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Riccardo Gasco
@riccardogasco.bsky.social
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
📌 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
📌 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
📌 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
📌 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
📌 In our latest analysis with Samuele Abrami, published for IPC, we delve into the growing defence cooperation between #Italy and #Turkey, reasoning on whether it could work as a springboard for a broader #EU - #Turkey cooperation. 🇹🇷🇮🇹🇪🇺

✍️ Read it here: ipc.sabanciuniv.edu/Content/Imag...
May 26, 2025 at 5:17 PM
📢Tomorrow at Genoa University!

📌 Glad for the opportunity to discuss #Turkish foreign policy behavior in #Syria together with the recent developments. 🇹🇷🇸🇾

Thanks to Edoardo Corradi for the kind invitation!
May 12, 2025 at 8:42 AM
📌 It has been a pleasure to present at Koç University our co-authored research with Chiara Boldrini on a new dataset on #Turkish foreign policy. 🇹🇷

Thanks to the organisers for hosting such a wonderful conference and to the participants for insightful feedback and discussion!
April 19, 2025 at 8:00 AM
📌 Looking forward to being at Koç University this Friday to present our co-authored paper with Chiara Boldrini on a newly #Turkish Foreign Policy Dataset at the #TCSS2025 conference! 🇹🇷

Full program: ccss.ku.edu.tr/tcss-2025/
April 16, 2025 at 9:17 AM
📌 It was great to appear live on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) at The World News Program to comment on the latest hashtag#Turkish political development following the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Imamoğlu. 🇹🇷

🔗📺You can watch the full interview here: lnkd.in/dpQMQZUG
March 20, 2025 at 1:15 PM
📌 On today's Domani Newspaer, I shared some comments and reflections with @FuturaDaprile on the #Turkish political developments in the aftermath of #Imamoglu's arrest.

🔗https://www.editorialedomani.it/politica/mondo/istanbul-arresto-sindaco-anti-erdogan-problema-anche-per-europa-perche-lk97s4of
March 20, 2025 at 8:18 AM
📌 Wonderful to see our latest with Samuele Abrami out for
IPC on #Europe's defense awakening and #Turkey's role.🇹🇷

Could such moves represent a springboard for a new cooperation framework at the 🇪🇺 level?

Read it here:
🔗https://ipc.sabanciuniv.edu/Content/Images/CKeditorImages/20250317-16031914.pdf
March 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
📌 It has already been a while, but I am grateful to spend my 6th year in Istanbul as a Visiting Research Fellow at the Istanbul Policy Center (IPC) 🇹🇷

This year, I’m focused on completing my PhD on #Turkey’s foreign policy between #NATO & #Russia.

What a journey it has been already!
March 14, 2025 at 6:33 AM
‼️#Turkey's role in post-#Assad #Syria 🇹🇷🇸🇾

📌Great to see my latest analysis published within the MA.G.A.S. project coordinated by Edoardo Corradi at @UniGenova with the financial support of the
@italymfa.bsky.social.

Find out more
🔗🇮🇹http://shorturl.at/wGpoE
🔗🇬🇧 shorturl.at/l30Mi
January 24, 2025 at 8:18 AM
🎙️ Every Friday at 10 am GMT, starting tomorrow, with Samuele Abrami and Eleonora Masi, we will comment on some news coming from Turkey in this new exciting podcast project! 🇹🇷

🔗 Here is the link to listen to the podcast: open.spotify.com/show/4ZIselv...
January 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
📣 I am happy to share a review of two excellent books by Elem Eyrice Tepeciklioglu, Ali Onur Tepeciklioglu and Federico Donelli on #Turkey's engagement and strategic involvement in the #African Continent. 🇹🇷

🔗Full publication: www.africheorienti.com/journal/arti...
November 25, 2024 at 6:34 AM
📢A new PhD and Post-Doc seminar series is kicking off at the Department of Political Science of the University of Bologna!

📅On the 27th, Francesco Lizzi and Claudio Passalacqua will discuss "The Politics of Investment Screening Mechanisms" with Floor Doppen as the discussant.
November 24, 2024 at 8:21 AM
#Trump’s reelection might create a window of opportunity for 🇹🇷 & 🇪🇺 to strengthen their bilateral relations. Whether they can recalibrate their policies and find common ground for cooperation remains an open question.

✏️ Selin Nasi
🔗 bit.ly/3OdvgtO
November 16, 2024 at 4:09 PM
📢Mark down your calendar!

📅Happening tomorrow, Richard Youngs at the University of Bologna speaking on the future of a Geoliberal Europe!

Online at the following link:

🔗https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/5f8c744b-d536-4954-8be9-3e9d4274fbf0@e99647dc-1b08-454a-bf8c-699181b389ab
November 14, 2024 at 3:54 PM
🚨Exciting #IR seminar series announcement at #Unibo! 🚨

🗓️Prof. Richard Youngs
➡️ 15 Nov 2024

🗓️Prof. Ayse Zarakol
➡️ 31 Jan 2025

📍Where? Bologna University and online!

Drop us a line for further info, and join us!

An event with the universities of Genova, Milan, and Florence.
August 26, 2024 at 12:53 PM