Research
Books and Research Monographs
Vassallo, M.T. & DeBattista, A.P. (eds.) The Different Faces of Politics in Literature and Music, Routledge, 2024, pp. 288
Vassallo, M.T. & DeBattista, A.P. (eds.) The Different Faces of Politics in the Visual and Performative Arts, Routledge, 2024, pp. 250
DeBattista, A.P., Cassar, G. & Buttigieg, N. Further Rupture: A Historical Perspective - Proceedings of History Week 2021, Malta: Malta Historical Society, 2023, pp. 56
The EU and the Multifaceted Challenges of European Identity, Brussels: Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies, 2022, pp. 52
Sammut Sassi, M.A. (author); DeBattista A.P. (editor), Flying at the Fall of Dusk: Commentaries on philosophy, history, cinema, literature and Joseph Muscat – International Edition, Oxford: Whitelocke Publications, 2021 pp. xxxiii + 330
Sammut Sassi, M.A. (author); DeBattista A.P. (editor), Flying at the Fall of Dusk: Commentaries on Malta in the Muscat Era, Malta, 2021, pp. xxxii + 312
DeBattista, A.P.; Farrugia, J.; Scerri, H. (editors), ‘non laborat qui amat’ – A Festschrift in honour of Professor Salvino Caruana O.S.A. on his 70th birthday, Malta: Maltese Augustinian Province, 2020, pp. 330
Academic Research Papers / Book Chapters
Christopher Dawson and the History of Europe: Some insights for the debate on culture and identity in Europe, Presented at a conference on Free Speech and Freedom of Thought: British and European Conservative Visions of the Future of Europe, Budapest: National University of the Public Service & Danube Institute, 18.VI.2024
Il-Kunċett tal-Ġid Komuni fl-Enċiklika Laudato Sì in Knisja2000, no 148, April – June 2024, Malta: Pubblikazzjonijiet Dumnikani, 2024, pp. 69 – 76 (The concept of the ‘Common Good’ in Laudato Sì)
Il-Knisja u n-Narrattiva Reliġjuża fil-Kitba u d-Diskors ta’ Duminku Mintoff, in Vassallo, M.T. & Spagnol, M. (eds.) (2024) Proceedings of the National Conference ‘Il-Qawwa tal-Kelma: ir-Retorika Politika’, Malta: University of Malta: 22.IV.2023 (The Church and Religious Narratives in the Writing and Discourse of Dom Mintoff)
Borgo Vilhena as a Witness to Contemporary History: Principal Events in Floriana, 1910 – 2020 in Abela J & Privitelli G. (Eds.) Floriana and il-Furjaniżi: A Tri-Centenary Commemoration, Malta: Kite Group, 2024, pp. 497 – 519
The symbolic power of currency: A case study of Maltese banknotes (1967 – 2008) in Vassallo M & Tabone C. (Eds.) Public Life in Malta IV: Essays on Governance, Politics and Public Affairs in the EU's Smallest Member State, Malta: Department of Public Policy, University of Malta, 2024, pp. 147 – 171
Ukraine as a Locus of Identity: Why History and Culture Matter, Brussels: Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies, 2023, pp. 20
The Birth-Pangs of Sovereign Statehood: Self-Government and Dominion Status in the British Empire (1919 – 1926) in Camilleri, M. & Spiteri, M. (eds.) (2023) Malta’s Road to Autonomy: 100 years on from the 1921 Self-Government, Malta: Malta Libraries, pp. 76 – 99
L-għaqda li ma ġiet qatt: il-Presidenza ta’ Anton Buttiġieġ (1976 – 1981) in Grech S. (Ed.) Anton Buttiġieġ: Bejn Storja u Miti – Ġabra ta’ Kitbiet, Malta: Horizons, 2023, pp. 185 – 206 (Unity that never came: the Presidency of Anton Buttigieg (1976 – 1981))
In-nazzjonaliżmu għal Friggieri fil-kumplessità globalizzata, in Vassallo, M.T. & Spagnol, M. (eds.) (2023) Proceedings of the Conference Il-Poter tal-Kelma: Politika u Letteratura f'Oliver Friggieri, Malta: Parlament ta’ Malta, 30.IV.2022 (Friggieri’s nationalism in a complex globalised context)
Cachia, J.C. & DeBattista A.P., The 2022 General Election in Malta: Towards a “One and a Half Party” System?, Presented at the 73rd PSA Annual International Conference 2023, Political Studies Association: Liverpool, 2023
Magħquda fid-Diversita? Fratelli Tutti u l-ospitalita’ fil-kuntest Ewropew in Knisja2000, no 143, January – March 2023, Malta: Pubblikazzjonijiet Dumnikani, 2023, pp. 55 – 67 (United in Diversity? Fratelli Tutti and hospitality in a European context)
