SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Books
  1. "Reluctant Remilitarisation: Transforming Defence and the Armed Forces in Germany, Italy and Japan After the Cold War", F.Coticchia, M.Dian, and F.N. Moro (Edinburgh University Press, 2023)
  2. "Italian Foreign Policy during Matteo Renzi's Government: A Domestically-Focused Outsider and the World", F.Coticchia and J.Davidson, Lexington (2019) 
  3. "Al di là dell'Arcobaleno. I movimenti pacifisti italiani tra ideologie e contro-narrazioni strategiche’”, A. Catanzaro and F.Coticchia, Milano, Vita e Pensiero (2018).
  4. “Adapt, Improvise, Overcome? The Transformation of Italian Armed Forces in Comparative Perspective”, F.Coticchia and F.N. Moro, Ashgate (2015) (now Routledge) .
  5. “La guerra che non c’era. Opinione pubblica e interventi militari italiani dall'Afghanistan alla Libia”, Milano, UBE Egea, (2014). 
  6. “Qualcosa è cambiato. L’evoluzione della politica di difesa italiana dall’Iraq alla Libia (1991-2011)”, Pisa, Pisa University Press, (2013). ​
  7. "Italian Military Operations Abroad: Just Don't Call it War", P. Ignazi, G, Giacomello and F. Coticchia, Houndmills, Palgrave Macmillan, (2012). 

