Marco Siddi
@marcosiddi.bsky.social
Leading researcher @fiia-upi.bsky.social, Associate professor at Cagliari University and Docent at Helsinki and Tampere universities focusing on International Relations, European politics and energy politics
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Marco Siddi
@marcosiddi.bsky.social
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New publication by @marcosiddi.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
From middle power to subordinate ally? Meloni’s foreign policy in the aftermath of the 2022 Russo-Ukrainian war
Italy has been described as a ‘middle power’ in international politics. While middlepowerness is an ambiguous term, in Italian self-conceptions it refers to a middle-ranking power with limited reso...
www.tandfonline.com
🤓 From 'middle power' to subordinate ally?
My new article on the descending trajectory of Italy's foreign policy and influence under Giorgia Meloni
📓 This is part of a forthcoming special issue edited by Profs Emidio Diodato and Raffaele Marchetti, with many other interesting contributions
My new article on the descending trajectory of Italy's foreign policy and influence under Giorgia Meloni
📓 This is part of a forthcoming special issue edited by Profs Emidio Diodato and Raffaele Marchetti, with many other interesting contributions
🗺️ Full Special Issue out now, "East, South and Up: In Search of Italy's Global Role", edited by Emidio Diodato & Raffaele Marchetti, with my article "From middle power to subordinate ally? Meloni’s foreign policy in the aftermath of the 2022 Russo-Ukrainian war"
www.tandfonline.com/toc/rita20/1...
www.tandfonline.com/toc/rita20/1...
November 18, 2025 at 3:23 PM
🗺️ Full Special Issue out now, "East, South and Up: In Search of Italy's Global Role", edited by Emidio Diodato & Raffaele Marchetti, with my article "From middle power to subordinate ally? Meloni’s foreign policy in the aftermath of the 2022 Russo-Ukrainian war"
www.tandfonline.com/toc/rita20/1...
www.tandfonline.com/toc/rita20/1...
✍ Our new Briefing Paper assesses progress on the EU's Green Deal as of 2025: after several landmark achievements, its ambitious agenda is under threat due to 'greenlash', shifting political support, and both domestic and external challenges 👇
@tepsa.bsky.social
@greendealnet.eu
@tepsa.bsky.social
@greendealnet.eu
📝What’s happening with the European Green Deal as we approach 2026?
The program faces 3 urgent challenges: the growing resistance from center-right and right-wing parties, an increasingly tense geopolitical climate and a tightening economic situation.⤵️
fiia.fi/en/publicati...
The program faces 3 urgent challenges: the growing resistance from center-right and right-wing parties, an increasingly tense geopolitical climate and a tightening economic situation.⤵️
fiia.fi/en/publicati...
November 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
✍ Our new Briefing Paper assesses progress on the EU's Green Deal as of 2025: after several landmark achievements, its ambitious agenda is under threat due to 'greenlash', shifting political support, and both domestic and external challenges 👇
@tepsa.bsky.social
@greendealnet.eu
@tepsa.bsky.social
@greendealnet.eu
📢 The long Research Paper "The Tipping Point: An Emerging Model of European Security with Ukraine and without Russia", edited by Susan Stewart and Céline Marangé, is now out at @swp-berlin.org
I contributed the chapter on Italy.
www.swp-berlin.org/en/publicati...
@fiia.fi @tepsa.bsky.social
I contributed the chapter on Italy.
www.swp-berlin.org/en/publicati...
@fiia.fi @tepsa.bsky.social
The Tipping Point: An Emerging Model of European Security with Ukraine and without Russia
This joint study by the SWP and the Institute for Strategic Research (IRSEM, Paris) starts from the premise that Ukraine’s and Russia’s visions...
www.swp-berlin.org
November 6, 2025 at 12:49 PM
📢 The long Research Paper "The Tipping Point: An Emerging Model of European Security with Ukraine and without Russia", edited by Susan Stewart and Céline Marangé, is now out at @swp-berlin.org
I contributed the chapter on Italy.
www.swp-berlin.org/en/publicati...
@fiia.fi @tepsa.bsky.social
I contributed the chapter on Italy.
www.swp-berlin.org/en/publicati...
