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 · Aug 18

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

The politics of military assistance: Italian parties’ positions on the war in Ukraine

In recent years, a research agenda on the party politics of military interventions has flourished. However, considerably less attention has been devoted to analysing party positions on the decision...

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Fabrizio Coticchia @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social · 10d

Un mio breve commento sulla guerra in Ucraina, dal punto di vista diplomatico e militare.
www.la7.it/tagada/video...

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 · 17d

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

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 · 21d

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

Reposted by Fabrizio Coticchia, Sandra Destradi

IDEoPOP @ideopop.bsky.social · 25d

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.bsky.social · Jan 11

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

Reposted by Kori Schake, David H. Kaye, Fabrizio Coticchia , and 4 more Kori Schake, David H. Kaye, Fabrizio Coticchia, Robert C. Richards, Robert Wolfe, Federica Genovese, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

Shashank Joshi @shashj.bsky.social · Jan 10

"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...

Iran medics describe hospitals overwhelmed with dead and injured protesters

Hundreds of people are believed to have been killed and injured by the security forces, with more than 70 bodies brought to one hospital.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · Jan 8

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...

Anarchy Is What Donald Trump Makes Of It

There's anarchy and then there's ANARCHY.

danieldrezner.substack.com

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Jan 7

‘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...

www.theguardian.com

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South European Society & Politics @sespjournal.bsky.social · Jan 7

📝 (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....

Reposted by Brendan Nyhan, Efrén O. Pérez, Fabrizio Coticchia , and 4 more Brendan Nyhan, Efrén O. Pérez, Fabrizio Coticchia, Ryan Enos, David R. Miller, Caterina Froio, Stephen A. Meserve

Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · Jan 6

Some reflections from me on January 6 in comparative and historical perspective (first time on substack)

open.substack.com/pub/ziblatt4...

January 6 in Historical Perspective

January 6, 2026

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Reposted by Elizabeth Saunders, Fabrizio Coticchia

Good Authority @goodauth.bsky.social · Jan 5

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...

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.

goodauthority.org

Fabrizio Coticchia @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social · Jan 4

“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"

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Fabrizio Coticchia, Nathan P. Kalmoe

Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · Jan 3

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...

Imperial President at Home, Emperor Abroad

American foreign policy in an age of unrestrained executive power.

www.foreignaffairs.com

Reposted by Brendan Nyhan, Juan Cole, Fabrizio Coticchia , and 12 more Brendan Nyhan, Juan Cole, Fabrizio Coticchia, Frédéric Mérand, Robert C. Richards, Robert Wolfe, Roopika Risam, Stacy D. VanDeveer, Bessma Momani, Raúl Pacheco-Vega, Hisham Zerriffi, Pepper D. Culpepper, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Élisabeth Vallet, David Darmofal

Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · Jan 3

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...

Reposted by Fabrizio Coticchia, Aviel Roshwald

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Jan 1

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

www.theguardian.com

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Enrico Calossi @enricocalossi.bsky.social · Dec 20

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

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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Reposted by Fabrizio Coticchia, Anita Gohdes

nicoblar.bsky.social @nicoblar.bsky.social · Dec 17

#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

EISS - 2026 Conference

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Reposted by Fabrizio Coticchia, Michael Jones‐Correa, Nathan P. Kalmoe

Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · Dec 12

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...

Fabrizio Coticchia @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social · Dec 8

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

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...

www.nupi.no

Fabrizio Coticchia @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social · Dec 7

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....)

Reposted by Alexander Wuttke, Fabrizio Coticchia, Marina Costa Lobo , and 1 more Alexander Wuttke, Fabrizio Coticchia, Marina Costa Lobo, Bonnie N. Field

Mattia Zulianello @mattiazulianello.bsky.social · Dec 7

🌳 Thrilled to launch The PopulisTree — a new website covering decades of populism in Europe (both national and European elections) using a new taxonomy and dataset.

🔗 populistree.org

📄 More in my brand new article in European Union Politics:
🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.bsky.social · Dec 5

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:
…
• A broad network of alliances, with treaty allies and partners in the world's most strategically important regions;

• Unmatched "soft power" and cultural influence;

Reposted by Anne Applebaum, Elizabeth Saunders, Fabrizio Coticchia , and 12 more Anne Applebaum, Elizabeth Saunders, Fabrizio Coticchia, Andreas Wagner, Jonathan Hopkin, Ben Tonra, Will Lowe, Els Torreele, Thomas Hegghammer, Michael Jones‐Correa, Wolfgang Huber, Philipp Sarasin, Kévin Limonier, Christina Pagel, Stuart Shapiro

Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.bsky.social · Dec 5

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.

Reposted by Anne Applebaum, Elizabeth Saunders, Paul Davies , and 10 more Anne Applebaum, Elizabeth Saunders, Paul Davies, Fabián Muniesa, Fabrizio Coticchia, Daniel W. Drezner, David R. Miller, Robert Wolfe, Frank Kühn, Bessma Momani, François Heisbourg, Christina Pagel, Nathan P. Kalmoe

Shashank Joshi @shashj.bsky.social · Dec 5

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...

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Jana Puglierin @jpuglierin.bsky.social · Dec 5

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!

Reposted by Cas Mudde, Nandita Sharma, Evelyne de Leeuw , and 10 more Cas Mudde, Nandita Sharma, Evelyne de Leeuw, Leigh Sparks, Christian E. Weller, Johan P. Olsen, Fabrizio Coticchia, Stephen Ryan, Seán Hanley, Juanjo Medina, Nicolai von Ondarza, Markus Haverland, Francesco Nicoli

Jana Puglierin @jpuglierin.bsky.social · Dec 5

Europeans are waking up this morning to find the new US National Security Strategy (quietly) released. And what it has to say on Europe could not be clearer. On the „stark prospect of civilizations erasure“ for example. 👇

Reposted by Kori Schake, Ben H. Ansell, Andrew Watt , and 3 more Kori Schake, Ben H. Ansell, Andrew Watt, Fabrizio Coticchia, James Cameron, Nicolai von Ondarza

Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.bsky.social · Dec 5

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

Fabrizio Coticchia @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social · Dec 2

"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-...

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.

www.nupi.no

Fabrizio Coticchia @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social · Dec 2

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/...