Articles in “Fascia A” journals (Political Science - 14/A2, according to the Italian Ministry of Education)  ​
  1. "Muddling through? Defense policy paradigms after the war in Ukraine between transformation and readjustment: the case of Italy." International Politics, forthcoming
  2. "Does it Matter that an Ally is Democratic During Crises? Public Diplomacy and Attitudes Toward International Allies in Times of Crisis", F.Coticchia, M.Di Giulio, J.Masullo and A.Ruggeri, European Political Science Review, forthcoming
  3. "The politics of military assistance: Italian parties’ positions on the war in Ukraine”, V.Vignoli and F.Coticchia, South European Politics and Society, forthcoming
  4. ​"What makes paradigms last? A Study of Defense Policy Change in Germany and Italy (1989-2022)”, F.Coticchia and Marco Di Giulio, Journal of European Public Policy, forthcoming
  5. “Still on the same path? Italian foreign and defence policy in the Enlarged Mediterranean”, F. Coticchia and M.Mazziotti di Celso, Mediterranean Politics, 2024.
  6. "Non-Use and Hypocritical Use of Strategic Narratives in Megaprojects. The case of the Florence High-Speed Railway. Coticchia", F. and Di Giulio M., Policy and Society, 2023, 42(2), 164-183.
  7. The Italian armed forces and the new conflicts in Europe, F.Coticchia, F.N. Moro, Contemporary Italian Politics,15/2, 219-236
  8. "New Directions in the Study of Populism in International Relations" by Chryssogelos, A.; Lequesne, C.; Destradi, S.; Cadier, D.; Coticchia, F.; Jenne, E.; Verbeek, B.; LaRoche, C.; Donelli, F.; Zaslove, A., International Studies Review. Section: “The Inevitable Clash? Populists and Foreign Policy Bureaucracies”, F.Coticchia and F.Donelli, 25(4), 2023.
  9. “The government of change? Migration and defence policy under the Giuseppe Conte’s I cabinet”, M.Ceccorulli, F.Coticchia and S.Gianfreda, Contemporary Italian Politics, 2023, 15/4, 2432-449.
  10. "The fog of words. Assessing the problematic relationship between strategic narratives, (master) frames, and ideology", Media, War & Conflict, 2022, Vol. 15(4) 427–449
  11. “Italy’s military operation abroad (1945-2020): trends, data, and pattern”, V.Vignoli and F.Coticchia, International Peacekeeping, 2022, 29(3) 436-462.
  12. “Managing incoherence. Social Democratic Parties and transnational issues in Europe". E. Calossi, F.Coticchia, and M.Di Giulio, European Politics and Society, 2022, 23(2), 189-209. 
  13. “A ‘sovereignist revolution’? Italy’s foreign policy under the ‘Yellow-Green’ government”, F. Coticchia, Comparative European Politics, 2021, 19(6), 739–759.
  14. “I love this game. The interplay between experience and background in role-playing simulations: insights from MUN participants in Italy and the Netherlands”, L.Cicchi, E.Calossi, M. Onderco, and F.Coticchia, European Political Science, 2021, 20, 397-412.
  15. “Peaceful Legislature? Parliaments and military interventions after the Cold War: insights from Germany and Italy”, F.Coticchia, F.N. Moro, International Relations, 2020, 34(4), 482-503.
  16. “Populist parties and foreign policy. The case of Italy’s Five Star Movement”, F.Coticchia and V.Vignoli, British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 2020, 22/3, 523-541 
  17. "I’ll take two. Migration, terrorism, and the Italian military engagement in Niger and Libya’, F.Coticchia and Michela Ceccorulli, Journal of Modern Italian Studies, 2020, 25(2), 174-196
  18. ​Italian political parties and military operations. An empirical analysis on voting patterns", F. Coticchia, and V. Vignoli, Government and Opposition, 2020, vol. 55, no. 3, pp. 456-473. ​
  19. "A reality check for students? How participating in the Model United Nations influences skills, IR perceptions and perspectives on future career", F.Coticchia, L.Cicchi and E.Calossi, Politics, 2020, 40(2), 245-261. 
  20. "From enthusiasm to retreat. Italy and military missions abroad after the Cold War”, F.Coticchia, and F.N. Moro, IPS - Italian Political Science, 15 (1), 2020
  21. "Political parties matter: a research agenda on interactions among elites in post-conflict democracies", F. Coticchia and G.Cama, Contemporary Politics, Vol. 5 issue 4, 2019, 373-392.
  22. “Can you hear me Major Tom? News, narratives and contemporary military operations: the case of the Italian mission in Afghanistan”, F.Coticchia and S.D’Amato, European Security, 2018, 27(2), 224-244.
  23. "Students' knowledge and perceptions of International Relations and the 'Model United Nations'. An empirical analysis". E.Calossi and F.Coticchia, Acta Politica (2018), 53(3): 409-428.
  24. “The Limits of Radical Parties in Coalition Foreign Policy: Italy, Hijacking, and the Extremity Hypothesis”, F.Coticchia and J.Davidson, Foreign Policy Analysis, Vol 14, Issue 2, (2018), 149–168.
  25. “A controversial warplane. Counter-narratives and the Italian debate on the F35”, Alternatives, F. Coticchia, 41/4, 2016, 194-213 (first view 2017). 
  26. “Stick to the plan? Culture, interests, multidimensional threats and Italian defence policy”, F.Coticchia and M.Ceccorulli, Italian Political Science Review/Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica – RISP (2017), 47:2, 183–203 
  27. “Learning from Others? Emulation and Transformation in the Italian Armed Forces since 2001”, F.Coticchia, F.N. Moro , Armed Forces&Society (2016), 42/4, 696-718.
  28.  “Italy’s military intervention to face new security threats: an analysis of the national debate in three intervention cases (Darfur, Somalia and Haiti)”, F. Coticchia and M. Ceccorulli, Contemporary Politics, 2016, 22/4, 412-431.
  29.  “The war that wasn’t’ there. Framing Italy’s ‘Peace Mission’ in Afghanistan”, F. Coticchia, C. De Simone, Foreign Policy Analysis, (2016) 12, 24–46. 
  30.  “Multidimensional threats and military engagement. The case of the Italian intervention in Libya”, F.Coticchia and M.Ceccorulli, Mediterranean Politics, 2015, vol 20, issue 3, 303-321, 2015.
  31. "A critical friend: monitoring and evaluation systems, development cooperation and local governments. The case of Tuscany", F.Coticchia, A.Mezzasalma, S. Rossignoli, Evaluation and Programme Planning, vol 50, 63–76, 2015.
  32. “Effective strategic narratives? Italian public opinion and military operations in Iraq, Libya, and Lebanon”. Italian Political Science Review/Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica - RISP, 45(1), 2015, 53-78. 2015​
  33. “Transforming the Italian Armed Forces, 2001-2012. New challenges and budget constraints”, F. Coticchia, F.N. Moro, The International Spectator, vol 49, n.1 , 133-148, 2014.​
  34. “Peace and War in Political Discourse of Italian Marxist and post-Marxist Parties” Enrico Calossi, Fabio Calugi and Fabrizio Coticchia, Contemporary Italian Politics, Vol.5, n.3, 2013, pp. 309-324.
  35. “High Stakes, Low Strategies: the European Union and the Fight against Transnational Organised Crime  in State-building Missions”, Francesco Strazzari and Fabrizio Coticchia, Interdisciplinary Political Studies, 2/1, March 2012, pp.8-23, ISSN 2012, 2039-8573.
  36. "Helping Hands: Civil-Military Cooperation and Italy's Military Operation Abroad", F. Coticchia and G. Giacomello, in Small Wars and Insurgency, Vol. 20, No.4, 2009, pp.592-610, ISSN 0959-2318.
  37. “Le missioni italiane all'estero e i partiti della Seconda Repubblica: valori condivisi o scelte a coerenza alternata?” Enrico Calossi and Fabrizio Coticchia, in Quaderni di Scienza Politica, Anno XVI, Terza serie- n.2, agosto 2009, pp, 269-302, ISSN  1124-7959
  38. “In Harm's Way: Why and When a Modern Democracy Risks the Lives of Its Uniformed Citizens?” Giampiero Giacomello and Fabrizio Coticchia, in European Security, vol 16, n.2, pp.163-182, June 2007.
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Other Peer-reviewed articles 

