Prof. Alessandro Colombo

Department of International Studies
Via Conservatorio 7
20122 Milan

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Born in 1961, he holds a PhD from the University of Padova (1995). He graduated in Law (1985) and in Political Sciences (1989) in Milan, where he is Full Professor since 2005.
He teaches International Relations at the Graduate School in Social and Political Sciences of the University of Milan. He also teaches International Relations (basic and advanced) within the undergraduate program of the Faculty of Political Sciences.
His research interests are focused on the area of security studies, theory of alliances, transatlantic relations, as well as in the European tradition of International Relations Theory.

Among his publications in English:

The "realist institutionalism" of Carl Schmitt, in Odysseos, L., Petito F. (eds) (2007), The International Political Thought of Carl Schmitt. Terror, liberal war and the crisis of global order, Routledge, London and New York, pp. 21-35.
Air Power, Asymmetrical Warfare and the Changing Nature of War, in N. Ronzitti e G. Venturini (eds.) (2006), The Law of Air Warfare. Contemporary Issues, Eleven International Publishing, Utrecht.
Multiculturalism and Tolerance. The Problem of Diversity in International Relations, in P. Savard e B. Vigezzi (eds) (1999), Multiculturalism and the History of International Relations from the 18th Century up to the Present, Unicopli e Les Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa, Milano, pp. 507-525.

In Italian:

Relazioni Internazionali (with Filippo Andreatta, Marco Clementi, Mathias Koenig-Archibugi e Vittorio Emanuele Parsi) (2007), Il Mulino, Bologna.
La guerra ineguale. Pace e violenza nel tramonto della società internazionale (2006), Il Mulino, Bologna.
La lunga alleanza. La Nato tra consolidamento, supremazia e crisi (2001) Franco Angeli, Milano.
Solitudine dell'Occidente (1994), Il Saggiatore, Milano.