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Nathalie Tocci

Position
Director
Biography

Nathalie Tocci is Director of the Istituto Affari Internazionali, Professor of Practice at the John Hopkins University SAIS, Senior Fellow at the Institute for European Policymaking @ Bocconi University (IEP@BU) and independent non-executive director of the multi utility company Acea. She has been Special Advisor to EU High Representatives Federica Mogherini and Josep Borrell. In that capacity, she wrote the European Global Strategy and worked on its implementation.
She is part-time professor at the School of Transnational Governance (European University Institute). She was Europe’s Futures fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences (Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen, IWM), Pierre Keller Visiting Professor at the Harvard Kennedy School, and Honorary Professor at the University of Tübingen. Prior to joining Acea, she was independent board member first of Edison and then of Eni. She 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.
Her major publications include: Framing the EU's Global Strategy, Springer-Palgrave Macmillan, 2017 (author); The EU, Promoting Regional Integration, and Conflict Resolution, Springer-Palgrave Macmillan, 2017 (co-editor); Turkey and the European Union, Palgrave Macmillan, 2015 (co-author); Multilateralism in the 21st Century, Routledge, 2013 (co-editor), Turkey’s European Future: Behind the Scenes of America’s Influence on EU-Turkey Relations, New York University Press, 2011 (author); and The EU and Conflict Resolution, Routledge, 2007 (author); A Green and Global Europe, Polity, 2022 (author).
Nathalie is a frequent media commentator, with regular op-eds in Politico Europe, La Stampa and The Guardian, as well as being a regular panellist on BBC’s “The Context”. She has published in Foreign Affairs, El Pais, Project Syndicate, and is often interviewed by major international television and newspaper outlets, including Al Jazeera, BBC, Bloomberg, CNN, Euronews, PBS, Sky, The New York Times, The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, El Pais, Le Monde, Deutsche Welle, amongst others.
She is represented by Chartwell Speakers and Elastica.

Publications

Data pubblicazione

Salvaging Global Order in the Post-American Era

Autori
Nathalie Tocci
Details
in BKHS Magazine, n. 5 (10 December 2025), p. 8-11
In: Altri paper e articoli
Data pubblicazione

Clima ed energia nella politica estera europea

Autori
Margherita Bianchi
Nathalie Tocci
Details
in Enrico Giovannini (ed.), Obiettivo 2030. Come trasformare l'Italia per un futuro sostenibile, Soveria Mannelli, Rubbettino, 2025, p. 55-65 (Collana ASviS)
In: Libri
Data pubblicazione

From periphery to core: the climate and energy journey of European foreign policy

Autori
Margherita Bianchi
Nathalie Tocci
Details
in Heather Grabbe and Simone Tagliapietra (eds), Green intersections: the global embedding of climate change in policy, Brussels, Bruegel, 2025, p. 75-95 (Bruegel Blueprint Series)
In: Other papers and articles

In the media

Berliner Zeitung: Ist die Freundschaft zwischen Europa und den USA am Ende?

International Crisis Group: Can Europe Solve Its U.S. Dilemma?

TVP World: Russia is now only a ‘regional power’ as Iran tensions rise, analyst says

Research

This project aims to strengthen coordination between Italy and Germany concerning energy transition and energy security, both at the bilateral and European levels. To achieve this, it creates…
Within the Conference on the Future of Europe, launched in 2020 by the European Parliament and the Commission, the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) will set up three Citizens’ Dialogues to engage…
The Think-20 (T20) serves as an official engagement group of the G20 bringing together the major think tanks and research centers working on the G20 agenda and global governance issues. IAI has been…