​"An International Peacekeeper. The evolution of Italian Foreign and Defence Policy" , F.Coticchia and A.Ruggeri, IAI Policy Paper, "Osservatorio IAI-ISPI sulla Politica Estera italiana", 2022, ISSN 2610-9603 | ISBN 978-88-9368-243-5

“Through military lenses. Perception of security threats and jointness in the Italian Air Force”, L.Cicchi, F.Coticchia, and F.N. Moro, Defence Studies, 18(2), 2018, 207-228.

“La dottrina non detta. Politica di difesa italiana e counterinsurgency: il caso dell’operazione IBIS in Somalia”, Afriche e Orienti, 1-2/2013, pp. 173-189 ISBN 978-88-6086-036-1. (Fascia A 14/B2)
 
“Cultura Strategica e Politica di Difesa Italiana: una paradossale Securitizzazione della Pace?”, in “WARning – Rivista Semestrale di Studi Internazionali”, 1/2012, pp. 133-159, ISSN 2279-7017
 
“The ‘enemy’ at the gates? Assessing the European military contribution to the Libyan war”, in “Perspectives on Federalism”, Vol. 3, issue 3, 2011, pp.48-69, ISSN: 2036-5438
 
“Opinione Pubblica e Politica di Difesa”, in “Il Politico”, 1/2010, pp. 169-205, ISSN, 0032-325X (FASCIA A 14-B1)
 
“Esiste una Via Italiana alla Cultura di Difesa?”, Fabrizio Coticchia and Giampiero Giacomello, in “Biblioteca della libertà”, XLIII (2008), n. 193, pp. 109-122. (FASCIA A, 14- A1) 


Book Chapters:

“Populism and the use of force”. In David Cadier, Angelos Chryssogelos and Sandra Destradi (eds), “Routledge Handbook of Populism and Foreign Policy”, 2024 forthcoming

“Le forze politiche italiane e la sicurezza nel Mediterraneo allargato”, F. Coticchia e J.M. Reure, in F.De Ninno e F.Cavo, “l Mediterraneo allargato e l'Italia. Dalla Guerra fredda al mondo post bipolare, Roma, Viella, 2024, 133-150. 

“Populismo e Politica Estera”, in Capire il populismo, di Mattia Zulianello e Petra Guasti (a cura di), UTET, 2024, 20-21.

