Federico Donelli

Ass. Prof. International Relations @UniTrieste, Senior Research Fellow @OrionPolicyIns & @ispionline, Americana & @ACMilan lover @fededonelli.bsky.social

[Federico Donelli @fededonelli]

🚨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 👉https://t.co/THqAEBNoBg

#Geopolitics #IR #Africa

[Federico Donelli @fededonelli]

📌 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 &

https://t.co/FCUUXTsb0R

[Federico Donelli @fededonelli]

📌🎙️On #Globally @ispionline with @silviaboccardi discussing the war in #Sudan as it enters its 4th year.

Listen on @Spotify & @YouTube 👇

🔗https://t.co/hEf99c2ABZ

#Africa #Security #Humanitarian @UniTrieste @OrionPolicyIns

[ISPI @ispionline]

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: https://t.co/lLg0YLd1Bb

[Federico Donelli @fededonelli]

📌🇪🇺 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

🖇️https://t.co/LuvA5v1UPb

[Federico Donelli @fededonelli]

📍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 👇

[ISPI @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): https://t.co/siRi5po5d2

[Federico Donelli @fededonelli]

📌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.

🔗 https://t.co/DthNQRX8DW

[Federico Donelli @fededonelli]

📌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.

🎥https://t.co/fmBUkVoahH

#RedSea #GlobalSecurity #Gulf

[Federico Donelli @fededonelli]

📌My take @TC_Africa: how #IranWar could reshape Iranian politics in the medium–long term, with spillovers for the #redsea & the Horn of #Africa.

🖇️https://t.co/sBVvRTnjJo via @TC_Africa

@UniTrieste @ispionline @NordicAfrica @OrionPolicyIns

[Università di Trieste @UniTrieste]

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: https://t.co/v4ep8fXg5A

[Federico Donelli @fededonelli]

📌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:
https://t.co/nlDImXWwMo

[Federico Donelli @fededonelli]

📌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 👇

https://t.co/AkJ517Esot

[Federico Donelli @fededonelli]

📌 #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 👇

https://t.co/2W4EQAeZ10

[Federico Donelli @fededonelli]

🚨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

[Middle East Policy Council @MidEastPolicy]

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.
https://t.co/RYIkx1EjG2

[Middle East Policy Council @MidEastPolicy]

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.
https://t.co/RYIkx1EjG2

[Federico Donelli @fededonelli]

#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🔗 https://t.co/bHBkywexuU

#EISA #CFP #RedSea #SecurityStudies

[Federico Donelli @fededonelli]

📌#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 👇

🔗https://t.co/TFeJkszNvr

[Federico Donelli @fededonelli]

💡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

🔗 https://t.co/zIXFqKIgNV

@ispionline @OrionPolicyIns

[Federico Donelli @fededonelli]

The #RedSea is where regional #disorder meets global #competition.

Understanding its #land–#sea interconnections is key for anyone..

🗞️My piece explains how this #hybrid #security space #challenges existing frameworks of #regional #Order

👉 https://t.co/O5kQcmtTyI

[Federico Donelli @fededonelli]

🚨From #Sudan’s #civil #war to #Houthi #attacks in the #RedSea, instability now moves seamlessly from land to sea.

The region has become a single #security #arena.

➡️ My @OrionPolicyIns analysis: https://t.co/O5kQcmtTyI

[Federico Donelli @fededonelli]

The Red Sea is no #longer only a #corridor — it’s a strategic hinge connecting the #Africa, the #MiddleEast, & the #IndoPac

🚢Land-based crises (Sudan, Yemen) directly shape maritime competition, and vice versa..

[Federico Donelli @fededonelli]

📌 #Drones, chokepoints, and shifting geopolitics: the Red Sea is no longer just a trade route, but a new frontier of regional rivalry.

Read my latest open-access piece in #MEP:

“Maritime Disruption in Yemen”

🔗https://t.co/BSvaRM1B5R

#Yemen #RedSea #MaritimeSecurity #Africa