Vassallo, M.T., Cachia, J.C. & DeBattista A.P., How civil society organizations brought change to the Maltese government between 2019 and 2020, in Briguglio L., Briguglio M., Bunwaree S. & Slatter C. (Eds.) Handbook of Civil Society and Social Movements in Small States, Oxford: Routledge, 2023, pp. 288 – 301
Cachia, J.C. & DeBattista A.P., Political narrative, collective EU security and the State of the Union, in European Politics and Society (2022), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/23745118.2022.2082035
'Iżda daqsek lil ħadd’ – L-Element Patrijottiku u Nazzjonali f’Dun Karm in Knisja2000, no 140, April – June 2022, Malta: Pubblikazzjonijiet Dumnikani, 2022, pp. 29 – 43 (National and patriotic elements in the writing of Dun Karm Psaila)
Ir-rabta bejn is-sistema politika u l-mudell ekonomiku in Vassallo, M.T. Kollox Politika? Governanza, Reliġjon, Ekonomija, Amministrazzjoni Pubblika, Malta: Malta University Publishing, 2021, pp. 175 – 182 (The inseparability of the political system and economic models)
Il-Mudell Ekonomiku tal-Unjoni Ewropea in Vassallo, M.T. Kollox Politika? Governanza, Reliġjon, Ekonomija, Amministrazzjoni Pubblika, Malta: Malta University Publishing, 2021, pp. 147 – 154 (The EU’s Economic Model)
L-Imħallef Giovanni Bonello u l-kontribut tiegħu: Riflessjoni u apprezzament minn lenti ta’ xjenzat politiku in Grech S. (Ed.) L-Imħallef Giovanni Bonello: Bejn Storja u Miti – Ġabra ta’ Kitbiet, Malta: Horizons, 2021, pp. 147 – 157 (Judge Giovanni Bonello and his contribution: an appreciation from a political science perspective)
Rupture in the “Fortress Island”: Malta and the Suez Crisis (1956), Presented at the Malta Historical Society History Week 2021: Rupture - A Historical Perspective, Malta Historical Society, 2021
Cachia, J.C. & DeBattista A.P., Political Narrative, EU Security and the State of the Union, Presented at the ECPR Virtual General Conference, The European Consortium for Political Research, 2021
Mohamed Abdel Moez A. & DeBattista A.P., لعلاقات السياسية بين الجمهورية العربية المتحدة ومالطة 1964- 1971 in Egyptian Journal of Historical Civil Studies Beni-Suef University, Vol 3, No 10, April 2021, pp. 307 – 344 (Political relations between Malta and the United Arab Republic, 1964 - 1971)
Critical Introduction: Chronicling a ‘Political Earthquake’: The Muscat Era through the eyes of a conservative essayist in Sammut Sassi, M.A. (author); DeBattista A.P. (editor) Flying at the Fall of Dusk: Commentaries on the Muscat Years, Malta, 2021, pp. ix – xvi
Cachia, J.C. & DeBattista A.P., The concept of solidarity and the European Commission: an evaluation of the political discourse with reference to
the Covid 19 pandemic and irregular migration, Presented at the PSA Annual International Digital Conference 2021 , Political Studies Association, 2021
‘Ex umbris et imaginibus in veritatem’ - John Henry Newman u l-Oxford Movement in Knisja2000, no 134, October - December 2020, Malta: Pubblikazzjonijiet Dumnikani, 2020, pp. 15 – 30
‘Burying the Cold War in the Mediterranean Sea’: The 1989 Bush – Gorbachev Malta ‘Non-Summit’ Summit in Melita Historica Vol. XVII, No. 4 (2019), Malta: Malta Historical Society, 2020, pp. 61 - 83
Cachia, J.C. & DeBattista, A.P., Evaluating the discourse used by the President of the European Commission during the Covid-19 pandemic. Presented at the ECPR 14th General Conference, The European Consortium for Political Research, 2020
The ‘Mighty Pen’ as a Political Tool: Some insights from the writings of Dom Mintoff in Vassallo M & Tabone C. (Eds.) Public Life in Malta III: Essays on Governance, Politics and Public Affairs in the EU's Smallest Member State, Malta: Department of Public Policy, University of Malta, 2020, pp. 75 – 100
Ir-Reliġjon u d-Dinja ta’ wara l-Gwerra l-Kbira: Il-Kuntest Politiko-Reliġjuż tas-sehem tal-Knisja fis-‘Sette Giugno’ in Knisja2000, no 132, April - June 2020, Malta: Pubblikazzjonijiet Dumnikani, 2020, pp. 5 – 27 (Religion after the Great War: the political and religious context of the role of the Church in the Sette Giugno riots).
