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Fabrizio Coticchia

@fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social
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Professor of Political Science. University of Genoa. Italian Defense and Foreign Policy. IR, Security Studies, FPA (and...Fiorentina)

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Fabrizio Coticchia @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Una mia analisi della missione italiana in #Niger. Grazie a Formiche per l'intervista. formiche.net/2026/09/nige...
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In Niger gli obiettivi italiani sono sempre più lontani. La versione di Coticchia
Il nuovo tentativo di rovesciare la giunta militare riporta l’attenzione sulla fragilità del Niger e sulla presenza italiana nel Paese. Tra minaccia jihadista, influenza russa e difficoltà delle forze...
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Fabrizio Coticchia @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Un mio commento su crisi internazionali, politica di difesa USA e riarmo europeo video.milanofinanza.it/video/difesa...
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Fabrizio Coticchia @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
APPLY! The PhD Program in Security, Risk and Vulnerability of the Università degli Studi di Genova offers 20 positions with 19 scholarships. Check the curriculum of "Security and Strategic Studies". Deadline for applications: July 9, 2026, 12:00 (CEST) Info 👇 👇 sicurezza.unige.net/admission
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PhD in Security, Risk and Vulnerability - Admission
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Fabrizio Coticchia @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Con alcuni miei commenti 👇
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Fabrizio Coticchia @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
"I've been doing this for 30 years. Nothing prepares you for Gaza" news.un.org/en/story/202...
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Gaza: Life-saving medicines blocked as killing continues, disease gains ground
Dire conditions in Gaza marked by continuing violence, rodent infestations and the spread of infectious disease are being made worse by blockages of essential medical supplies, UN agencies warned on F...
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Fabrizio Coticchia @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Nel consueto silenzio mediatico... "DELIBERAZIONE DEL CONSIGLIO DEI MINISTRI IN MERITO ALLA PARTECIPAZIONE DELL’ITALIA A ULTERIORI MISSIONI INTERNAZIONALI PER L’ANNO 2026" www.senato.it/service/PDF/... Qui la: "RELAZIONE ANALITICA (missioni 2025 e proroga 2026) www.senato.it/service/PDF/...
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Fabrizio Coticchia @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
My contribution "The Italian Job: Designing the First National Security Strategy" to the latest policy paper by ISPI: "Strategy-Making for Policy-Making across Europe" . You can download the report here 👇 strategy-making-for-policy-making-across-europe-237279
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Fabrizio Coticchia @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
This week, the Inter-university Research Center CRISP (Conflict Resolution, International Security and Peace) was established! crisp.unifi.it
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Fabrizio Coticchia @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
"The EU’s current approach to conflict, which increasingly involves supporting efforts to achieve peace through military force, risks making things worse in Africa" www.cer.eu/insights/eu-...
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The EU is trying to speak the language of power in Africa, but what is it saying?
Africa is currently the continent with the largest number of armed conflicts in the world – over 50 – representing 40 per cent of all wars globally. This is a 45 per cent increase since 2020.
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The Great Pumpkin Papers 🎃🎃🎃 @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
I think there should be a 50-foot-tall gold statue honoring President Trump In Beijing
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Fabrizio Coticchia @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Sul n. 175 di Formiche Airpress, “The AI Battlefield”, con Mattia Sguazzini abbiamo pubblicato un breve articolo su intelligenza artificiale, warfare e adattamento organizzativo airpress.formiche.net #AI
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Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
It was not hard to forecast this hybrid, very low-key wind of change — we predicted how her government was gonna be in this 2023 issue www.tandfonline.com/toc/rita20/1...
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Contemporary Italian Politics
Politics in Italy 2023. From Mario Draghi to Giorgia Meloni: Domestic Political Change and Management of International Crises. Volume 15, Issue 2 of Contemporary Italian Politics
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Fabrizio Coticchia @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
‘Democrazie forti’. Marco Minniti, ‘Il Corriere della Sera’. Illustrativo, NO?
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Steve Saideman @smsaideman.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
One of the sharpest mil phrases i learned: don't reinforce failure. Put your resources into something that is working
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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Here, none of that. @abuaardvark.bsky.social describes the shock in the Gulf at the US inability to protect countries to which it had made security promises, if not treaty commitments. One may think the US should not be in the Gulf, but this is chaos. 8/ foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/05/i...
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The United States Could Lose the Gulf
Iran’s attacks on its neighbors are a reminder that the United States cannot protect them.
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Fabrizio Coticchia @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Per chi fosse interessato ai temi del riarmo in Europa, con analisi, dati, grafici, link a documenti ufficiali e letteratura recente. 👇 "IL FUTURO DEL RIARMO. Cause, costi e dilemmi di una svolta storica" www.ispionline.it/it/il-futuro...
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Il Futuro del Riarmo | ISPI
In un contesto di minacce maggiori e minori garanzie degli Stati Uniti, l’Europa sta trasformando profondamente le proprie politiche di difesa. Le risorse mobilitate per il riarmo europeo sono signifi...
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Michele Gonnelli @michelegonnelli.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
@fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social & Mattia Mazziotti di Celso 'All’inizio del 2022, pochi giorni prima che la Russia invadesse l’Ucraina, il governo tedesco annunciò l’invio a Kiev di 5000 elmetti.' Poi la storia ha preso un'altra piega... www.ispionline.it/it/il-futuro...
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Il Futuro del Riarmo | ISPI
In un contesto di minacce maggiori e minori garanzie degli Stati Uniti, l’Europa sta trasformando profondamente le proprie politiche di difesa. Le risorse mobilitate per il riarmo europeo sono signifi...
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Fabrizio Coticchia @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Defense spending in Europe. Italy as an outlier. ecfr.eu/publication/...
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Fabrizio Coticchia @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Un mio breve commento sulla guerra in Ucraina, dal punto di vista diplomatico e militare. www.la7.it/tagada/video...
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Ucraina tra le trattative di tregua e le bombe
L’ICE uccide ancora: l’omicidio Alex Pretti
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Fabrizio Coticchia @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Un mio commento sul tema (Artico, Groenlandia, Trump, Europa) youtu.be/Mf0dOyW2SMA?...
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Russia e Groenlandia: la crisi raccontata da Mosca | Dispacci dalla Russia
YouTube video by ISPI - La geopolitica spiegata in modo chiaro
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Has Trump announced yet that he had to invade Minneapolis because Norway didn’t give him the Nobel Peace Prize?
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Fabrizio Coticchia @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
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IDEoPOP @ideopop.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
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
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Dan Nexon @dhnexon.net · 11/01/2026
Every time someone says “geopolitics” or “geoeconomics” god electroshocks a kitten.
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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
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...
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Anarchy Is What Donald Trump Makes Of It
There's anarchy and then there's ANARCHY.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 07/01/2026
‘They are killing us’: authorities use force against protesters in Kurdish regions of Iran
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‘They are killing us’: authorities use force against protesters in Kurdish regions of Iran
People face teargas, pellet guns and violence as protests continue and opposition parties call for general strike Demonstrations over economic conditions broke out in Kurdish regions of Iran on Wednesday despite authorities using violence to try to disperse protests before an announced general strike, according to witnesses and rights groups. Protesters took to the streets across Kurdish cities in western Iran, with shopkeepers shutting down stores and demonstrators chanting against government corruption. People said they were met with force as authorities fired teargas, pellet guns and what demonstrators said were live bullets at crowds. Continue reading...
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Good Authority @goodauth.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
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...
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What happens now in Venezuela – and the world?
What happens now in Venezuela – and the world? Trump’s no-guardrails foreign policy raises big questions about the global order, not just about who will run Venezuela.
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South European Society & Politics @sespjournal.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
📝 (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....
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Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Some reflections from me on January 6 in comparative and historical perspective (first time on substack) open.substack.com/pub/ziblatt4...
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January 6 in Historical Perspective
January 6, 2026
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Fabrizio Coticchia @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
“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"
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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
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...
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Catastrophic Success by Alexander B. Downes | eBook | Cornell University Press
In Catastrophic Success, Alexander B. Downes compiles all instances of regime change around the world over the past two centuries. Drawing on this impressive data set, Downes shows that regime change....
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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
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...
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Imperial President at Home, Emperor Abroad
American foreign policy in an age of unrestrained executive power.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 01/01/2026
Two people confirmed dead as Iran protests turn into ‘battlefield’
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Two people confirmed dead as Iran protests turn into ‘battlefield’
Nationwide protests against living conditions enter fifth day with security forces reportedly using live ammunition
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Fabrizio Coticchia @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
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Enrico Calossi @enricocalossi.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Ottima intervista di @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social su #Ucraina, #Italia, #Nato e #UnioneEuropea www.play2000.it/detail/140?e...
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Ucraina - 19.12.2025 - Play2000
Senza aiuti Ue quanto potrebbe resistere ancora Kiev contro la Russia? Il fronte cosa racconta sull’andamento della guerra? Fabrizio Coticchia, ordinario in scienza politica all’università di Genova. ...
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nicoblar.bsky.social @nicoblar.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
#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
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EISS - 2026 Conference
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Fabrizio Coticchia @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
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...
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How Bad Is It?: Three Political Scientists Say America Is No Longer a Democracy
They do argue, however, that there are ways out of the United States’ authoritarian moment.
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IDEoPOP @ideopop.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
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!
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Fabrizio Coticchia @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Webinar: Coalition of the Willing for Ukraine: A Multinational Force in the Making www.nupi.no/en/events/20...
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Webinar: Coalition of the Willing for Ukraine: A Multinational Force in the Making | NUPI
How can a Coalition of the Willing support Ukraine, and what might a Multinational Force Ukraine look like? This online launch event presents a new collection of policy briefs that explores these ques...
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Fabrizio Coticchia @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
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....)
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 05/12/2025
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.
III. What Are America's Available Means to Get What We Want?
America retains the world's most enviable position, with world-leading assets, resources, and advantages, including:
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• A broad network of alliances, with treaty allies and partners in the world's most strategically important regions;

