Fabrizio Tassinari

The Arab Awakening

Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya face a long transition--with important consequences for the West. Here is an overview of European policy and the regional context. Our account on the Tunisian case for CNN and Le Figaro.

In this piece for Die Welt, I deal with the consequences of the Arab Spring for immigration in Europe. Our article on the case of Italy's policy in the region was picked up by the Financial Times.

Why Europe Fears its Neighbors

This book argues that some of the most daunting challenges shaping the political agenda of Europe coalesce in the rings of countries and regions at the continent's fringes: from North Africa and the Middle East, to the Balkans and Turkey, to Eastern Europe and Russia.

"A copy needs to be sent to every EU foreign minister. Now."
--Tim Judah, The Economist

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"Our 9/11 of Hope"
Essays on European Democracy

The date of the fall of the Berlin Wall, 9 November, was Europe's "9/11 of Hope".
This collection of short essays surveys aspects of democracy in Europe since 1989.

"A very stimulating collection which concentrates our minds on vital questions for all Europeans."
- Timothy Garton Ash, Oxford University (from the Preface)

Transatlantic Relations

The European Foreign Affairs Review published my article on transatlantic cooperation with a case study on crisis management coordination between NATO and the EU. Here you can view my remarks at the Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars, in Washington, DC., based on this CEPS paper, on the importance of the translantic alliance for wider European security.

The Russian Riddle

Two articles, in the leading Russia in Global Affairs and in The International Spectator, both co-written with my colleague Marius Vahl, argue that Europeans should should opt for a "minimalist partnership" with Russia.

Our work on this was cited by The Economist and the BBC (Russian service).

Sailing the Black Sea

In this policy brief, I advocate the creation of a new multi-sectoral, multi-stakeholder EU policy on the Black Sea region called "Black Sea Synergy." One year on, the European Commission puts forward the "real" Black Sea Synergy as an official EU initiative.

Turkey's "Variable Geometries"

An article on the "variable geometries" of Turkey's institutional, normative and power-related integration with the EU. ( In The Geopolitics of Europe's
Identity, for Palgrave)

I had developed the argument in this paper for the Woodrow Wilson Center in DC (downloadable here). On the future of EU-Turkey negotiations: see my commentary here.

"Mare Europaeum": The European Sea

This article builds on 17th century Dutch philosopher Hugo Grotius' treatise Mare Liberum to develop a thesis about regionalism in the wider Europe. In this other booklet, co-edited with Paul Holtom, we explore the case of the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad.

This co-edited DIIS book explores the role of Northern Europe the wider European constellation.