Fabrizio Tassinari
@fabriziotassinari.bsky.social
Executive Director EUI.eu/STG. Boards: EMIFund.eu and IAI.it. Latest book: “Pursuit of Governance” https://bit.ly/3V3pv2V. Columns: Il Riformista http://bit.ly/4j0cza2. Views my own.
50 years ago today died Pier Paolo Pasolini, hands down Italy’s greatest modern public intellectual. RIP.
November 2, 2025 at 6:06 AM
50 years ago today died Pier Paolo Pasolini, hands down Italy’s greatest modern public intellectual. RIP.
The latest fallout of the “negotiations” with Russia should show European leaders that their adulation of Trump’s foreign policy is not delivering.
My latest in Il Riformista this morning.
My latest in Il Riformista this morning.
October 22, 2025 at 5:36 AM
The latest fallout of the “negotiations” with Russia should show European leaders that their adulation of Trump’s foreign policy is not delivering.
My latest in Il Riformista this morning.
My latest in Il Riformista this morning.
An informal European council takes place tomorrow in Copenhagen, while Denmark is under an unusual amount of pressure from the west (Trump, Greenland) and from the east (drones). Why?
My column in Il riformista this morning.
My column in Il riformista this morning.
September 30, 2025 at 6:20 AM
An informal European council takes place tomorrow in Copenhagen, while Denmark is under an unusual amount of pressure from the west (Trump, Greenland) and from the east (drones). Why?
My column in Il riformista this morning.
My column in Il riformista this morning.
Wonderful gift from @lemonde.fr
for such thoughtful profile of our Florence School of Transnational Governance @eui-stg.bsky.social
for such thoughtful profile of our Florence School of Transnational Governance @eui-stg.bsky.social
September 27, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Wonderful gift from @lemonde.fr
for such thoughtful profile of our Florence School of Transnational Governance @eui-stg.bsky.social
for such thoughtful profile of our Florence School of Transnational Governance @eui-stg.bsky.social
Always a special feeling to co-author with a philosopher. Over at @projectsyndicate.bsky.social I partner with the great @daniel-innerarity.bsky.social on digital technocracy and future-less autocracies.
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
September 17, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Always a special feeling to co-author with a philosopher. Over at @projectsyndicate.bsky.social I partner with the great @daniel-innerarity.bsky.social on digital technocracy and future-less autocracies.
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
Albania has appointed an AI bot as minister, showing how digital technocracy is hollowing out democracy. My editorial with the great @daniel-innerarity.bsky.social. For Il Riformista this morning.
September 16, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Albania has appointed an AI bot as minister, showing how digital technocracy is hollowing out democracy. My editorial with the great @daniel-innerarity.bsky.social. For Il Riformista this morning.
Sunset jog after the storm in Florence. Beat that.
September 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Sunset jog after the storm in Florence. Beat that.
Last weekend, the Wizard of the Kremlin premiered at the Venice film festival with young Putin played by Jude Law.
I loved the novel but I wonder why we are so captivated by brutal figures and I worry that works like the Wizard help cultivate their myth.
My column in Il Riformista
I loved the novel but I wonder why we are so captivated by brutal figures and I worry that works like the Wizard help cultivate their myth.
My column in Il Riformista
September 3, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Last weekend, the Wizard of the Kremlin premiered at the Venice film festival with young Putin played by Jude Law.
I loved the novel but I wonder why we are so captivated by brutal figures and I worry that works like the Wizard help cultivate their myth.
My column in Il Riformista
I loved the novel but I wonder why we are so captivated by brutal figures and I worry that works like the Wizard help cultivate their myth.
My column in Il Riformista
It was bound to happen sooner or later… my interview on Alexander Stubb’s worldview, diplomacy and on our friendship. In Il Riformista this morning.
www.ilriformista.it/la-sorpresa-...
www.ilriformista.it/la-sorpresa-...
August 21, 2025 at 11:08 AM
It was bound to happen sooner or later… my interview on Alexander Stubb’s worldview, diplomacy and on our friendship. In Il Riformista this morning.
www.ilriformista.it/la-sorpresa-...
www.ilriformista.it/la-sorpresa-...
Shopping when in Rome…
July 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Shopping when in Rome…
Italy just cancelled a concert by conductor and Putin ally Valery Gergiev. Yet last year alone, it issued over 150.000 visas to Russian tourists.
This morning for Il Riformista on the paradox of Italy’s attitudes toward Russia.
This morning for Il Riformista on the paradox of Italy’s attitudes toward Russia.
