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Experts & Staff
Teresa Coratella
Programme Manager, ECFR Rome
Areas of expertise
Italian foreign policy, Poland in Europe, Visegrád Group, geopolitics and International Relations
Languages
Italian, Polish, English and basic French
Biography
Teresa Coratella is the programme manager at the European Council on Foreign Relations’ Rome office.
Coratella joined ECFR as an advocacy and communications officer in February 2011. Previously, she worked for the Warsaw-based Institute for Eastern Studies as programme assistant in charge of partnerships and development. She contributed to the organization of high level international conferences on foreign policy issues in several European capitals. She holds an MA in European Interdisciplinary Studies from the College of Europe, Natolin Campus, with a focus on the EU as a regional actor. She holds a BA in International Relations and wrote her final dissertation on Polish foreign policy between 1989 and 2004. Coratella is a member of WIIS(Women in International Security). She is a native speaker of Italian and Polish and speaks fluent English and basic French.
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In the media
Signing such an agreement is a very strong step for a country like Italy, with a very recent history of sensitivity and combating disinformation compared to other EU Member States
Teresa Coratella on the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between Italy and the US to strengthen cooperation in countering disinformation
We, the Europeans, are used to talking a lot about our point of view, but little about empathizing with the resistance of Ukrainians
Teresa Coratella on the conflict in Ukraine and the perception of it in Europe
It is precisely with the annexation of Crimea that Europe begins to look at disinformation and build structures to monitor, alert and manage it, especially the Russian one
Teresa Coratella on the role of Russian propaganda in Europe and Italy
They have helped each other many times, supporting each other politically
Teresa Coratella comments on Giorgia Meloni’s position in Europe and her political relation with Ursula Von Der Leyen
Migration remains a structural deficit for both EU institutions and member states, still conceived as a crisis, although it should be addressed as a recurrent global process
Teresa Coratella argues that Italy’s proposed migration model is unlikely to serve as a blueprint for other EU countries due to limited logistical and budgetary capacities among member states.