“‘Is another defense possible?’ The narrative of the civil, unarmed and nonviolent defense: the case of Italy”, A.Catanzaro, E.Corradi and F.Coticchia, in Carolla, P. and Gazzano F. (eds) Retorica e Politica. Tracce di diplomazia culturale nel tempo. Roma: L’Erma di Bretschneider, (forthcoming)

Verso l’elaborazione della prima strategia nazionale di sicurezza italiana: un’analisi comparata”, F.Coticchia and M. Mazziotti di Celso, in Quagli, A. (ed.) “"L’interesse nazionale nell’economia delle aziende”, Franco Angeli, 2024. 

“When Populist Friends Abroad Hurt You At Home. How populist leaders in Italy and The Netherlands coped with the Russo-Ukrainian war”, Fabrizio Coticchia and Bertjan Verbeek, in:  Political Communication and Performative Leadership: Populism in International Politics, Corina Lacatus, Gustav Meibauer, and Georg Lofflmann (eds.), Palgrave 2023, 125-145
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“La partecipazione italiana alle missioni internazionali: disciplina e caratteristiche”, F.Coticchia and M. Mazziotti di Celso, In Osservatorio diritti Umani (a cura di) Politica estera e diritti umani, Quaderni CeSPI – Donzelli, 2024, pp.115-128.

“L’Evoluzione della dottrina della NATO tra crisis management e difesa territoriale” (2023) In Natalizia, G., Termine, L. (a cura di) (2023). La NATO verso il 2030. Continuità e discontinuità nelle relazioni transatlantiche dopo il nuovo Concetto Strategico. Bologna: il Mulino, 2023, 169-181

'Le forze armate italiane e i nuovi conflitti in Europa', F.Coticchia, F.N. Moro Genovese, F., Vassallo, F. (a cura di) Politica in Italia. I fatti dell'anno e le interpretazioni. 2023. 141-163. Bologna: il Mulino
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“Afghanistan: le lezioni della guerra perduta e le alternative di pace”  Fabrizio Coticchia and Francesco Strazzari. In (es) Daniela Musina and Delina Gox. Afghanistan senza pace. 2001-2021. Ragioni, documenti, reportage.Sbilanciamoci: 2022.

“Italy still the days  seem the same?” Fabrizio Coticchia and Valerio Vignoli, in “Foreign policy change in Europe since 1991”, Jeroen Joly & Tim Haesebrouck (eds.), Palgrave, 2021
 
“Parlamenti e controllo dell’uso della forza”, in Democrazia e sicurezza. Società occidentali  e violenza collettiva. Le nuove sfide, di A. Panebianco (ed.), Bologna_ Il Mulino. 2021.

“La Politica di Difesa”, in G.Capano e A.Natalini, “Le politiche pubbliche in Italia”, 77-94, Il Mulino, 2020

​“Aspiring and Reluctant Middle-Powers? Italy’s and Germany’s Defense Reforms after the Cold War”, F.Coticchia and F.N.Moro, in G.Giacomello and B.Veerbek (eds) ‘Middle Powers in Europe and Asia’, Lexington, (2020).

Ostermann, Falk, Florian Böller, Flemming J. Christiansen, Fabrizio Coticchia, Daan Fonck, Anna Herranz-Surrallés, Juliet Kaarbo, Krystof Kucmas, Rasmus B. Pedersen, Tapio Raunio, Yf Reykers, Michal Smetana, Valerio Vignoli, and Wolfgang Wagner (forthcoming). “Voting on the Use of Armed Force: Challenges of Data Indexing, Classification, and the Value of a Comparative Agenda”. In Methods in defence studies. A pluridisciplinary handbook. Edited by Delphine Deschaux-Dutard. London and New York: Routledge, 2020.

"L'impatto militare dei foreign fighters. Un caso di studio", L.Cicchi and F.Coticchia, in F.Ruschi e R.Campione (eds.), "Guerra diritto e Sicurezza nelle Relazioni Internazionali", 103-130, Giappichelli (2019).

“Unheard Voices: International Relations Theory and Italian Defence Policy”, in Belloni, Roberto, Della Sala, Vincent, Viotti, Paul (Eds.), “Fear and Uncertainty in Europe. The Return to Realism?”, Palgrave (2019). 