• Unmatched "soft power" and cultural influence;
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 05/12/2025
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.
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Gesine Weber @gesineweber.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
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.
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Jana Puglierin @jpuglierin.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
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!
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 05/12/2025
US national security strategy. Something sure is unrecognisable here, but it’s not Europe. www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...

But this economic decline is eclipsed by the real and more stark prospect of civilizational erasure. The larger issues facing Europe include activities of the European Union and other transnational bodies that undermine political liberty and sovereignty, migration policies that are transforming the continent and creating strife, censorship of free speech and suppression of political opposition, cratering birthrates, and loss of national identities and self-confidence.
Should present trends continue, the continent will be unrecognizable in 20 years or less. As such, it is far from obvious whether certain European countries will have economies and militaries strong enough to remain reliable allies. Many of these nations are currently doubling down on their present path. We want Europe to remain European, to regain its civilizational self-confidence, and to abandon its failed focus on regulatory suffocation
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Fabrizio Coticchia @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
"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-...
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Coalition of the Willing for Ukraine Tracker | NUPI
This project 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.
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Fabrizio Coticchia @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
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/...
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Countering hybrid threats: How NATO must adapt (again) after the war in Ukraine - Davide Genini, 2025
After more than 75 years, NATO continues to adapt to an evolving security landscape. Established in the aftermath of World War II, NATO’s original purpose was t...
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