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“Italy: Transatlantic Loyalty First”, M.Mazziotti di Celso and F.Coticchia, NUPI Policy Brief 13/2025

12/2/2025

Glad to be part of this collective effort to examine the issue of "coalition of the willing" related to the war in Ukraine. Here the link to the NUPI project that surveys the political willingness of allies to deploy troops—on the ground, in the air, or at sea—to establish a military presence in or around Ukraine. Here the link to our Policy Brief on the case of Italy.

"The foreign policy of populist governed Middle powers: Italy and the Russia-Ukraine war"

9/7/2025

Glad to see my latest paper (“The Foreign Policy of Populist Governed Middle Powers: Italy and the Russia-Ukraine War”, with Jutta Joachim, Chris Nijhuis, Bertjan Verbeek, and Andrej Zaslove) out. Here the link to Cambridge Review of International Affairs.

“Populism and the use of force”

6/16/2025

Glad to see my chapter "Populism and the use of force” in the new “Routledge Handbook of Populism and Foreign Policy”, by David Cadier, Angelos Chryssogelos and Sandra Destradi (eds), 2025, 457-473. Info here

Italy’s Foreign Military Deployments: Theories, Gaps, and Future Research

3/22/2025

Glad to see our new paper on Italian defense just published on "International Peacekeeping". Here the link to the manuscript, which is the first outcome of our PRIN project on Italian missions abroad. The paper is titled "Italy’s Foreign Military Deployments: Theories, Gaps, and Future Research".

"Muddling through? Defense policy paradigms after the war in Ukraine between transformation and readjustment: the case of Italy"

12/15/2024

Glad to be part of this Forum (ed by S. Hofmann) on International Politics with the paper "Muddling through? Defense policy paradigms after the war in Ukraine between transformation and readjustment: the case of Italy". Here the link.