Augustine and the Tranquillitas Ordinis: Some Reflections of Politics and Liberal Democracy from De Civitate Dei Book XIX in DeBattista A.P.; Farrugia, J. And Scerri, H. (Eds.), 'non laborat qui amat’ – A Festschrift in honour of Professor Salvino Caruana, Malta: Maltese Augustinian Province, 2020, pp. 203 – 223
1919 and the post-War British Empire: the International Context to the Sette Giugno in Frendo H. (Ed.) The Sette Giugno in Maltese History 1919 - 2019, Malta: Midsea Books, 2019, pp. 17 – 33
Cachia J.C. & DeBattista A.P., Domestic Politics, Regional Repercussions: Can the Domestic Politics of Small Island States Lead to International In/Stability? A Case Study of Malta. Presented at the PSA Annual International Conference 2019 – (Un)Sustainable Politics in a Changing World, Nottingham: Political Studies Association, 2019
Mabel Strickland: Il-Battalji Politiċi, It-Twemmin Politiku u l-Kuntest Tagħhom in Grech S. (Ed.) Mabel Strickland: Bejn Storja u Miti – Ġabra ta’ Kitbiet, Malta: Horizons, 2018, pp. 45 – 98 (Mabel Strickland: The Political Battles, Her Political Beliefs and their Context)
Cachia J.C. & DeBattista A.P., The Malaise of Malta: Social Divisions, Weak Institutions, and Political Partisanship. Presented at the PSA Annual International Conference 2018 – Politics of Our Times: Asking the Difficult Questions, Cardiff: Political Studies Association, 2018
Riformatur, Demokristjan u Ewropejista: Il-Ħajja Politika ta’ Eddie Fenech Adami in Grech S. (Ed.) Eddie Fenech Adami: Bejn Storja u Miti –
Ġabra ta’ Kitbiet, Malta: Horizons, 2017, pp. 161 – 192 (Reformer, Christian Democrat and Europeanist: The Political Life of Eddie Fenech
Adami)
‘Playing one side against the other’ - Malta’s Foreign Relations in the age of Détente (1969 – 1979) in Melita Historica 2016, Malta: Malta Historical Society, 2017, pp. 57 – 86
‘Centred in self yet not unpleased to please’ - The Arts of Political Leadership in Post-Colonial Malta (1964 – 1979) in Vassallo M & Tabone C. (Eds.) Public Life in Malta II: Essays on Governance, Politics and Public Affairs in the EU's Smallest Member State, Malta: Department of Public Policy, University of Malta, 2017, pp. 25 – 51
A Small-Island State within a Changing Security Climate: The Case of Malta in Symposia Melitensia, Vol. 12, Malta: University of Malta Junior College, 2016, pp. 69 – 86
Public Administration in the Smallest Island States: Governance and Development. A Bibliography with Oppong N. Prepared for Meeting the Challenges of Public Administration in Very Small States: Governance and Development, London: Commonwealth Secretariat, 2013
Dom Mintoff and Eddie Fenech Adami: Portraits of Persuasion and Charisma in Vassallo M (Ed.) Public Life in Malta: Essays on Governance, Politics and Public Affairs in the EU's Smallest Member State, Malta: Department of Public Policy, University of Malta, 2012, pp. 31 – 50
Essays, Introductions and Features
Ratzinger and Augustine, in The European Conservative, 19.IX.2023
Culture and Politics on a 'Fortress Island' in The European Conservative, 15.XI.2022
“Not made to live like a brute”: Remembering Dante Alighieri, in The European Conservative, 30.XII.2021
Mitt sena mis-Self Government tal-1921, in Il-Mument (1.XI.2021) pp. 16 – 17 (The 100th Anniversary since the 1921 Self-Government)
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks (1948 – 2020), in The European Conservative (Summer 2021, Issue 19), pp. 99 – 101
The Patriotism of St. John Paul II: Remembering a Polish saint’s love of his country, in The European Conservative (Winter 2020/2021, Issue 18), pp. 13 - 14
DeBattista, A.P.; Farrugia, J. and Scerri, H., Editorial Note: Gratis et Amoris in 'non laborat qui amat’ – A Festschrift in honour of Professor Salvino Caruana, Malta: Maltese Augustinian Province, 2020, pp. 43 - 45