“Italy”, in H. Mayer and M. Weiss, “The Handbook of European Defense Policies and Armed Forces”, Oxford University Press (2018).
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“Running in chains. The transformation of Italian defense policy”, in M. Evangelista (ed.) “Italy from Crisis to Crisis: Politics, Economics, and Security in the 21st Century”, Routledge (2018).

"El impacto militar de los foreign fighters. Un caso de estudio". In R.Campione y F.Ruschi, "Guerra, derecho y seguridad en las relaciones internacionales", L.Cicchi y F.Coticchia, Tirant lo Blanche (2017).

“Learning and adaptation in contemporary conflicts. ‘Foreign Fighters and the case of the ISIL”. In “Foreign Fighters under International Law and Beyond, A.deGuttry, F.Capone and C.Paulussen (eds) T.M.C. Asser Press and Springer-Verlag, (2016). ISBN: 978-94-6265-098-5​

“Le implicazioni per la politica di difesa e lo strumento militare”, In S.M. Torelli e A.Varvelli,  “L’Italia e la minaccia jihadista. Quale politica estera?” ISPI Epokè, 2015, ISBN 978-88-98014-69-9

“The winter of our consent? Framing Italy’s ‘peace mission’ in Afghanistan”, Fabrizio Coticchia and Carolina De Simone, in “Strategic Narratives, Public Opinion, and War. Winning domestic support for the Afghan war”,  Beatrice de Graaf, George Dimitriu and Jens Ringsome (eds.), New York: Routledge, 2015, pp.219-240.

“Stati ‘falliti’ e peace-building: una nuova chiave di lettura”, in P.Foradori e G.Giacomello (eds.) “Sicurezza globale: Le nuove minacce”, Bologna, Il Mulino (2014), pp.23-42

“Critical Friend: Sistemi di Monitoraggio e valutazione, cooperazione allo sviluppo ed enti locali. Il caso della Regione Toscana”. F.Coticchia, A.Mezzasalma and S.Rossignoli, 2014, in AAVV, Costruire la pace tra Stato e territori. I dilemmi del peacebuilding, Trento, Centro Studi Erickson, 2014. ISBN: 978-88-590-0583-4

"A Remarkable Evolution. Italy’s Participation in PKOs: Figures and Trends" in in A. de Guttry, E. Sommario, L. Zhu (eds.) "China's and Italy's Participation in Peacekeeping Operations Existing Models, Emerging Challenges", Lexington 2014, ISBN/9780739189320.

"The Phantom Menace. Transnational Organized Crime and the Shaping of the Western Balkans", Francesco Strazzari and Fabrizio Coticchia, in Solioz, C. and Stubbs, P., “Towards Open Regionalism in South East Europe”, Nomos Publishers, 147-174, 2012

“Securing Italy's Energy Supply and Private Oil Companies”, Fabrizio Coticchia, Giampiero Giacomello, and Nicolò Sartori, in “Italy’s Foreign Policy in the 21st Century: The New Assertiveness of an Aspiring Middle Power?”, Giampiero Giacomello and Bertjan Verbeek, Lexington, 2011, pp. 175-195.

“All Together Now: Peace Support Operations as a "Bipartisan" Instrument of Italian Foreign Policy”, Fabrizio Coticchia and Giampiero Giacomello, in “Italy’s Foreign Policy in the 21st Century: The New Assertiveness of an Aspiring Middle Power?”, Giampiero Giacomello and Bertjan Verbeek, Lexington, 2011, pp. 135-154

"Responsibility to protect", in "Manuale di Studi Strategici", G. Giacomello, G. Badialetti (eds.), Milano, Vita e Pensiero, 2009, pp. 296-297

"Human Security", in "Manuale di Studi Strategici", G. Giacomello, G. Badialetti (eds.), Milano, Vita e Pensiero, 2009, pp. 305-306

"Security, Old Issues, New Frames. Securitization and Human Security", Fabrizio Coticchia and Federica Ferrari, in "Security in the West", in G. Giacomello e C. Nation (ed.), Milano, Vita e Pensiero (and Cornell University Press), 2009, pp.239-270.

