Nathalie Tocci

C’est un immense honneur d’avoir été nommée par le Président de la République française dans l’ordre national de la Légion d’honneur, au grade de chevalier. Fière de cette reconnaissance et déterminée à contribuer au renforcement de notre Europe commune 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇪🇺❤️

Riconoscere la Palestina è un gesto che ha senso se è accompagnato da misure concrete e non meramente simboliche affinché si fermino i crimini di guerra in corso. Altrimenti rischia di diventare un atto vuoto, se non grottesco. Oggi su la Stampa

This is exactly the point. The Commission played its cards terribly but only because this is what members states pushed it to do, with neither demonstrating vision of a strong and united Europe and the courage to defend it

Mi chiedo come giudicheremo in futuro questo momento storico, come racconteremo il nostro silenzio e la nostra complicità su Gaza ai nostri figli. E non ho risposta, solo vergogna. Oggi su La Stampa

A decade after its landmark deal, Europe faces a defining test in Iran Having helped forge the Iran nuclear deal, the bloc must decide if it will once again take the diplomatic lead or be swayed by the illusion that might makes right.

As European leaders meet Iranian officials in Istanbul for nuclear talks, ELN Senior Iran Advisor Sahil Shah & Senior Network member @nathalietocci.bsky.social write in @politico.eu: Will Europe lead with diplomacy, or chase the illusion that might makes right?
www.politico.eu/article/euro...

A decade after its landmark deal, Europe faces a defining test in Iran Having helped forge the Iran nuclear deal, the bloc must decide if it will once again take the diplomatic lead or be swayed by the illusion that might makes right.

A decade after its landmark deal, Europe faces a defining test in Iran. My piece with Sahil Shah www.politico.eu/article/euro...

That’s exactly my argument

Trump’s foreign policy record has not been effective. Wars still rage on. But when it comes to Europe, he’s succeeding in dividing and weakening the continent, thanks to his supporters inside the gates. Delighted to publish this first oped in t.co/DjgWaOv9WS

A Istanbul si sogna un dialogo possibile. Nel caso della guerra della Russia in Ucraina, quel sogno si è rivelato finora un’illusione. Ma a Istanbul avranno luogo anche i negoziati tra Europa e Iran. Qui lo scenario è più decisamente più promettente. Oggi su la Stampa

Opinion | I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.

The wider community of genocide scholars is now edging ever closer toward a consensus over describing events in Gaza as a genocide. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...

In Trump’s game of chicken, the EU cannot afford to back down | Nathalie Tocci When threatened with US tariffs, Europe was initially bullish. But the influence of nationalist leaders sympathetic to Trump has caused a split, says Guardian Europe columnist Nathalie Tocci

In Trump’s game of chicken, the EU cannot afford to back down. My latest @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Bring Back the Spirit of Bandung The 1955 conference’s value-based approach to international affairs offers a model for middle powers today.

“Bring back the spirit of Bandung”. Delighted to coauthor this piece w Galip Dalay and Faisal Devji @foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2025/07/11/b...

Cosa collega la conferenza sulla ricostruzione Ucraina a Roma e l'incontro dei volenterosi ai margini del vertice UK-Francia? C'è chi contrappone i due appuntamenti: il primo volto alla pace, il secondo alla guerra. Niente è più lontano dalla realtà. Oggi su La Stampa

It was an honour to host President @sandumaiamd @IAIonline . Vision, integrity and courage we so need in Europe

Gestire la rottura transatlantica in atto non è semplice. Ma a sei mesi di distanza, è forse giunto il momento di abbandonare la genuflessione e raddrizzare la schiena. Oggi su La Stampa

For NATO, Appeasing Trump Came at a High Price The priorities of this year’s NATO summit were to appease Trump and prevent a major disaster. That meant neglecting the alliance’s broader goals.

With Trump in the White House, a “no surprises” summit was considered essential for NATO’s cohesion.

Unfortunately, that also meant neglecting the details of the alliance’s end goals, @nathalietocci.bsky.social writes.

For NATO, Appeasing Trump Came at a High Price The priorities of this year’s NATO summit were to appease Trump and prevent a major disaster. That meant neglecting the alliance’s broader goals.

Scratching the surface of this week’s “no surprises” NATO summit, yet another nail may have been unknowingly placed in the alliance’s coffin in The Hague, @nathalietocci.bsky.social writes.

Because I don’t think it affect Trump’s decision regarding the partial withdrawal of forces from Europe (that will not be decided together with Europeans). And because I don’t think it changes Trump’s decision to pick up the phone in the event of a Russian attack on Nato territory

The pathetic flattery and genuflection viz Trump on display by European leaders, starting with NATO Secretary General Rutte, ahead and at the NATO summit makes me feel profoundly embarrassed as a European. Plus, it doesn’t even work…

On the upside, this doesn’t even come close to the top-10 most embarrassing things Mark Rutte has done in his career.

L’obiettivo del vertice Nato è assicurare che oggi nulla vada drammaticamente storto. Nel bel mezzo di due guerre, potrebbe sembrare un’ambizione raso terra. Ma con Trump alla Casa Bianca, un vertice “senza sorprese” rappresenta un miracolo. Oggi su La Stampa

A call on Europe to help prevent large-scale war between Iran and the United States ECFR Council members urge European governments to pull every available lever to prevent escalation in the Middle East…

Statement by @ecfr.eu Council Members urging Europeans to press US & Iran to adopt swift exit-strategy before conflict sparks wider regional war. Statement by @cbildt.bsky.social Alistair Burt @aranchagonzalez.bsky.social Andrzej Olechowski @nathalietocci.bsky.social Pierre Vimont

Israel wages war invoking “self-defence”.Nuclear armed Israel/US attack Iran to stop it making nuclear weapons it wasn’t making.Europeans call for diplomacy without condemning the attack that killed it.Russia opposes the violation of int law, while doing far worse in Ukraine.As Orwellian as it gets

Enough is enough: Europe needs to oppose Israel’s aggression Israel has become the Middle East’s leading destabiliser, threatening key European interests. Europe must avoid making the same mistakes that led to the 2003 Iraq invasion…

Enough is enough: Europe needs to oppose Israel’s aggression: ecfr.eu/article/enou...

Sullo sfondo della rottura in atto con gli Stati Uniti, Italia ed Europa devono imparare a pensare con la propria testa. La guerra tra Israele e Iran dimostra, però, le nostre enormi difficoltà nel farlo. Oggi su La Stampa

Europe must stand without the US – but the latest war in the Middle East shows it has no idea how | Nathalie Tocci If Europe was not so in hock to Washington, it would sanction Israel over Gaza and condemn its unilateral attack on Iran, says Guardian Europe columnist Nathalie Tocci

Europe must stand without the US – but the latest war in the Middle East shows it has no idea how. My piece @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

No crystal ball, so yes, ambiguous by definition, but unless we think that nuclear talks were leading to a nuclear Iran, which seems fantastical, then there is a very plausible case now that, rather than ending Iran’s nuclear ambitions, Iran might accelerate and withdraw from npt

Regional war next door (with all that comes with it), nuclear proliferation, international law in tatters (again)….

The level of Orwellian confusion in Europe over Israel’s attack on Iran is staggering. It’s so sad to see the total inability of European leaders to think with their own heads (rather than act as derivatives of the US) in the Middle East

Una gioia e onore ospitare allo @IAIonline i premi Nobel Oleg Orlov, Sasha Romantsova e Leonid Soudalenko #memorial #russia #ucraina