Professor听Ratti's research and teaching interests lie in post-World War Two international history, specifically U.S.-European relations, NATO鈥檚 evolution, European security and defense policies, and international relations theory. Professor听Ratti听is author of three monographs, two edited volumes and several book chapters. His work has appeared in journals, such as听The International History Review, The Journal of Transatlantic Studies,听Diplomacy & Statecraft, The Journal of Slavic Military Studies, The Journal of Middle Eastern Geopolitics,听and听Mediterranean Politics.听 He is also a听Professor of History of International Relations at Rome 3 University. He has been a visiting Professor at Carleton University and a NATO-Schuman Fellow at the University of Mary Washington.
His more recent publications include:
'Italy' in M. Webber and J. Sperling (eds),听The Oxford Handbook of NATO听(Oxford: OUP, 2025) , 'The enduring relationship between NATO and European integration' in M. Segers and S. Van Hecke (eds), 'The Cambridge History of the European Union' (Cambridge:听CUP, 2023), 'Realism', in S. Mayer (ed.),听Research Handbook on NATO听(Cheltenham:听Edward Elgar, 2023),听'NATO and the CSDP after the Ukraine War: The End of European Strategic Autonomy?',听Canadian Journal of European and Russian Studies, 16(2), 2023, 鈥楾he Anglo-American special relationship and West Germany鈥檚 Eastern policy from 鈥榖ridge-building鈥� to Ostpolitik鈥�,听The International History Review听(2020), 鈥楻eviving Flexible Response: An assessment of NATO鈥檚 Russian strategy on the Alliance鈥檚 70th anniversary鈥�,听Journal of Slavic Military Studies听(2019),听鈥業taly and NATO in the 21st century: still a formidable partnership?鈥� in Michele Testoni (ed.),听NATO and Transatlantic Relations in the 21st century: Foreign and Security Policy Perspectives听(London and New York: Routledge, 2020) and听鈥楾he EU鈥檚 CSDP: The听Great听Illusion鈥� in Hubert Zimmerman and Andreas Duer (eds),听Key Controversies in European Integration听(London and New York: Palgrave/MacMillan, 2021).