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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Enrico Calossi @enricocalossi.bsky.social · 6d

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 · 9d

#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 · 13d

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

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Fabrizio Coticchia @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social · 18d

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...

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Fabrizio Coticchia @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social · 19d

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 · 19d

🌳 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 · 21d

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 · 21d

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 · 21d

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 · 21d

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 · 21d

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 · 21d

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 · 24d

"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.

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Fabrizio Coticchia @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social · 24d

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/...

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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Reposted by Elizabeth Saunders

Fabrizio Coticchia @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social · 26d

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

The Unconstrained Future of World Order: The Assault on Democratic Constraint and Implications for US Global Leadership | International Organization | Cambridge Core

The Unconstrained Future of World Order: The Assault on Democratic Constraint and Implications for US Global Leadership - Volume 79 Issue S1

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Fabrizio Coticchia @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social · 26d

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UN Committee against Torture publishes findings on Albania, Argentina, Bahrain and Israel

GENEVA - The UN Committee against Torture (CAT) today issued its findings on Albania, Argentina, Bahrain, and Israel after reviewing the four States Parties in its latest session.The findings contain ...

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Fabrizio Coticchia @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social · 27d

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...

Telegiornale, 20:00 - Play RSI

Le notizie di prima serata

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Fabrizio Coticchia @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social · 27d

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

Meno propaganda politica, più colonnelli. Evviva i militari in Parlamento

Depoliticizzare il dibattito sul piano anti Putin mettendo il governo da parte e facendo entrare in campo (in Aula) i vertici delle forze armate. Incursion

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Fabrizio Coticchia @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social · Nov 26

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

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Shashank Joshi @shashj.bsky.social · Nov 24

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/...

Sen. Mark Kelly faces Pentagon investigation for making video on refusing 'unlawful orders'

The Defense Department suggested that the investigation of the Arizona Democrat Kelly stems from urging military members to refuse to follow unlawful orders.

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Reposted by Anne Applebaum, Jon Pierre, Fabrizio Coticchia , and 4 more Anne Applebaum, Jon Pierre, Fabrizio Coticchia, Daniel W. Drezner, Robert Wolfe, David Spurrett, David Darmofal

Scott Shapiro @scottjshapiro.bsky.social · Nov 23

Blessed are the peacemakers

Reposted by Elizabeth Saunders, Andreas Dür, Fabrizio Coticchia , and 4 more Elizabeth Saunders, Andreas Dür, Fabrizio Coticchia, Lisa Dellmuth, Layna Mosley, Federica Genovese, Ayşe Zarakol

International Organization @iojournal.bsky.social · Nov 20

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

Reposted by Mauro Gatti

Fabrizio Coticchia @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social · Nov 17

‘Budapest bella, ma non ci vivrei’ www.roars.it/ecco-il-test...

Ecco il testo di riforma della governance degli atenei: e non c'è solo il rappresentante del governo nel CdA

Ecco il testo, finora segreto, della riforma della governance delle università partorito dalla commissione presieduta da Galli Della Loggia. Le due novità più rilevanti si conoscono già: la nomina da ...

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Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · Nov 7

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.