Ass. Prof. International Relations @UniTrieste, Research Fellow @TheWilsonCenter @NordicAfrica @ispionline, Americana & @ACMilan lover
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🚨The #RedSea has become a frontline of 21st-century power politics.
My new book — Power Competition in the Red Sea — unpacks how global & regional rivalries are redefining this vital maritime hub.
Available via @BloomsburyPub 👉bloomsbury.com/ca/power-comp…
#Geopolitics #IR #Africa
📌Two chokepoints. One strategic picture. As pressure builds around the Strait of #Hormuz, instability at Bab el-Mandeb opens a second maritime front for #Iran, with implications for #US #strategy, Gulf #security and #global shipping
@OrionPolicyIns
🔗 orionpolicy.org/how-a-gulf-r…
📌 Glad to share my first contribution as a @TheWilsonCenter Research Fellow. The article examines proxy governance in the #RedSea and what #Washington may be missing in the growing #Gulf–Horn nexus..
🖇️ wilsoncenter.org/article/pro…
#RedSea #USForeignPolicy
📌 The Strait of Hormuz continues to define the geopolitics of the #Gulf.
In my latest @OrionPolicyIns piece, I argue that the conflict with #Iran has reinforced the strategic value of #maritime power, critical sea lanes, and global connectivity.
Read more below👇
The latest developments in the Strait of Hormuz have reinforced the strategic importance of one of the world's busiest maritime corridors.
Read this timely analysis by Senior Fellow @fededonelli, which explores how the war with Iran is reshaping maritime power, arguing that control over critical sea lanes and global connectivity has become an increasingly significant dimension of regional competition.
#Iran #StraitOfHormuz #MaritimeSecurity #MiddleEast #GlobalTrade #IranWar
orionpolicy.org/how-the-war-…
Federico Donelli retweeted
"Beyond missile strikes, air operations, and tensions over #Iran’s nuclear program, the conflict is highlighting a deeper transformation affecting the entire region: the increasing politicization and securitization of connectivity."
In our latest, @fededonelli examines how the #IranWar is reshaping maritime power, with chokepoints like the #StraitofHormuz and the #RedSea becoming central to regional leverage, global trade, and security calculations.
orionpolicy.org/how-the-war-…
#MaritimeSecurity #MiddleEast #EnergySecurity
📌 India is quietly reshaping its role in the Horn of Africa, moving from #peacekeeping to a more assertive #security and economic actor.
🔗A trend worth watching @TC_Africa with @RiccardoGasco &
theconversation.com/indias-h…
📌🎙️On #Globally @ispionline with @silviaboccardi discussing the war in #Sudan as it enters its 4th year.
Listen on @Spotify & @YouTube 👇
🔗youtube.com/watch?v=QYL10ZHu…
#Africa #Security #Humanitarian @UniTrieste @OrionPolicyIns
Il 15 aprile 2023 scoppiava la guerra in #Sudan. Quella che è nata come una lotta per il potere si è rapidamente trasformata in un conflitto esteso a tutto il Paese, causando la più grave crisi umanitaria al mondo.
Oggi rischia di peggiorare ancora, anche per un effetto domino innescato dalla guerra in #Iran.
La giornalista @silviaboccardi ne parla con @fededonelli, ricercatore associato ISPI e professore all’Università di Trieste, nella nuova puntata di #Globally.
▶️ Guarda la puntata: youtube.com/watch?v=QYL10ZHu…
📌🇪🇺 I’ve been working increasingly on critical materials and #supply #chains
Glad to share a new analysis co-authored with @RiccardoGasco for @istanpolinst on critical minerals, rare earths, & #Türkiye-#EU partnership in a fragmenting #global #order
🖇️istanpol.org/en/post-critica…
📍Three years into the world’s most dramatic humanitarian crisis, there is still no clear way out of #Sudan’s war.
Beyond internal fighting, regional rivalries & external interventions are increasingly shaping #conflict & prospects for #peace
My latest commentary @ispionline 👇
#Sudan stands at the edge of a new turning point as, three years into civil war, the confrontation over Iran begins to disrupt the fragile regional alliances that have helped sustain both sides of the conflict.