Il-Promozzjoni Umana tal-Bniedem Sħiħ: L-Attwalità ta’ Anastasju Cuschieri in Il-Karmelu (October – November 2019), 84/4, pp. 8 – 9 (Promoting the Human Person: The Relevance of Anastasju Cuschieri)
A Legacy that Lives On: Fr. Anastasju Cuschieri, in The Times of Malta (25.VII.2019) pp. 13
The Christian Democratic ideals that shaped modern Europe, in Share Magazine (September 2018, Issue 9), Malta: Philosophy Sharing Foundation, pp. 8 – 9
The Brilliance of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, in The European Conservative (Summer/Fall 2018, Issue 15), The Hague: Centre for European Renewal, pp. 34 – 39
Valletta: Portrait of a City, in The European Conservative (Winter/Spring 2016, Issue 13), The Hague: Centre for European Renewal, pp. 22 – 26
Magna Carta, Liberty & the Medieval Mind, in The European Conservative (Summer/Fall 2015, Issue 12), The Hague: Centre for European Renewal, pp. 12 – 15
Tradition and History in Burke, in The European Conservative (Winter 2014, Issue 9), The Hague: Centre for European Renewal, pp. 15 – 16
The Future of Europe: Challenges Ahead, in Postolache A. (Ed.) One Europe Yearbook 2013 (January 2014), London: One Europe, pp. 130 – 137
Geopolitics, Security and the Eastern Partnership, in Postolache A. (Ed.) One Europe Yearbook 2013 (January 2014), London: One Europe, pp. 48 – 51
Margaret Thatcher (1925 – 2013), in The European Conservative (Summer 2013, Issue 8), The Hague: Centre for European Renewal, pp. 43 – 44
How the Mediterranean became a theatre of war, in The Times of Malta (17.VI.2013) pp. 17
Book Reviews
Conversations on being human. Review of Borg K. & Farrugia R., Xi tfisser tkun bniedem? - Konverżazzjonijiet, Horizons, 2023 in The Sunday Times of Malta (16.VII.2023), pp. 30
The Spectre of Chinese Authoritarianism. Review of Rogers, B., The China Nexus: Thirty Years in and Around the Chinese Communist Party’s Tyranny, Toronto: Optimum Publishing International, 2022 in The European Conservative
‘L-Istqarrijiet’ bil-Malti. Review of Said, I. & Farrugia, J. (eds.), L-Ewwel Tliet Kotba tal-‘Istqarrijiet’ ta’ Santu Wistin Miġjubin għall-Malti minn Ugolin Gatt u Karmenu Vassallo, Malta: Augustinian Province Malta, 2023 in Il-Leħen (14.V.2023), pp. 19 (The Confessions in Maltese)
Things left unsaid. Review of Grech S., Ħallejtna bħall-Erbgħa fost il-ġimgħa, Malta: Merlin, 2022 in The Sunday Times of Mlata (12.II.2023), pp.34
Review of Attard, G, Camilleri C. and Vella Brincat R., Vinea Carmeli - Carmelite Priories and their Churches in Malta, Malta: Horizons, 2020 in Melita Theologica 72/1 (2022), pp. 149 – 151
Faith for Doubters. Review of Brinkmann, S., My Year with God, Cambridge: Polity, 2022 in The European Conservative (7.XII.2022)
A trade unionist and a lover of heritage. Review of Grech, S., Walter Zahra: 1912 – 2003, Wirt iż-Żejtun, 2022 in The Sunday Times of Malta (18.IX.2022), pp. 34
The Case for the Geezer. Review of Phillips J., Obedience is Freedom, Cambridge: Polity, 2022 in The European Conservative (14.VI.2022),
'Persistent Contrarian. Review of Vassallo, M.T., Godfrey Pirotta: Il-Politika ta’ Ħajti, Horizons, 2021 in The Sunday Times of Malta (10.IV.2022), pp. 34
'Everybody has their story to tell’ Review of Casha C. (tr. Martin Bugelli), Fateful Encounters, Midsea Books, 2021 in The Sunday Times of Malta (16.I.2022), pp. 33
Reflections on the Common Good Review of Xuereb A., Riflessjonijiet fuq il-Ġid Komuni, BDL, 2020 in The Sunday Times of Malta (28.XI.2021), pp. 34
Meta l-Ħitan Ixandru l-Vanġelu. Review of Cilia M., Living Stones, MSSP Oratory, 2020 in Il-Leħen (14.XI.2020), pp. 14 – 15 (When the walls proclaim the Gospel)
A new book sheds light on a liturgical centre and its community. Review of Cilia M., Living Stones, MSSP Oratory, 2020 in The Times of Malta (3.X.2020)
