Nicolò Fasola is an expert on Russian foreign policy and strategic culture, as well as NATO's collective defence and cooperative security policies. He has a decade of experience in these fields, working in dynamic, demanding and high-profile environments -- including NATO and several research institutions in Europe.
Dr Fasola is currently conducting research on the repositioning of Russia's foreign policy towards the non-Western world and Russian military thinking. The following research products are in preparation/will be published soon:
- (forthcoming) (with Camilla Valle) "Russia’s Strategic Exploitation of Migration Along NATO’s North-Eastern Flank" -- within an edited volume curated by the NATO Stability Policing Centre of Excellence.
- (forthcoming) (with Camilla Valle) "Beyond Hardware: The ‘Human Factor’ in Russian Strategic Thinking," in: Russia’s War Against Ukraine and Future Military Development, Finnish National Defence Academy.
- (under review) "What adaptation? NATO after the Russian Invasion of Ukraine".
- (under review) "Russia-Syria Relations: A Patron-Client Perspective on Motives, Resources, and Durability".
- (under review) (with Rafael Biermann) "International Organisations as Patrons: The Case of NATO and Ukraine."
- (work in progress) "Russia's evolving approach to strategic stability and deterrence in Asia-Pacific".
