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Riccardo Gasco
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Ph.D. Candidate in #IR at Unibo 🇮🇹 | Visiting Research Fellow at Istanbul Policy Center 🇹🇷 | SOAS Alumni 🇬🇧 | FP Program Coordinator at IstanPol | Turkey, FP, Security | [email protected] | https://riccardogasco.phd.sh/
📌 Great to see my latest out for @istanpol.bsky.social on #Turkey's place in #Europe’s #SAFE Program! 🇹🇷🇪🇺

🔺 Four scenarios ahead: functional integration, selective partnerships, conditional re-engagement, or strategic divergence.

🔗 Read it here: istanpol.org/en/post-betw...
November 19, 2025 at 10:06 AM
📌 New piece for @balcanicaucaso.org 🇮🇹🇹🇷

🔺Italy and #Turkey are becoming a key and pragmatic axis in #Europe’s fragmented security order.

🔺The real test is building a political framework that balances strategic pragmatism with core #European values.

www.balcanicaucaso.org/cp_article/a...
Autonomie convergenti: Italia e Turchia nella frammentazione della sicurezza europea - Osservatorio Balcani Caucaso Transeuropa
Dopo anni di isolamento politico ed un processo di accesso all’UE completamente congelato, la Turchia sta riconquistando centralità sul tema della sicurezza. Il governo italiano si offre di fare da tr...
www.balcanicaucaso.org
November 18, 2025 at 5:04 AM
📌 I shared my two cents in this long article written by Stefano Mazzola for @mm-ilfoglio-bot.bsky.social dedicated to #Turkey's mediation role alongside @berkesen.bsky.social and @ezgibasaran.bsky.social 🇹🇷
November 6, 2025 at 11:20 AM
📢 @istanpol.bsky.social invites applications for its Visiting Researchers Program — for scholars keen to engage in policy-oriented research in Istanbul, focusing on areas such as democratization and foreign policy. 🇹🇷

🔗 For full details & application ➡️ bit.ly/42D4Jh8
November 4, 2025 at 8:45 AM
📌Pleased to share my latest analysis for
@istanpol.bsky.social!

🗞️ “Peripheral Autonomy: Türkiye and the Reconfiguration of Europe’s Security Order.”

👉 What if Türkiye is already co-shaping Europe’s security order from its periphery? 🇹🇷🇪🇺

istanpol.org/en/post-peri...
Peripheral Autonomy: Türkiye and the Reconfiguration of Europe’s Security Order
Europe’s defense landscape is being redrawn in real time. The shock of the Ukraine war, the return of great-power rivalry, and doubts over U.S. commitment
istanpol.org
October 23, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Turkey recap consistently does some of the best English-language reporting on Turkey I've seen.

Their weekly news overviews, article digests, in-depth investigative pieces, and podcasts are super useful.

Glad to see this Turkish-language initiative with @studyorecap.bsky.social - hayırlı olsun!
Since 2019, @turkeyrecap.bsky.social has brought clear, credible news from Ankara to readers in more than 107 countries.

By launching @studyorecap.bsky.social, we’re doing the same with Turkish politics for Turkish-language audiences.
Letter from the editor: This is what we do
Turkey recap turns six
www.turkeyrecap.com
October 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
📌 My latest analysis is out for
@balcanicaucaso.org!

✍️I explore 🇹🇷 dual-track strategy in Libya:
supporting Tripoli while opening dialogue with Benghazi to protect energy, security & Mediterranean interests, an evolution closely watched in 🇮🇹 and 🇪🇺.

www.balcanicaucaso.org/aree/Turchia...
Tra Tripoli e Bengasi, la Turchia attore sempre più centrale in Libia
Il ruolo della Turchia in Libia e nel Mediterraneo si fa sempre più centrale: dopo aver appoggiato il governo di Tripoli, Ankara ha aperto canali di cooperazione con quello che controlla la Cirenaica....
www.balcanicaucaso.org
September 16, 2025 at 8:34 AM
📌 Great to see our latest analysis out with Baser Bahar and Samuele Abrami for the Middle East Council on Global Affairs!