By Federico Donelli (@fededonelli): ispionline.it/en/publication…
📌New policy note, @Assem_Hatab , “Split Talks or Takeover? 3 Scenarios for the #Sudan War”, is now out with the @NordicAfrica
Result of several months of research, it explores possible trajectories of the conflict and their policy implications.
🔗 nai.se/SudanWar
📌What does the #IranWar mean for the Horn of #Africa?
My latest @NordicAfrica talk: the impact is #systemic variable. As attention shifts, space opens for #regional actors, & escalation risks grow.
🎥youtu.be/6JWHeDOGvVI?si=CEI2…
#RedSea #GlobalSecurity #Gulf
📌My take @TC_Africa: how #IranWar could reshape Iranian politics in the medium–long term, with spillovers for the #redsea & the Horn of #Africa.
🖇️theconversation.com/iran-war… via @TC_Africa
@UniTrieste @ispionline @NordicAfrica @OrionPolicyIns
Federico Donelli retweeted
Dal conflitto a Gaza al ruolo strategico dell’Iran: il Medio Oriente sta entrando in una nuova fase.
Quali equilibri stanno cambiando? E cosa aspettarsi nei prossimi mesi?
Ne parliamo il 25/2 con Giuseppe Dentice e Federico Donelli, leggi qui: portale.units.it/it/eventi/i…
📌New article in @Ethnopolitics with @GiulioLevorato!
We examine how local actors in #Colombia and #Somalia develop organised, long-term strategies to manage violence, and introduce the concept of #conflict management from #below.
🔗Free access:
tandfonline.com/eprint/ZRWKF…
📌Rare earths are becoming a key geopolitical asset.
With @RiccardoGasco, we analyze #Türkiye’s potential role for the #EU in securing #critical raw #materials.
@ispionline 👇
ispionline.it/it/pubblicazio…
📌 #Israel-Somaliland: strategic shift in the Red Sea?
Israel’s recognition of #Somaliland signals more than diplomacy
It reflects strategic, economic, and security calculations with major implications for the region
My take @OrionPolicyIns 👇
orionpolicy.org/israels-reco…
🚨New issue of @MidEastPolicy out now!📘
Among many excellent contributions, my #article looks at the new #security #configuration of the #RedSea—and what it means for #regional order and #global dynamics.
A must-read issue👇
#Yemen #Sudan #Somalia #Somaliland #Israel #Gaza
New Middle East Policy analyzes rebuilding collapsed states, Saudi gains with Trump, new Red Sea order, Turkey-Israel conflict in Syria, Israel peace movement, Erdogan’s challenges. With @bug_sari, Guilain Denoeux, Robert Springborg, @fededonelli, more.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/…
Federico Donelli retweeted
New Middle East Policy analyzes rebuilding collapsed states, Saudi gains with Trump, new Red Sea order, Turkey-Israel conflict in Syria, Israel peace movement, Erdogan’s challenges. With @bug_sari, Guilain Denoeux, Robert Springborg, @fededonelli, more.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/…
#CFP #EISA Workshop #2026 🚨
Co-organising with May Darwich a workshop in Izmir:
Hybrid #Security in a #Fractured World: The #RedSea and Beyond (WS CB)
📅 Submissions open: 12 Jan
⏰ Deadline: 10 Feb
Submission🔗 eisa-net.org/ewis-2026/abstr…
#EISA #CFP #RedSea #SecurityStudies
📌#Djibouti’s constitutional change isn’t a technicality. It enables another #Guelleh term in a state central to #global #shipping and hosting numerous foreign bases.
Democratic #backsliding here has real #geopolitical #costs
My latest @TC_Africa 👇
🔗theconversation.com/djibouti…
💡The #RedSea has become one of the key arenas where #global power shifts are taking shape
In my latest piece for @TC_Africa I explain why this region is now central to understanding changes in the #international #order
🔗 theconversation.com/global-p…
@ispionline @OrionPolicyIns
