Fabrizio Coticchia
@fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science. University of Genoa. Italian Defense and Foreign Policy. IR, Security Studies, FPA (and...Fiorentina)
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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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Free access: "The politics of military assistance: Italian parties’ positions on the war in Ukraine" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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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.
November 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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.
-E come va il dibattito pubblico in Italia sulla politica estera e le relazioni internazionali?
-Eh, al confronto, va meglio la Fiorentina…
-Eh, al confronto, va meglio la Fiorentina…
November 7, 2025 at 7:13 AM
-E come va il dibattito pubblico in Italia sulla politica estera e le relazioni internazionali?
-Eh, al confronto, va meglio la Fiorentina…
-Eh, al confronto, va meglio la Fiorentina…
"Information and national security during international crises" www.eurac.edu/en/institute...
Information and national security during international crises
Discussion with Fabrizio Coticchia and Simone Tholens
www.eurac.edu
November 6, 2025 at 9:33 AM
"Information and national security during international crises" www.eurac.edu/en/institute...
It is worth noticing that Italy remains the sole W middle power without a National Security Strategy and a National Security Council...
Germany’s new National Security Council has met for the first time last night. It’s topic was hybrid threats (👀 @sicherheitspod.de )
November 6, 2025 at 9:25 AM
It is worth noticing that Italy remains the sole W middle power without a National Security Strategy and a National Security Council...
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Putin’s mesmeric sway on Trump on.ft.com/48HkTdu
Putin’s mesmeric sway on Trump
Russia bets it can gain in US negotiations what it cannot win on the battlefield
on.ft.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Putin’s mesmeric sway on Trump on.ft.com/48HkTdu
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💡 Valerio Vignoli & @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social FIND…💡
a curvilinear support for military aid across the left–right axis. Yet, FdI’s backing constitutes a deviation from this model.
Read the article here 👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
a curvilinear support for military aid across the left–right axis. Yet, FdI’s backing constitutes a deviation from this model.
Read the article here 👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
October 20, 2025 at 5:31 AM
💡 Valerio Vignoli & @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social FIND…💡
a curvilinear support for military aid across the left–right axis. Yet, FdI’s backing constitutes a deviation from this model.
Read the article here 👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
a curvilinear support for military aid across the left–right axis. Yet, FdI’s backing constitutes a deviation from this model.
Read the article here 👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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It’s a beautiful day to resist democratic backsliding!
October 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
It’s a beautiful day to resist democratic backsliding!
From 1,5% to 2% of the GDP in "one night" for 🇮🇹...
How? Still a mystery not explained by official docs (below the DPP): "military mobility" (??) + "sectors with more military focus" (???)
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How? Still a mystery not explained by official docs (below the DPP): "military mobility" (??) + "sectors with more military focus" (???)
🤔
October 11, 2025 at 8:34 AM
From 1,5% to 2% of the GDP in "one night" for 🇮🇹...
How? Still a mystery not explained by official docs (below the DPP): "military mobility" (??) + "sectors with more military focus" (???)
🤔
How? Still a mystery not explained by official docs (below the DPP): "military mobility" (??) + "sectors with more military focus" (???)
