In recent weeks, the issue of European security has come back to the public debate. In mid-March, the European Commission presented the White Paper for European Defence in order to frame a new approach, with urgent actions so that the EU can stop possible external aggression on its own. Which are the reasons for this strategic change? What implications does it have for the arms industry? Will strategic autonomy be achieved? What new alliances does the current geopolitical context imply? How should we act to face non-military threats such as disinformation, cyberattacks and hybrid warfare? To what extent can the ReArm Europe Plan – Readiness 2030 endanger the welfare state?

On Monday, April 28, at 12:00 p.m., join our online conversation with Nathalie Tocci, leading expert on EU foreign policy.

Nathalie Tocci is Director of the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), part-time professor at the School of Transnational Governance from the European University Institute (EUI) and Honorary Professor at the University of Tübingen. She has been Special Advisor to EU High Representatives for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini and Josep Borrell. In that capacity, she wrote the European Global Strategy and worked on its implementation. She is Europe’s Futures Fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM). She was Pierre Keller Visiting Professor at the Harvard Kennedy School and has held research positions at the Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels, the Transatlantic Academy, Washington, the European University Institute, Florence, and has taught at the College of Europe, Bruges.

Her research interests include European integration and European foreign policy, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, transatlantic relations, multilateralism, conflict resolution, energy, climate and defence. She is a frequent media commentator, with regular op-eds in Politico Europe, La Stampa and The Guardian.

This is the session number twelve of the ‘Finestra d’idees’ series, a conversation series with experts promoted by the Center for Contemporary Studies with the aim of deepening the analysis of the main international current affairs.