Riccardo Gasco – Institute of Social Studies

Riccardo Gasco

Riccardo Gasco is the Foreign Policy Program Coordinator at the IstanPol Institute. He is also a Doctoral Researcher in International Relations at the University of Bologna and is currently a Visiting Research Fellow at the Istanbul Policy Center (IPC) in Istanbul. He holds a degree in International Relations and Diplomatic Sciences, obtained from the University of Genoa and the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. His current research focuses on Turkey's foreign policy, the Middle East, and Turkey's relations with NATO and Russia. His research project examines the foreign policy behavior of emerging middle powers, with Turkey as a case study.

The outbreak of war in Ukraine has highlighted the need for strategic alliances, with Italy emerging as one of Turkey’s

15 January 2025