Riccardo Alcaro
@ric-alcaro.bsky.social
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I'm an international relations analyst, with a special interest in US-European cooperation on Russia and the Middle East
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What a pleasure to see your latest work finally published.
In the book Pol Bargués and I put forward the concept of #RelationalPowerEurope to capture the potential and limits of EU crisis and conflict management capacity
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mon...
Conflict Management and the Future of EU Foreign and Security Policy |
This book analyses how the European Union (EU) has dealt with crises and conflicts, including Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Iran’s nuclear dispute and Syria’s
www.taylorfrancis.com
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...progress that make the plan worth supporting.
That such an unfair and unbalanced plan is better than the status quo is only proof of how horrible the status quo is
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...they've clearly become liability. Bennet and/or Lapid will only be happy to support government that brings hostages back home.
What's there not to like for Netanyahu?
Still, the end of the bloodshed, reopening of humanitarian channels and freeing of hostages are real...
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...of Palestinian state, no action required in West Bank, and obviously no costs for Israel for the destruction of Gaza.
If the plan costs him support from Ben-Gvir and Smotrich (which is doubtful), all the better, since...
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...Gaza City, Israel in control of security in Gaza, reconstruction costs passed over to Arab states, Palestinians excluded from government in Gaza, PA called on to satisfy impossible demands to appease Israel (including dropping cases at ICC and ICJ), meaningless mention...
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This is a massive misunderstanding, Netanyahu got the exactly the plan he needed to end the war on his own terms:
Hamas cornered, hostages released, IDF happy not to have to go further...

How Trump cornered Netanyahu into signing up for peace www.ft.com/content/6a62... via @financialtimes.com
How Trump cornered Netanyahu into signing up for peace
Israel’s prime minister has encountered the first US president he cannot easily outmanoeuvre
www.ft.com
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Nel 7° episodio di #Conversazionisull’America, ospitata da #Storiainpodcast per #FocusStoria, @mariodelpero.bsky.social e io discutiamo di come l’#isolazionismo sia più un’invettiva politica che una realtà nella storia degli #USA

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L’isolazionismo negli USA: mito o realtà?
Puntata podcast · Storia in Podcast · 26/09/2025 · 30 min
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iaionline.bsky.social
📣𝑁𝑒𝑤 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘, 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑐ℎ, a fresh design and updated editorial style to all our publications!

📖 The first in the new format: a #IAICommentary by @ric-alcaro.bsky.social on the E3’s #snapback mechanism on #Iran
👉 https://www.iai.it/en/node/20497
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🇮🇹 Italy's relationship with the 🇺🇸 has historically been marked by strong social, economic & political ties ➡️
Read @ric-alcaro.bsky.social's view of Italy-US relations in his chapter of our book

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By 23 July, Gaza hospitals were reporting ten to fifteen deaths from starvation every 24 hours – far more than the monthly average over 21 months of war.”

www.crisisgroup.org/rss.xml
www.crisisgroup.org
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CEPS @ceps.eu · Jul 2
Can the concept of "relational power" still be relevant in a future where many factors have drastically changed the EU's foreign and security structure? Transatlantic relations are a decisive factor and #Trump certainly brought a new dynamic, says @ric-alcaro.bsky.social
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CEPS @ceps.eu · Jun 23
📅 On 2 July as part of @reunir.bsky.social‬, @ric-alcaro.bsky.social joins us to:

🗣️ Discuss internal & external constraints shaping EU policy.
🗣️ Consider future scenarios for reform or disintegration of EU foreign & security policy in view of Trump’s second administration.

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L’attacco #USA all’#Iran sembra imminente

22 anni dopo l’Iraq, gli USA sono sul punto di impegnarsi in un’altra guerra in Medio Oriente, questa volta per conto di un altro stato, ma sempre su intelligence dubbia e assenza di minaccia imminente

ukdefencejournal.org.uk/american-b-2...
American B-2 stealth bombers deploy amid Iran tensions
U.S. Air Force B-2 bombers have departed from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri for a staging base in the Indian Ocean, Diego Garcia.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk
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Not six months into his term, a US president is seriously considering attacking a Middle East country that had not attacked it on behalf of a third country that was the original aggressor, on questionable intelligence.
Madness

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
Trump Says He’ll Decide on Iran Attack ‘Within the Next Two Weeks’
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The lying lion and the hapless President: has Netanyahu put Trump in a bind?

Check out a new #IAICommentary by @ric-alcaro.bsky.social➡️ www.iai.it/en/node/20256

Here's some key points 👇🧵

#Nethanyahu #Israel #Iran #Trump
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President Trump’s self-imposed deadline for a new Iran nuclear deal is about to expire, amid growing indications that the negotiations may collapse.

Check out a new #IAICommentary by @ric-alcaro.bsky.social & @ludovicacast.bsky.social ➡️ www.iai.it/en/node/20192

Some key points 🧵
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È uscito il quarto episodio di Conversazioni sull’America, la nuova serie podcast curata da me e Mario Del Pero di Sciences Po. Oggi parliamo della stagione imperialista USA a fine ‘800, della conquista delle Filippine e del Canale di Panama
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Conversazioni sull’America: L’imperialismo USA di McKinley e Roosevelt
Puntata podcast · Storia in Podcast · 07/06/2025 · 37 min
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Questo venerdì alle 17:30 parlerò con Andrew Spannaus, Roberto Menotti e altri della incerta direzione futura delle relazioni fra Europa e Stati Uniti
Alle 16:30 alla Sapienza, sede di Via Scalo di San Lorenzo
Link per connessione remoto nella locandina
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