Other articles

“Lezioni dall’Afghanistan, conteso e abbandonato”, Il Mulino, 3/2023, 104-116

"A Watershed Moment? European Defence and the War in Ukraine” (2022) In S.Giusti and G.Grevi “Facing War: Rethinking Europe’s Security and Defence”, ISPI Report

"La politica di difesa italiana nel nuovo quadro europeo", F.Coticchia e H.Meijer, Il Mulino, 2/2022, 96-106.

​“L’Italia verso il nuovo Concetto strategico Nato. I tre punti caldi”, in “Formiche”, 18 December 2021.

“La NATO e l’Italia”, in “Verso un nuovo Concetto strategico della NATO. Prospettive e interessi dell’Italia”, a cura di G.Natalizia e L.Termine. Osservatorio di Politica Internazionale. Camera dei Deputati, Senato della Repubblica e Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione, December 2021.

"La Politica di Difesa del Governo Draghi", in Affari Internazionali, October 2021 

“La NATO e l’Italia “
in “Verso un nuovo Concetto Strategico per la NATO. Prospettive e interessi dell’Italia”. Approfondimento per Osservatorio Politica Internazionale – Italian Parliament, October 2021

​“Quali lezioni apprese dopo venti anni di guerra in Afghanistan?”, “Mensilmente – UNIGE life”, 29 September 2021
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“Dopo il ritiro dall’Afghanistan, serve una riflessione accademica. La proposta del prof. Coticchia (UniGe)”, in Formiche, 8 July 2021 
 
Un centro di gravità permanente? La difesa italiana e il Mediterraneo allargato, in Formiche, 19 April 2021
 
"Difesa e Missioni. Necessario un dibattito pubblico nel paese", in Affari Internazionali, February 2020 
 
“La NATO tra Varsavia e il Mediterraneo”, ISPI Dossier, 7 July 2016.

un “Renew or Reload? Continuity and Change in Italian Defence Policy”, F.Coticchia, A.Locatelli, F.N.Moro, EUI Working Papers Series, EUI RSCAS 1/2016, ISSN 1028-3625.

“Ministro Cercasi, L’Agenda c’è Già”, in Affari Internazionali, October 2014.

"Tra Libro Bianco e F35, qui Renzi gioca in 'Difesa'", F.Coticchia and F.N.Moro, ISPI Dossier, July 2014

"La piccola rivoluzione del Libro Bianco della Difesa", F.Coticchia and F.N.Moro, ISPI Commentary, April 2014

“The Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and WMD in the Middle East: Towards a New Regulatory Framework”, Natalino Ronzitti and Fabrizio Coticchia (2013), Model United Nations, Consules.

 “Europarties and the Common Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union", E.Calossi, F.Coticchia,  EUDO Working Papers Series, 2013, EUI RSCAS; 2013/04; ISSN 1028-3625

“Qualcosa è cambiato. L’evoluzione della politica di difesa italiana tra esigenze di riforma e nuovi scenari strategici, “ISPI Policy Brief”, n. 220, 2012

 “La Power Projection dello Strumento Militare Italiano: da “Desert Storm” all'”Operazione Leonte”, in “Informazioni della difesa”, 2/2010, pp.40-49, ISSN 2036-9786

"The more the better? The new counterinsurgency strategy in Afghanistan", in ITPCM Newsletter, Dicembre 2009, pp. 18-22.“La politica italiana per la riforma dell’Onu”, in “Il Mulino” , n.4 Luglio-Agosto 2005, pp 716-725, ISSN 0027-3120

"Peace Support Operations" e cambiamento del fenomeno bellico: I documenti ufficiali della Politica di Difesa Italiana, in “Informazioni della Difesa”, n. 3, 2007, ISSN 2036-9786

"Il Ruolo Internazionale delle Forze Armate Italiane", Fabrizio Coticchia and Giampiero Giacomello, “Il Mulino” (n.4 July-August 2006), ISSN 0027-3120


"A Watershed Moment? European Defence and the War in Ukraine” (2022) In S.Giusti and G.Grevi “Facing War: Rethinking Europe’s Security and Defence”, ISPI Report, available at: https://www.ispionline.it/it/pubblicazione/facing-war-rethinking-europes-security-and-defence-36652#.Y3Zb1ABrB4E.twitter