Nathalie Tocci is James Anderson Professor of the Practice at SAIS Europe


Nathalie Tocci is Professor of the Practice at SAIS and Director of the Istituto Affari Internazionali. She is also an independent non-executive director of the multi-utility company Acea. She has been Special Advisor to EU High Representatives Federica Mogherini and Josep Borrell. In that capacity, she wrote the European Global Strategy and worked on its implementation. She is Europe’s Futures fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences (Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen, IWM). She was Pierre Keller Visiting Professor at the Harvard Kennedy School and, prior to joining Acea, she was independent board member first of Edison and then of Eni. She has held research positions at the Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels, the Transatlantic Academy, Washington, the European University Institute, Florence, and has taught at the College of Europe, Bruges. Her research interests include European integration and European foreign policy, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, transatlantic relations, multilateralism, conflict resolution, energy, climate and defense. Nathalie is a regular columnist on The Guardian and La Stampa, as well as being a regular panelist on BBC’s “The Context”. She has published in Foreign Affairs, Politico, Financial Times, El Pais, Project Syndicate, and is often interviewed by all major international television and newspaper outlets. She is represented by Chartwell Speakers and Elastica.