Samuele Carlo Abrami

Samuel Carlo Abrami

Investigador principal

Líneas Geográficas: El gran Mediterráneo
Líneas temáticas: Geopolítica global y seguridad

Samuele C.A. Abrami is a Researcher at CIDOB (Barcelona Centre for International Affairs). He is close to defending his PhD at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (UCSC) in Milan, with a project about decision-making in Turkish foreign policy and based on extensive fieldwork as a visiting fellow (2022-24) at Sabancı University in Istanbul (Turkey). Samuele is also a subject expert and lecturer in the ASERI master’s in Middle Eastern Studies. Supported by a CM-Lerici grant, he was a visiting researcher at the Stockholm Institute for Turkish Studies (SUITS) in 2024. Samuele was selected as a Mercator-IPC Fellow (2024/25) at the Istanbul Policy Center (Turkey) to research the EU’s security architecture, its impact on strategic partners, and Turkey-Italy relations. He also collaborates with the International Center for Contemporary Turkish Studies and Ce.St.In.Geo. He works and publishes on Turkey’s domestic politics, the Kurdish question, and broader issues concerning European and MENA (geo)political dynamics. At CIDOB, Samuele focuses on the international relations in the Greater Mediterranean and MENA region, specifically concentrating on the geopolitical role of external actors in the area and their perceptions at the local level.

Samuele is part of the Turkey-Europe Future Forum (TEFF), the Consortium for European Symposia on Turkey (CEST), and the German-Italian Spinelli Forum. In 2024, he joined the Rome Foreign Policy Club, a strategic foresight platform supported by the Italian MFA, ENI, and the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR).

ORCID: 0000-0001-5175-154X

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Abrami, S. C. A., Gasco, R., & Esen, B. (2025). Turkey’s 2024 municipal elections. A turning point for democratic resilience? Mediterranean Politics, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/13629395.2025.2459558.

Abrami, S. C. A. (2025). What’s up with US-Turkey Relations? Between International Turmoil and Trump 2.0. IPC-Mercator Analysis. https://ipc.sabanciuniv.edu/en/abrami-samuele-carlo-ayrton-a247ee

Gasco, R., & Abrami, S. C. A. (2024). Turkey and the Syrian Conundrum after Assad: A Test for Ankara’s Capacity and Credibility. IAI Commentaries. https://www.iai.it/sites/default/files/iaicom2475.pdf

Abrami, S. C. A., Gasco, R., & Baser, B. (2025 forthcoming). New Securitization Waves of the Kurdish Question. A Three(plus)-Level Analysis of Turkish Foreign Policy. Exploring the Kurdish Movement: Dynamics, Institution Building and Theoretical Perspectives, Partecipazione e Conflitto.

Abrami, S. C. A. (2024). Tutelary but not unitary. The role of ideology and political culture in Turkey’s civil-military relations during the Cold War. In F. Bertuccelli (Ed.), Toward a Cultural History of the Cold War in Turkey. Ideological dynamics, cultural production, media. Sapienza University of Rome. https://www.editricesapienza.it/book/10176.

Abrami, S. C. A., & Gasco, R. (2024, December 23). Does the Fall of Assad Re-Open Turkey’s Kurdish Pandora’s Box? War on the Rocks. https://warontherocks.com/2024/12/does-the-fall-of-assad-re-open-turkeys-kurdish-pandoras-box/.

Abrami, S. C. A., & Gasco, R. (2024). Italy and Türkiye’s Presence in Africa A Multifaceted and “Non-Conventional” Approach. CESPI. Observatory on Türkiye, 30. https://www.cespi.it/sites/default/files/osservatori/allegati/approf._30_turchia_e_africa_gasco_e_abrami.pdf

Gasco, R., & Abrami, S. C. A. (2024). Beyond the Cold War and East-West Dynamics: Analyzing the PKK’s Agency and Longevity. In P. Marton, G. Thomasen, C. Békés, & A. Rácz (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Non-State Actors in East-West Relations (pp. 1–15). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05750-2_73-1

Abrami, S. C. A., & Gasco, R. (2024). An Analysis of Turkish Municipal Elections. When Local Becomes National. Implications for Turkey’s Political Future (Edited Dossier). Geopolitica.info. https://www.geopolitica.info/prodotto/geopolitical-brief-45-an-analysis-of-turkish-municipal-elections/

Abrami, S. C. A. (2024). From Bipolarity to ‘The World is Bigger than Five’. Assessing Türkiye’s Geopolitical (Re)positioning through Neoclassical Realist Lenses. In T. Sakman (Ed.), Securitized World Order and New Security Spaces. Nobel Akademik. 

Abrami, S. C. A. (2024). Dal Bipolarismo a “The World is Bigger than Five”. L’impatto della Guerra Fredda sul (ri) posizionamento geopolitico della Turchia. In Post. Sguardi sul Cambiamento. Mimesis Edizioni.

Abrami, S. C. A. (2024). La Turchia nell’Iraq post-Saddam/ tra minacce esistenziali e nuove opportunità [Turkey-Iraq relations in the post-Saddam era]. In A. Plebani (Ed.), Dinamiche geopolitiche contemporanee. Ce.St.In.Geo. Geopolitical Outlook 2023. Ce.St.In.Geo, UNICATT. https://publicatt.unicatt.it/handle/10807/268561

Abrami, S. C. A. (2024). Review. Political Narratives and Global Realities: Evolution without Revolution in Turkish Foreign Policy Turkey’s foreign policy narratives: Implications of global power shifts / Toni Alaranta. - Cham: Springer, 2022. The International Spectator, 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1080/03932729.2024.2358715

Abrami, S. C. A. (2024). Review. Turkey in Africa: Turkey’s Strategic Involvement in Sub-Saharan Africa Turkey in Africa: Turkey’s Strategic Involvement in Sub-Saharan Africa, by Federico Donelli, I. B. Tauris, 2021. Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1080/19448953.2024.2307814