@fiia.fi @tepsa.bsky.social
New issue of Baltic Rim Economies on Poland, with my contribution on the Polish-Ukrainian memory conflict (p. 31) and many other interesting pieces, with sometimes very different opinions on the country's trajectory
www.centrumbalticum.org/files/6913/B...
www.centrumbalticum.org/files/6913/B...
October 29, 2025 at 9:06 AM
New issue of Baltic Rim Economies on Poland, with my contribution on the Polish-Ukrainian memory conflict (p. 31) and many other interesting pieces, with sometimes very different opinions on the country's trajectory
www.centrumbalticum.org/files/6913/B...
www.centrumbalticum.org/files/6913/B...
New chapter on the EU’s vision for a multipolar order - it’s fair to ask if the EU has one! - written by @nhelwig.bsky.social, @sinkkonenville.bsky.social and myself, soon also in open access
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...
October 29, 2025 at 7:58 AM
New chapter on the EU’s vision for a multipolar order - it’s fair to ask if the EU has one! - written by @nhelwig.bsky.social, @sinkkonenville.bsky.social and myself, soon also in open access
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...
Reposted by Marco Siddi
New publication by @marcosiddi.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
From middle power to subordinate ally? Meloni’s foreign policy in the aftermath of the 2022 Russo-Ukrainian war
Italy has been described as a ‘middle power’ in international politics. While middlepowerness is an ambiguous term, in Italian self-conceptions it refers to a middle-ranking power with limited reso...
www.tandfonline.com
September 5, 2025 at 6:16 AM
New publication by @marcosiddi.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Marco Siddi
Very excited to share our new article, “From Role Change to Policy Change: EU Member States and Change in EU Foreign Policy After Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine”, authored with
@marcosiddi.bsky.social
, published in the Journal of European Integration. Free to read:
doi.org/10.1080/0703...
@marcosiddi.bsky.social
, published in the Journal of European Integration. Free to read:
doi.org/10.1080/0703...
From role change to policy change: EU member states and change in EU foreign policy after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Russia’s war against Ukraine has led to a fundamental rethinking of EU foreign policy, including enlargement, security and defense, and energy policy. The nature and depth of the shift, as well as ...
doi.org
October 17, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Very excited to share our new article, “From Role Change to Policy Change: EU Member States and Change in EU Foreign Policy After Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine”, authored with
@marcosiddi.bsky.social
, published in the Journal of European Integration. Free to read:
doi.org/10.1080/0703...
@marcosiddi.bsky.social
, published in the Journal of European Integration. Free to read:
doi.org/10.1080/0703...
Reposted by Marco Siddi
How has EU foreign policy changed since the beginning of Russia's war on Ukraine?
FIIA researchers @tyynekarjalainen.bsky.social & @marcosiddi.bsky.social analyse the shift in their new article, published in the Journal of European Integration.
✍️ Read here ⤵️
doi.org/10.1080/0703...
FIIA researchers @tyynekarjalainen.bsky.social & @marcosiddi.bsky.social analyse the shift in their new article, published in the Journal of European Integration.
✍️ Read here ⤵️
doi.org/10.1080/0703...
From role change to policy change: EU member states and change in EU foreign policy after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Russia’s war against Ukraine has led to a fundamental rethinking of EU foreign policy, including enlargement, security and defense, and energy policy. The nature and depth of the shift, as well as ...
doi.org
October 17, 2025 at 7:36 AM
How has EU foreign policy changed since the beginning of Russia's war on Ukraine?
FIIA researchers @tyynekarjalainen.bsky.social & @marcosiddi.bsky.social analyse the shift in their new article, published in the Journal of European Integration.
✍️ Read here ⤵️
doi.org/10.1080/0703...
FIIA researchers @tyynekarjalainen.bsky.social & @marcosiddi.bsky.social analyse the shift in their new article, published in the Journal of European Integration.
✍️ Read here ⤵️
doi.org/10.1080/0703...
Reposted by Marco Siddi
The last discussion of our upcoming #CypriotPPC will focus on Europe's green transition with Alexia Sakadaki (Cyprus Green Party), @charlesellinas.bsky.social (@atlanticcouncil.bsky.social), Andreas Poullikas (Frederick University), @marcosiddi.bsky.social (@fiia.fi).
🔗 tepsa.eu/policy-advic...