🤔
Defense expenditure: Italy moved from around 1.5% to 2% of the GDP in 2025. How? We don’t know exactly. We waited months for a detailed answer. The DPP (👇) supposed to finally provide some info. Yet, no info at all. Still a mystery…
October 9, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Defense expenditure: Italy moved from around 1.5% to 2% of the GDP in 2025. How? We don’t know exactly. We waited months for a detailed answer. The DPP (👇) supposed to finally provide some info. Yet, no info at all. Still a mystery…
"Extending the armed forces’ participation in internal security gives rise to problems within the military.Soldiers are transformed into subordinates of the police, they are relegated to routine constabulary duties".See this paper, Charles Moskos Prize 2025, on🇮🇹 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
October 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
"Extending the armed forces’ participation in internal security gives rise to problems within the military.Soldiers are transformed into subordinates of the police, they are relegated to routine constabulary duties".See this paper, Charles Moskos Prize 2025, on🇮🇹 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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If mil leaders don’t buy the message, they can keep quiet or self-select out. Those who don’t want to be part of politicized military (or agree w/ the ideology) leave. This aims to weed out committed professionals who strongly adhere to norms of nonpartisanship. 6/
September 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
If mil leaders don’t buy the message, they can keep quiet or self-select out. Those who don’t want to be part of politicized military (or agree w/ the ideology) leave. This aims to weed out committed professionals who strongly adhere to norms of nonpartisanship. 6/
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For the Guardian, @turnbulldugarte.com and I discuss our research that clearly shows one thing: Labour's anti-immigration strategy will only strengthen Reform and weaken its own electoral prospects. It won't win voters back but ultimately normalizes the far right
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Our research makes it clear: by capitulating to the right, Labour is driving voters to Reform UK | Tarik Abou-Chadi and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte
Mimicking Farage on immigration is senseless. Labour voters feel betrayed; anti-immigration voters see through the ruse, say academics Tarik Abou-Chadi and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte
www.theguardian.com
September 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM
For the Guardian, @turnbulldugarte.com and I discuss our research that clearly shows one thing: Labour's anti-immigration strategy will only strengthen Reform and weaken its own electoral prospects. It won't win voters back but ultimately normalizes the far right
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Why is political violence on the rise in the United States? Ursula Daxecker and @neerajprsd.bsky.social of the University of Amsterdam and @andrearuggeri.bsky.social of the University of Milan look at the trend and where it might lead
blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
Why political violence is on the rise in the United States and where it might lead | USAPP
Hostile rhetoric from political elites is combining with the growth of political influencers and often violent associates and feeding a self-reinforcing cycle of political polarization and political v...
blogs.lse.ac.uk
September 19, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Why is political violence on the rise in the United States? Ursula Daxecker and @neerajprsd.bsky.social of the University of Amsterdam and @andrearuggeri.bsky.social of the University of Milan look at the trend and where it might lead
blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
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New article published by our own @bertjanverbeek.bsky.social Jutta Joachim, Chris Nijhuis, and Andrej Zaslove (with @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social ) in @cambridgecria.bsky.social
👉 'The foreign policy of populist governed Middle powers: Italy and the Russia-Ukraine war'
👉 doi.org/10.1080/0955...
👉 'The foreign policy of populist governed Middle powers: Italy and the Russia-Ukraine war'
👉 doi.org/10.1080/0955...
The foreign policy of populist governed Middle powers: Italy and the Russia-Ukraine war
Before 2022, many populist politicians had a relatively positive view of Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin. They welcomed meetings with him, posed for photographs, and even wore T-shirts bea...
doi.org
September 15, 2025 at 9:03 AM
New article published by our own @bertjanverbeek.bsky.social Jutta Joachim, Chris Nijhuis, and Andrej Zaslove (with @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social ) in @cambridgecria.bsky.social
👉 'The foreign policy of populist governed Middle powers: Italy and the Russia-Ukraine war'
👉 doi.org/10.1080/0955...
👉 'The foreign policy of populist governed Middle powers: Italy and the Russia-Ukraine war'
👉 doi.org/10.1080/0955...
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We have front-row seats to the greatest voluntary liquidation of a great power’s status and geopolitical influence in modern history, writes columnist @stephenwalt.bsky.social.
The Top 10 Trump Administration Foreign-Policy Mistakes
So far.
foreignpolicy.com
September 12, 2025 at 11:30 AM
We have front-row seats to the greatest voluntary liquidation of a great power’s status and geopolitical influence in modern history, writes columnist @stephenwalt.bsky.social.
‘Information and national security during international crises’ EURAC, October 3rd www.eurac.edu/en/institute...
Information and national security during international crises
Discussion with Fabrizio Coticchia and Simone Tholens
www.eurac.edu
September 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
‘Information and national security during international crises’ EURAC, October 3rd www.eurac.edu/en/institute...
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Thanks to @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social for giving us the possibility to guest edit a special issue on "Political violence in democracies". Ursula Daxecker, @neerajprsd.bsky.social and I wrote an open access introduction: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Thanks to all authors of 14 articles!
Thanks to all authors of 14 articles!
Political violence in democracies: An Introduction - Andrea Ruggeri, Ursula Daxecker, Neeraj Prasad, 2025
It is well established that democracies experience less political violence than autocracies. Paradoxically, however, this widely accepted fact has led scholars ...
journals.sagepub.com
September 9, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Thanks to @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social for giving us the possibility to guest edit a special issue on "Political violence in democracies". Ursula Daxecker, @neerajprsd.bsky.social and I wrote an open access introduction: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Thanks to all authors of 14 articles!