July 23, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Italy just cancelled a concert by conductor and Putin ally Valery Gergiev. Yet last year alone, it issued over 150.000 visas to Russian tourists.
This morning for Il Riformista on the paradox of Italy’s attitudes toward Russia.
This morning for Il Riformista on the paradox of Italy’s attitudes toward Russia.
Good news is no news, but the USIP website back online is definitely something to celebrate.
2 cheers for the rule of law and peace research. ✊
2 cheers for the rule of law and peace research. ✊
June 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Good news is no news, but the USIP website back online is definitely something to celebrate.
2 cheers for the rule of law and peace research. ✊
2 cheers for the rule of law and peace research. ✊
For Ukraine it was the month of the Leopard: everything changed in order for things to remain tragically the same.
My frontpage editorial on il riformista this morning
My frontpage editorial on il riformista this morning
May 27, 2025 at 6:19 AM
For Ukraine it was the month of the Leopard: everything changed in order for things to remain tragically the same.
My frontpage editorial on il riformista this morning
My frontpage editorial on il riformista this morning
A whole lot of running this month.
May 4, 2025 at 9:18 AM
A whole lot of running this month.
Words cannot describe the sheer PR genius of the Vatican LinkedIn account posting the job vacancy for the Pope.
April 29, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Words cannot describe the sheer PR genius of the Vatican LinkedIn account posting the job vacancy for the Pope.
Just dropped on Prime Video.
No marketing operation will ever top this.
No marketing operation will ever top this.
April 23, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Just dropped on Prime Video.
No marketing operation will ever top this.
No marketing operation will ever top this.
One thing I’ve learnt since moving back to Italy is the incredible amount of beauty that can be found in ordinary things and in lesser known cities. Consider Bari:
April 18, 2025 at 8:48 AM
One thing I’ve learnt since moving back to Italy is the incredible amount of beauty that can be found in ordinary things and in lesser known cities. Consider Bari:
Behold the brand new collection @netflix.com of Italian masterpieces from Rossellini to Fellini to Sorrentino.
April 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Behold the brand new collection @netflix.com of Italian masterpieces from Rossellini to Fellini to Sorrentino.
L’effetto collaterale del caos dazi è di forzare l’Europa a delineare i contorni del mondo post-americano.
Mio editoriale stamane su Il Riformista.
Mio editoriale stamane su Il Riformista.
April 11, 2025 at 5:36 AM
L’effetto collaterale del caos dazi è di forzare l’Europa a delineare i contorni del mondo post-americano.
Mio editoriale stamane su Il Riformista.
Mio editoriale stamane su Il Riformista.
As good a day as any to flag the majestic retrospective “Picasso, the Foreigner”, currently in display in Rome.
The parallel story of how PP’s life and work were intertwined with and affected by the rise of xenofobia and nationalism in 20th century France.
The parallel story of how PP’s life and work were intertwined with and affected by the rise of xenofobia and nationalism in 20th century France.
April 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM
As good a day as any to flag the majestic retrospective “Picasso, the Foreigner”, currently in display in Rome.
The parallel story of how PP’s life and work were intertwined with and affected by the rise of xenofobia and nationalism in 20th century France.
The parallel story of how PP’s life and work were intertwined with and affected by the rise of xenofobia and nationalism in 20th century France.
JD: “Denmark is not doing a good job”
Denmark:
Denmark:
March 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
JD: “Denmark is not doing a good job”
Denmark:
Denmark:
Independent think tanks are the elixir of liberal democracy. Clearly, the Trump administration does not like that.
My column this week in Il Riformista is in solidarity with the US Institute of Peace and the Wilson Center.
(For an account of what happened:
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/u...)
My column this week in Il Riformista is in solidarity with the US Institute of Peace and the Wilson Center.
(For an account of what happened:
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/u...)
March 25, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Independent think tanks are the elixir of liberal democracy. Clearly, the Trump administration does not like that.
My column this week in Il Riformista is in solidarity with the US Institute of Peace and the Wilson Center.
(For an account of what happened:
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/u...)
My column this week in Il Riformista is in solidarity with the US Institute of Peace and the Wilson Center.
(For an account of what happened:
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/u...)
Update, one business day later: DOGE has broken into the USIP building.
March 17, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Update, one business day later: DOGE has broken into the USIP building.
To think this is done in the name of fighting waste, fraud and abuse…
March 15, 2025 at 4:38 PM
To think this is done in the name of fighting waste, fraud and abuse…