🔗 tepsa.eu/policy-advic...
October 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The last discussion of our upcoming #CypriotPPC will focus on Europe's green transition with Alexia Sakadaki (Cyprus Green Party), @charlesellinas.bsky.social (@atlanticcouncil.bsky.social), Andreas Poullikas (Frederick University), @marcosiddi.bsky.social (@fiia.fi).
🔗 tepsa.eu/policy-advic...
🔗 tepsa.eu/policy-advic...
...Now out as a book: “Owning the Past: The Omnipresence of Divergent Historical Narratives in Law and Politics”, edited by brilliant scholars Angelika Nussberger & Paula Rhein-Fischer, with my chapter 'The Politics of Forgetting and Foreign Policy'.
Free access at verfassungsblog.de/wp-content/u...
Free access at verfassungsblog.de/wp-content/u...
September 15, 2025 at 11:13 AM
...Now out as a book: “Owning the Past: The Omnipresence of Divergent Historical Narratives in Law and Politics”, edited by brilliant scholars Angelika Nussberger & Paula Rhein-Fischer, with my chapter 'The Politics of Forgetting and Foreign Policy'.
Free access at verfassungsblog.de/wp-content/u...
Free access at verfassungsblog.de/wp-content/u...
An interview with @financialtimes.com from some months ago on the global green subsidy race, still relevant..
www.ft.com/content/852a...
www.ft.com/content/852a...
Global green subsidy race draws investor attention
Europe, the US and China are vying to be the most attractive destination for investment in sustainability
www.ft.com
September 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
An interview with @financialtimes.com from some months ago on the global green subsidy race, still relevant..
www.ft.com/content/852a...
www.ft.com/content/852a...
🤓 From 'middle power' to subordinate ally?
My new article on the descending trajectory of Italy's foreign policy and influence under Giorgia Meloni
📓 This is part of a forthcoming special issue edited by Profs Emidio Diodato and Raffaele Marchetti, with many other interesting contributions
My new article on the descending trajectory of Italy's foreign policy and influence under Giorgia Meloni
📓 This is part of a forthcoming special issue edited by Profs Emidio Diodato and Raffaele Marchetti, with many other interesting contributions
New publication by @marcosiddi.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
From middle power to subordinate ally? Meloni’s foreign policy in the aftermath of the 2022 Russo-Ukrainian war
Italy has been described as a ‘middle power’ in international politics. While middlepowerness is an ambiguous term, in Italian self-conceptions it refers to a middle-ranking power with limited reso...
www.tandfonline.com
September 11, 2025 at 7:21 AM
🤓 From 'middle power' to subordinate ally?
My new article on the descending trajectory of Italy's foreign policy and influence under Giorgia Meloni
📓 This is part of a forthcoming special issue edited by Profs Emidio Diodato and Raffaele Marchetti, with many other interesting contributions
My new article on the descending trajectory of Italy's foreign policy and influence under Giorgia Meloni
📓 This is part of a forthcoming special issue edited by Profs Emidio Diodato and Raffaele Marchetti, with many other interesting contributions
...Environmentally better and probably more effective militarily than building a fence...
www.ft.com/content/f36d...
www.ft.com/content/f36d...
How to keep Putin out of Europe: refill the swamp
The ‘peatland pope’ hopes investing in bogs will block the Russian army and stave off climate change
www.ft.com
August 26, 2025 at 3:18 PM
...Environmentally better and probably more effective militarily than building a fence...
www.ft.com/content/f36d...
www.ft.com/content/f36d...
As I argued recently (link.springer.com/article/10.1...), national nuclear industries need state aid in order to survive domestically, let alone compete in the international market. But does it make sense for the EU to invest in nuclear while renewables are cheaper, more decentralised and resilient?
The Korean nuclear industry is accusing EDF of being in contravention of state aid rules — after EDF accused Korea’s state nuclear company KHNP of the same thing.
In Europe Express with @iancjohnston.bsky.social
on.ft.com/45AwjxG
In Europe Express with @iancjohnston.bsky.social
on.ft.com/45AwjxG
French and Korean nuclear groups in stand-off over foreign subsidy probe
[FREE TO READ] Also in this newsletter: German minister travels to Israel and Palestine after deadly air strike
on.ft.com
August 26, 2025 at 8:19 AM
As I argued recently (link.springer.com/article/10.1...), national nuclear industries need state aid in order to survive domestically, let alone compete in the international market. But does it make sense for the EU to invest in nuclear while renewables are cheaper, more decentralised and resilient?