Thanks to all authors of 14 articles!
Glad to see our paper out: "The foreign policy of populist governed Middle powers: Italy and the Russia-Ukraine war" Cambridge Review of International Affairs www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The foreign policy of populist governed Middle powers: Italy and the Russia-Ukraine war
Before 2022, many populist politicians had a relatively positive view of Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin. They welcomed meetings with him, posed for photographs, and even wore T-shirts bea...
www.tandfonline.com
September 6, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Glad to see our paper out: "The foreign policy of populist governed Middle powers: Italy and the Russia-Ukraine war" Cambridge Review of International Affairs www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Roundtable - Italy and the Transformation of European Security (in Italian. Tavola rotonda sul riarmo europeo) at #SISP25 www.radioradicale.it/scheda/76717...
Conferenza SISP "Political science in the digital age" (prima giornata)
Evento organizzato dal 4 al 6 settembre
www.radioradicale.it
September 5, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Roundtable - Italy and the Transformation of European Security (in Italian. Tavola rotonda sul riarmo europeo) at #SISP25 www.radioradicale.it/scheda/76717...
ops..."US Pushes Back on Italy Counting Sicily Bridge as NATO Asset" (yet, still not clear how Italy had mysteriously reached the 2%...) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
US Frowns on Italy’s Idea of Making Sicily Bridge a NATO Asset
The US said it disapproves of any creative accounting by European allies to reach a new NATO spending target, putting Italy on the spot as the government weighs whether to count the construction of th...
www.bloomberg.com
September 3, 2025 at 8:38 AM
ops..."US Pushes Back on Italy Counting Sicily Bridge as NATO Asset" (yet, still not clear how Italy had mysteriously reached the 2%...) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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‘Ukrainian artillerists say they aren’t using howitzers any less because of drones. They are telling the U.S. and other allies that big guns retain some key advantages, not least greater firepower.’ www.wsj.com/world/europe...
Old-School Artillery Survives and Thrives in the Drone Age
Even as UAVs flood the Ukrainian battlefield, the howitzer’s simplicity and firepower plays a key role.
www.wsj.com
August 29, 2025 at 10:13 AM
‘Ukrainian artillerists say they aren’t using howitzers any less because of drones. They are telling the U.S. and other allies that big guns retain some key advantages, not least greater firepower.’ www.wsj.com/world/europe...
"Famine in Gaza: ‘A failure of humanity itself’, says UN chief" news.un.org/en/story/202...
Famine in Gaza: ‘A failure of humanity itself’, says UN chief
More than half a million people in Gaza are trapped in famine, marked by widespread starvation, destitution and preventable deaths, according to a new UN-backed food security report released on Friday...
news.un.org
August 22, 2025 at 1:38 PM
"Famine in Gaza: ‘A failure of humanity itself’, says UN chief" news.un.org/en/story/202...
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Remarkable open letter from Bill Burns. "If intelligence analysts at the CIA saw our rivals engage in this kind of great-power suicide, we would break out the bourbon. Instead, the sound we hear is of champagne glasses clinking in the Kremlin and Zhongnanhai." theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
A Letter to America’s Discarded Public Servants
You all deserved better.
theatlantic.com
August 21, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Remarkable open letter from Bill Burns. "If intelligence analysts at the CIA saw our rivals engage in this kind of great-power suicide, we would break out the bourbon. Instead, the sound we hear is of champagne glasses clinking in the Kremlin and Zhongnanhai." theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Per chi fosse interessato, un mio intervento a Class CNBC in relazione a guerra in #Ucraina e difesa europea 👇https://video.milanofinanza.it/video/mercati-le-incognite-del-settore-difesa-in-attesa-del-faccia-a-faccia-tra-putin-e-zelensky-x9p6uaa
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August 21, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Per chi fosse interessato, un mio intervento a Class CNBC in relazione a guerra in #Ucraina e difesa europea 👇https://video.milanofinanza.it/video/mercati-le-incognite-del-settore-difesa-in-attesa-del-faccia-a-faccia-tra-putin-e-zelensky-x9p6uaa