Qalb tkellem lil Qalb. Review of Scerri H., Cor ad Cor Loquitur: Ġabra ta’ Diskorsi (Vol. 2), Malta: Horizon, 2019 in Il-Leħen (23.II.2020), pp. 12 (Heart Speaks to Heart)
Review of Grech S., Anton Tabone: Il-Pont bejn Għawdex Reġjun u Malta Nazzjon, Malta: KITE Group, 2017 in Melita Historica Vol. XVII, No. 3 (2018), pp. 161 – 163
The Friar who Divided Europe? Review of Caruana S., Jien s’hawn nista’: Martinu Luteru – riforma Jew riforma?, Augustinian Province, 2018 in The Times of Malta (20.V.2019), pp. 25
L-Istorja ta’ Malta f’ta’ Maria. Review of Colombo C., L-Istorja ta’ Malta f’ta’ Maria, Malta, 2019 in Illum (07.IV.2018), pp. 22 (Malta’s story in Maria’s story)
Questions of faith and science. Review of Ciarlò J., Il-Holqien u l-Hallieq; ix-Xjenza u l-Fidi, Bonnici Press, 2018 in The Times of Malta (10.XII.2018), pp. 24
Review of De Lucca D., The Baroque Mind, Malta: International Institute for Baroque Studies, 2018 in Journal of Baroque Studies, Volume 2, Issue 2, pp. 189 – 193
Review of Robinson J.J., The Maldives: Islamic Republic, Tropical Autocracy, London: C. Hurst & Co., 2016 in Political Studies Review, Volume 15, Issue 4 (November 2017), pp. 676 – 677
Destroying an 'Evil Empire', Review of Kengor P, A Pope and a President: John Paul II, Ronald Reagan, and the Extraordinary Untold Story of the 20th Century in The University Bookman, The Russel Kirk Centre for Cultural Renewal (Summer 2017 - 20.VIII.2017)
The Soul of Man Under Socialism, Review of Bandi (tr. Deborah Smith), The Accusation: Forbidden Stories from Inside North Korea, Grove Press 2017 in The University Bookman, The Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal (Summer 2017 - 01.VIII.2017)
Review of Harwood M., Malta in the European Union, Farnham: Ashgate, 2014 in Political Studies Review, Volume 15, Issue 3 (August 2017), pp. 478 - 488
Review of Chryssavgis J., Bartholomew: Apostle and Visionary, Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 2016 in Friends of Mount Athos Annual Report 2016, (2017), pp. 112 – 113
A Testament of Faith and Service. Review of Benedict XVI and Seewald P. (tr. Jacob Phillips), Last Testament, Bloomsbury Continuum, 2016 in The University Bookman, The Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal (Spring 2017 - 16.IV.2017)
Josef Gambin’s Quest. Review of Debono S., It-Tfittxija ghall-Genwin ta' Josef Gambin, Horizons, 2016 in The Sunday Times – Escape (26.II.2017), pp. 4
Interest groups, small states and the EU. Review of Vassallo M.T., The Europeanization of Interest Groups in Malta and Ireland: a Small State Perspective, Palgrave Macmillan, 2015 in The Sunday Times – Escape (14.II.2016), pp. 4
In-Nisrani fi Stat Sekolari. Review of Vassallo E., Is-Soċjetà Tagħna Għandha Bżonn ix-Xhieda Sħiħa tan-Nisrani, Malta: Print It, 2015 in Il-Mument (08.XI.2015), pp. 38 (The Christian in a Secular State)
Review of Heritage Malta, Malta: the Great Story of a Small Island-Nation through 100 objects, Malta: Heritage Malta, 2014 in Melita Historica Vol. XVI, No. 3 (2014), pp. 181-184
Review of Azzopardi J., Freller T., Pauline Malta: The Formation of a Nation's Identity, Malta: Wignacourt Museum, 2010 in Melita Historica Vol. XVI, No. 1 (2012), pp. 180-181
Review of Mallia-Milanes V., Paul's Churches and Chapels on Malta and Gozo, Vatican City: Libreria Editrice Vaticana & Malta: Religjon u Hajja, 2010 in Melita Historica Vol. XVI, No. 1 (2012), pp. 182-183
Translated Work
Признание Турцией может привести к «очищению памяти», News.am, 9.V.2015, (Russian: Recognition by Turkey could lead to a "purification of memory")
Հայոց ցեղասպանությունը, Official website dedicated to the centennial of the Armenian Genocide, 9.V.2015, (Armenian: The Armenian Genocide)