With my comments on Meloni's foreign policy strategy (or lack thereof), as well as her inability to persuade Trump or reap benefits for Italy from her supposed preferential relationship with the US president
@fiia.fi
@fiia.fi
Giorgia Melonin ongelma: Miten olla samaa mieltä sekä Euroopan unionin että Donald Trumpin kanssa?
Giorgia Melonin ongelma: Miten olla samaa mieltä sekä Euroopan unionin että Donald Trumpin kanssa?
suomenkuvalehti.fi
August 26, 2025 at 8:11 AM
With my comments on Meloni's foreign policy strategy (or lack thereof), as well as her inability to persuade Trump or reap benefits for Italy from her supposed preferential relationship with the US president
@fiia.fi
@fiia.fi
Reposted by Marco Siddi
OUT NOW: Luca Pantaleo and @marcosiddi.bsky.social have edited a great volume on the rule of law crisis and #DemocraticBacksliding in Europe, to which I have contributed a chapter on the rise and normalisation of the far right at EU level.
Have a look, it's open access! 👇
Have a look, it's open access! 👇
The rule of law crisis and democratic backsliding in the EU
www.giappichelli.it
July 29, 2025 at 7:58 AM
OUT NOW: Luca Pantaleo and @marcosiddi.bsky.social have edited a great volume on the rule of law crisis and #DemocraticBacksliding in Europe, to which I have contributed a chapter on the rise and normalisation of the far right at EU level.
Have a look, it's open access! 👇
Have a look, it's open access! 👇
Excellent (if very hot) 2 days in Milan last week at the conference of the Italian Standing Group on International Relations, co-organised with the SG Russia & Post-Soviet Space that I co-chair with Alessandra Russo and Nicolò Fasola
June 18, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Excellent (if very hot) 2 days in Milan last week at the conference of the Italian Standing Group on International Relations, co-organised with the SG Russia & Post-Soviet Space that I co-chair with Alessandra Russo and Nicolò Fasola
Occasionally, some semblance of an independent European stance appears, at least in rhetoric. But even if we take Macron seriously (there is much evidence to suggest otherwise), the other leader of the Franco-German motor offers a sad spectacle by kowtowing to Trump today
www.ft.com/content/291e...
www.ft.com/content/291e...
Emmanuel Macron calls for European and Asian ‘coalition’ during US-China tension
French leader says grouping could help shield international order rather than choosing sides among superpowers
www.ft.com
June 6, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Occasionally, some semblance of an independent European stance appears, at least in rhetoric. But even if we take Macron seriously (there is much evidence to suggest otherwise), the other leader of the Franco-German motor offers a sad spectacle by kowtowing to Trump today
www.ft.com/content/291e...
www.ft.com/content/291e...
I was interviewed for a good article on the energy transition in Europe and its challenges by excellent journalists writing for Climate Home News
www.climatechangenews.com/2025/05/16/e...
www.climatechangenews.com/2025/05/16/e...
Europe’s lithium rush leaves mineral-rich communities in the dark
Some local residents say they haven't been adequately consulted before the rollout of Europe's lithium plans and fear for their incomes
www.climatechangenews.com
June 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I was interviewed for a good article on the energy transition in Europe and its challenges by excellent journalists writing for Climate Home News
www.climatechangenews.com/2025/05/16/e...
www.climatechangenews.com/2025/05/16/e...
New Polish president Karol Nawrocki has been (co-)responsible for the country’s awful memory politics for years. I encountered his name and profile while researching the subversion of the then new Museum of the Second World War in Gdansk in 2018-9
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
The national agents of transnational memory and their limits: the case of the Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk
This article examines the drivers and limiting factors of the transnationalisation of Second World War memory by focusing on the recently opened Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk. The creato...
www.tandfonline.com
June 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
New Polish president Karol Nawrocki has been (co-)responsible for the country’s awful memory politics for years. I encountered his name and profile while researching the subversion of the then new Museum of the Second World War in Gdansk in 2018-9
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Reposted by Marco Siddi
European Energy Politics - Marco Siddi | 2023 Episode 37
What drives the EU’s energy politics?