🔺 In the piece, we look at how domestic politics and regional dynamics are shaping the #Turkish - #Kurdish peace talks.

mecouncil.org/blog_posts/t...
Turkish-Kurdish Peace Talks Must Navigate Domestic Politics and Regional Shifts
Turkey’s new Kurdish peace process, driven by political necessity and regional shifts, offers hope but risks collapse without real reforms and trust-building.
mecouncil.org
September 8, 2025 at 8:48 AM
🎙️New commentary out!

📌 I am pleased to share my analysis for @balcanicaucaso.org Transeuropa on the recent developments related to the Kurdish peace process following the dissolution of the #PKK.

www.balcanicaucaso.org/aree/Turchia...
Turchia, il PKK depone le armi, ma le incognite restano
Il Partito dei Lavoratori del Kurdistan (PKK) organizzazione considerata terrorista da Ankara, ha annunciato di voler rinunciare alla lotta armata. Una mossa che, complice le strategie del presidente ...
www.balcanicaucaso.org
August 28, 2025 at 7:31 AM
📌 Heading to the #EISAPEC25 this week in #Bologna!

🎙️ Together with Chiara Boldrini and Edoardo Lavezzo, we will present two papers on #Turkey's foreign policy. 🇹🇷

If you're around or interested in our research, we'd be happy to meet!
August 25, 2025 at 8:34 AM
📌 My latest analysis out with
@atlanticcouncil.bsky.social on 🇹🇷-🇫🇷 relations!

✒️ With Ulysse Fournillon, we looked at how #Turkey - #France can reset their ties in a shifting strategic order, raging war in #Ukraine, and shifts in #US foreign policy.

www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/turkey...
How France and Turkey can renew their ties in a shifting strategic order
Both Paris and Ankara share incentives to pursue a more pragmatic and structured partnership.
www.atlanticcouncil.org
July 23, 2025 at 7:18 AM
📌 Delighted to have been invited by ISPI and Eleonora Tafuro Ambrosetti on their video podcast "Dispacci dalla Russia".

🎙️Together we sat down for an in-depth discussion on the evolving role of #Turkey as a mediator between #Russia and #Ukraine. 🇺🇦 🇹🇷 🇷🇺

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbAi...
La Turchia tra Mosca e Kiev: mediatore o spettatore? | Dispacci dalla Russia
YouTube video by ISPI - La geopolitica spiegata in modo chiaro
www.youtube.com
July 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
📌 Our latest analysis with Eleonora Tafuro Ambrosetti for ISPI!

✍️ From central mediator to tactical retreat: #Ankara’s balancing act between #Moscow and #Kyiv amid ambitions, pressures, and global challenges.

Check it out! 🇺🇦 🇹🇷 🇷🇺

www.ispionline.it/it/pubblicaz...
Il ruolo della Turchia come mediatore tra l’Ucraina e la Russia | ISPI
Dalla centralità diplomatica all’arretramento tattico: come Ankara ha cercato di mediare tra Mosca e Kiev, tra ambizioni geopolitiche, pressioni interne e sfide globali.
www.ispionline.it
July 21, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Reposted by Riccardo Gasco
Big thanks to the Cose Turche News Podcast for having me on their season finale.

Hosted by Eleonora Masi, Samuele Abrami and @riccardogasco.bsky.social, it's the best (and only?) source on Turkey news in Italian:
24 - Turkey recap - FINALE DI STAGIONE
Cose Turche News · Episode
open.spotify.com
July 4, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Eventful week it is: Ocalan's video message noting that the armed struggle is over and this is a historic gain not loss, the planned ceremony on Friday in Suleymaniye, when a small number of PKK fighters will lay down arms, and the talks today (mediated by the US&France) betwen Damascus&the SDF..
July 9, 2025 at 1:54 PM
📌 I shared a few thoughts with Il Foglio
on 🇹🇷-🇮🇱 relations in the aftermath of the 12th day war and the changing balance of power in the Middle East.

