“Recasting the national interest in Europe. Institutions, politics and policies for the defense of critical infrastructures and supply chains”

Principal Investigator: Marco Di Giulio 

Substitute Principal Investigator: Paola Coletti 

Associated Investigators: Francesco Niccolò Moro, Andrea Prontera, Claudio Christopher Passalacqua, Stella Blumfelde

‘Sovereignty’ is once again a crucial feature in both the academic and public debate, due to 

the crisis of the liberal international orders, but also – and increasingly – as a response to 

challenges coming from economic and technological domains, which are reshaping the 

way governments perceive international security threats and adjust related policies. 

In this context, the present project focuses on the politics and policy of the national interest 

in contemporary Europe. More specifically, our aim is to investigate the how international 

threats to the security of national assets are framed by policymakers and embodied into 

regulative responses in the domain of critical infrastructure and supply chains (CISC). 

Members of the Department

Francesco Niccolò Moro,

Claudio Christopher Passalacqua

Stella Blumfelde

Other members

Conferences, lectures and talks

Workshop: Recasting the National Interest in Europe: Institutions, Politics, and Policies for the Defence of Critical Infrastructures and Supply Chains, 27-28 January 2025, Bologna, Italy