Dr Marco Siddi @marcosiddi.bsky.social unpacks the geopolitics of energy and the fallout of the Ukraine war on energy relations.
#EnergyGeopolitics #GreenTransition #EUGreenDeal
youtu.be/qrjzWol5D7E
What drives the EU’s energy politics?
Dr Marco Siddi @marcosiddi.bsky.social unpacks the geopolitics of energy and the fallout of the Ukraine war on energy relations.
#EnergyGeopolitics #GreenTransition #EUGreenDeal
youtu.be/qrjzWol5D7E
European Energy Politics - Marco Siddi | 2023 Episode 37
YouTube video by IR thinker
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May 15, 2025 at 12:36 PM
European Energy Politics - Marco Siddi | 2023 Episode 37
What drives the EU’s energy politics?
Dr Marco Siddi @marcosiddi.bsky.social unpacks the geopolitics of energy and the fallout of the Ukraine war on energy relations.
#EnergyGeopolitics #GreenTransition #EUGreenDeal
youtu.be/qrjzWol5D7E
What drives the EU’s energy politics?
Dr Marco Siddi @marcosiddi.bsky.social unpacks the geopolitics of energy and the fallout of the Ukraine war on energy relations.
#EnergyGeopolitics #GreenTransition #EUGreenDeal
youtu.be/qrjzWol5D7E
Reposted by Marco Siddi
🔎 How can we ensure a fair energy transition?
Policymakers back the shift to low-carbon energy, but ensuring fairness remains complex. This Working Paper compares how the EGD and the US IRA approach energy justice—focusing on procedural, recognition-based, and distributional fairness
Read it here👇
Policymakers back the shift to low-carbon energy, but ensuring fairness remains complex. This Working Paper compares how the EGD and the US IRA approach energy justice—focusing on procedural, recognition-based, and distributional fairness
Read it here👇
Energy justice through policy: A comparison of US and EU approaches | GreenDeal-NET
Explore the FIIA Working Paper comparing US and EU energy policies, focusing on how each incorporates elements of energy justice into their green transitions.
www.greendealnet.eu
March 5, 2025 at 12:32 PM
🔎 How can we ensure a fair energy transition?
Policymakers back the shift to low-carbon energy, but ensuring fairness remains complex. This Working Paper compares how the EGD and the US IRA approach energy justice—focusing on procedural, recognition-based, and distributional fairness
Read it here👇
Policymakers back the shift to low-carbon energy, but ensuring fairness remains complex. This Working Paper compares how the EGD and the US IRA approach energy justice—focusing on procedural, recognition-based, and distributional fairness
Read it here👇
Glad to host Rainer Quitzow and Luana Ladu from Forschungsinstitut für Nachhaltigkeit (RIFS) and @tuberlin.bsky.social in my courses at Cagliari University on 16 April
April 13, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Glad to host Rainer Quitzow and Luana Ladu from Forschungsinstitut für Nachhaltigkeit (RIFS) and @tuberlin.bsky.social in my courses at Cagliari University on 16 April
Join us at the next webinar of the ECPR Research Network on Energy Politics, Policy, and Governance!
We will host Marja Helena Sivonen from the Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) @syke.fi
📅 Friday, April 4th, 2025
⏲️ 12.00 (GMT) / 13.00 (CET)
▶️ Info & Registration: ecpr.eu/Events/296
We will host Marja Helena Sivonen from the Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) @syke.fi
📅 Friday, April 4th, 2025
⏲️ 12.00 (GMT) / 13.00 (CET)
▶️ Info & Registration: ecpr.eu/Events/296
March 27, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Join us at the next webinar of the ECPR Research Network on Energy Politics, Policy, and Governance!
We will host Marja Helena Sivonen from the Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) @syke.fi
📅 Friday, April 4th, 2025
⏲️ 12.00 (GMT) / 13.00 (CET)
▶️ Info & Registration: ecpr.eu/Events/296
We will host Marja Helena Sivonen from the Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) @syke.fi
📅 Friday, April 4th, 2025
⏲️ 12.00 (GMT) / 13.00 (CET)
▶️ Info & Registration: ecpr.eu/Events/296