Professor 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 Ratti is the 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the Canadian Journal of European and Russian Studies, and听Mediterranean Politics.听 He is also an Associate Professor of History of International Relations at Rome 3 University and has been a visiting scholar at Carleton University.听听
His more recent publications include: 鈥楴ATO and the CSDP after the Ukraine War: the end of European strategic autonomy?鈥�,听Canadian Journal of European and Russian Studies, (Vol. 16, no.2, 2023),听鈥楻ealism', in Sebastian Mayer听(ed.),听Research Handbook of NATO听(Edward Elgar: Cheltenham 2023),听鈥楴ATO and European integration鈥� in Steven Van Hecke and Mathieu Segers (eds),听The Cambridge History of European Integration听(Cambridge: CUP, forthcoming),听鈥業taly鈥� in James Sperling and Mark Webber (eds), Oxford Handbook on NATO (London and New York: Oxford University Press, forthcoming),听鈥楾he Anglo-American special relationship and West Germany鈥檚 Eastern Policy from 鈥楤ridge-building鈥� to Ostpolitik,鈥櫶�The International History Review听(2021), 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 Great Illusion鈥� in Hubert Zimmerman and Andreas Duer (eds),听Key Controversies in European Integration听(London and New York: Palgrave/MacMillan, 2021).