✍️Happy to have contributed to this excellent analysis alongside Nimrod Goren, by Stefano Mazzola.

www.ilfoglio.it/esteri/2025/...
La relazione difficile tra Turchia e Israele, tra tensioni e convergenze (sulla Siria)
Il rapporto tra Ankara e lo stato ebraico oscilla tra l'interesse condiviso per l'indebolimento dell'Iran e lo scontro su Gaza. Erdogan e Netanyahu puntano a ritagliarsi un ruolo cent...
www.ilfoglio.it
July 9, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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The multifront attack against the CHP has a logic within the broader context of the rapprochement with Ocalan and efforts to draft a new constitution.
July 5, 2025 at 7:25 AM
📌 Thank you very much @diegocupolo.bsky.social for accepting our invitation!

🎙️If you haven’t yet, check out our Gran Finale of Cose Turche News!

podcasts.apple.com/it/podcast/c...
July 5, 2025 at 5:36 AM
📌 It was great to moderate the 17th Foreign Policy Talk at @istanpol.bsky.social with a great lineup of speakers on how rising tensions between #Iran 🇮🇷 and #Israel 🇮🇱 reshape 🇹🇷 regional role and defence ties with 🇪🇺.

🎙️Check out our speakers' insights!
July 3, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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A summary of Ankara's law/warfare against the CHP:

Today, a key hearing is taking place to determine whether to annul the party’s 38th regular convention, during which Özgür Özel replaced the former chairman, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, after the CHP’s 2023 election defeat, triggering internal strife.
June 30, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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Informative thread on the Turkish government's case against the main opposition CHP from the excellent @sinemadar.bsky.social.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, today's court decision was to postpone the case until Sept 8. I read this as meant to give the CHP enough time to fracture (further) on its own.
A summary of Ankara's law/warfare against the CHP:

Today, a key hearing is taking place to determine whether to annul the party’s 38th regular convention, during which Özgür Özel replaced the former chairman, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, after the CHP’s 2023 election defeat, triggering internal strife.
June 30, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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"Türkiye, Italy and the EU: Trials of Defence Cooperation" by @riccardogasco.bsky.social, @samueljsdv.bsky.social, Talbot Valeria, Valeria Giannotta,‪ @orko8.bsky.social, @skuneralp.bsky.social and‬ Başak Alpan. [4/5]
Türkiye, Italy and the EU: Trials of Defence Cooperation
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has triggered a profound geopolitical shift, prompting European governments to reassess their security architectures, both at
istanpol.org
June 22, 2025 at 6:48 AM
📌 Thrilled to share our latest piece at IstanPol Institute, which I had the pleasure of editing on growing defence partnerships between #Turkey - #Italy and the #EU. 🇹🇷 🇮🇹 🇪🇺

✍️ Check out our experts' insights on what lies ahead!

istanpol.org/en/post-turk...
Türkiye, Italy and the EU: Trials of Defence Cooperation
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has triggered a profound geopolitical shift, prompting European governments to reassess their security architectures, both at
istanpol.org
June 20, 2025 at 1:05 PM
📌 Last week, I had the pleasure of presenting our co-authored paper with Eleonora Tafuro Ambrosetti on the #Turkish mediation role between #Russia and #Ukraine at the #SGRI conference at the Università Cattolica! 🇺🇦 🇹🇷 🇷🇺

Thanks to the organizers! Great conversations and food for thought!
June 20, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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"From 'Good Relations' to 'Strategic Pragmatism': Italy-Turkey Defense Cooperation in a Fragmented Geopolitical Order" by Samuele Abrami and @riccardogasco.bsky.social . [2/5]
ipc.sabanciuniv.edu
June 1, 2025 at 6:02 AM