research on rebellious behavior in legislative voting and defence policy in our IDEoPOP colloquium. Super interesting discussions about the possible role of populism in this!

Thanks @ideopop.bsky.social PhDs and colleagues for your useful comments, questions, and suggestions on our paper!

"Influence of money over politics is the curse of democracy" adamprzeworski.substack.com/p/week-20?ut...

All'interno di società sempre più segnate dalla polarizzazione (specie quella "affettiva",che porta le persone a sviluppare sentimenti negativi verso chi la pensa diversamente, come tra tifosi di calcio),negare l'evidenza-come quella legata al cambiamento climatico-diventa un approccio ahimè comune

🛡️ @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social and @marcodigiulio.bsky.social on defence policy change in Germany and Italy