Un mio commento sul tema (Artico, Groenlandia, Trump, Europa) youtu.be/Mf0dOyW2SMA?...

Has Trump announced yet that he had to invade Minneapolis because Norway didn’t give him the Nobel Peace Prize?

We start the new year with an #IDEoPOP workshop on #populism and security by our PI, @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social. We received very interesting insights into Fabrizio's research results, particularly on the case of Italy. Thank you for the lecture! #MSCA #foreignpolicy

Every time someone says “geopolitics” or “geoeconomics” god electroshocks a kitten.

"A medic at one Tehran hospital said there were "direct shots to the heads of the young people, to their hearts as well", while a doctor said an eye hospital in the capital had gone into crisis mode" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This is a first, very rough draft of something much, much longer that I think I’m gonna have to write. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/anarchy-is...

‘They are killing us’: authorities use force against protesters in Kurdish regions of Iran

Trump’s no-guardrails foreign policy raises big questions about the global order, not just about who will run Venezuela. So, what happens now? @profsaunders.bsky.social breaks down five key points you need to know. Read: goodauthority.org/news/what-ha...

📝 (6) The politics of military assistance: Italian parties’ positions on the war in Ukraine by Vignoli & @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Some reflections from me on January 6 in comparative and historical perspective (first time on substack) open.substack.com/pub/ziblatt4...

“Transatlantic loyalty first”. The note issued by 🇮🇹 on #Venezuela may appear surprising ("a legitimate defensive intervention against hybrid attacks"), but only up to a point. As on other issues (see lnkd.in/dBxWWSMS), “Italy has no intention of supporting initiatives not aligned with Washington"

A deluge of work on regime change after the 2003 invasion of Iraq yielded strong (and rare) agreement in IR: it doesn't work & has terrible consequences. @profdownes.bsky.social's book Catastrophic Success lays it out, but it's right there in the title. www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

I wrote about how we have the foreign policy of a personalist dictatorship right before he attacked Iran in June. A consequence of unchecked executive power: more military misadventures. 3/ www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

Two people confirmed dead as Iran protests turn into ‘battlefield’

Ottima intervista di @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social su #Ucraina, #Italia, #Nato e #UnioneEuropea www.play2000.it/detail/140?e...

#ESSC2026 | Save the date! Thrilled to announce that the European Security Studies Conference is taking place on 11–12 June 2026 at @stockholm-uni.bsky.social The conference is jointly organised by COST Action NetSec, @eissnetwork.bsky.social , & @stockholm-uni.bsky.social eiss-europa.com/2026.html

See the piece below and also this week’s New Yorker podcast with these same three political scientists on the state of American democracy. I continue to learn a lot from them www.newyorker.com/podcast/poli...

One of the challenges that #IDEoPOP researchers face is the classification of populism. This newly published project offers a very relevant categorisation of populist political parties in Europe. It will surely inspire our PIs and PhD candidates!

Webinar: Coalition of the Willing for Ukraine: A Multinational Force in the Making www.nupi.no/en/events/20...

Mmm, I've read about a "realistic NSS","realistic foreign policy". That reminds me of something...(context: 1935, more here www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....)

There is one striking incoherence in the text: the document is all about America first. But the very same document lists America’s “network of alliances” & “unmatched softpower” as assets, and speaks about “collective defence”. If the US does what it describes in the doc, it will lose all that.

The headline, the main takeaway from a European viewpoint is this: The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.

Sometimes people tell me that I exaggerate when I say that the US openly hostile towards Europe. The NSS speaks a very clear language though, and it is a hostile one.

PS: But in the NSS there is reason for „great optimism“ because the patriotic parties of Europe will save Europe. So don‘t you despair, my fellow European!

US national security strategy. Something sure is unrecognisable here, but it’s not Europe. www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...

Trump's national security strategy is out and some of the Europe sections are shocking. "...the growing influence of patriotic European parties indeed gives cause for great optimism." www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...

"Coalition of the Willing for Ukraine Tracker" (You'll find also our contribution on the case of Italy) @nupinytt.bsky.social www.nupi.no/en/projects-...

Useful to (re)read after the words by Cavo Dragone. "Countering hybrid threats: How NATO must adapt (again) after the war in Ukraine" journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Really interesting 👇 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Per chi fosse interessato, una mia analisi sul tema della "leva volontaria" (🤦‍♂️) per la Radiotelevisione svizzera (dal minuto 17) www.rsi.ch/play/tv/tele...

Come se la difesa fosse una questione ‘tecnica’ (che disastro) 🤦🏻‍♂️ www.ilfoglio.it/politica/202...

Extraordinary step. Pentagon, under pretext of "good order and discipline", threatens to recall to duty and court-martial Senator Mark Kelly, a retired naval officer, after he recorded a video telling troops they could refuse illegal orders. Dangerous & authoritarian. www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/11/...

"Trump envoy Witkoff reportedly advised Kremlin official on Ukraine peace deal" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Our online special issue, The Future of Global Governance and World Order, is out! It features 15 short essays plus the editors' introduction, all #OpenAccess. www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #IOFoGG

Blessed are the peacemakers

‘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/...