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Category: Italy
“The EU’s Search for “Effective” Strategic Autonomy in the Neighbourhood”, Maria Giulia Amadio Viceré and Matteo Bonomi (IAI, Italy)
COVID-19 amplifies weaknesses while exacerbating latent illnesses in infected human beings. As we enter the second year of the pandemic, […]
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“Europol and Differentiated Integration”, Camino Mortera-Martínez (IAI, Italy)
Europol has become a hub for differentiated integration. Initially a small anti-drugs unit, the EU’s police agency is now a […]
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“EU-Africa Partnership on Migration and Mobility in Light of COVID-19: Perspectives from North Africa”, Mehdi Lahlou (IAI, Italy)
The coronavirus pandemic has turned into a global economic crisis with severe social effects in the least developed countries, particularly […]
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“Green Deal Watch”, Lorenzo Colantoni (IAI, Italy)
This Green Deal Watch presents a general analytical Foreword, followed by the in-depth monitoring of Green Deal activities, divided according […]
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“EU-Korea Security Relations”, Nicola Casarini (IAI, Italy)
This book provides an original examination of current European Union (EU)–Republic of Korea (ROK) security relations. It brings together analysis […]
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G20, the Working Group Workshop held (IAI, Italy)
Implemented local infrastructure investments are crucial to foster more resilient growth in a post-pandemic world. It has been the focus of the second […]
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New Report on Italian Foreign Policy 2020 presented (IAI, Italy)
On 3 February, the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) presented the new Report on Italian Foreign Policy 2020 during an online round table with the […]
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First Outreach Event of ‘Young Women in Non-Proliferation’ held (IAI, Italy)
On 10 February 2021, the IAI and the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP) held the first Outreach Event […]
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DiCE Networking Conference on Brexit, 11-12 March 2021
Over the last decades, the EU has faced a number of crises, from financial and economic to migration crises, but […]
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2020 Global Go to Think-Tank Index: TEPSA once again confirmed as one of the leading think-tank networks in the world
Retaining its position from last year, TEPSA ranks among the 10 best think tank networks in the world in the […]
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“Why Europe Should Care about Energy Poverty in its Green Transition”, Marta Massera (IAI, Italy)
In mid-October, the European Commission issued a communication on energy poverty to member states that was published jointly with the Renovation Wave initiative for the […]
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“Rethinking EU Leadership in the “Neighbourhood”: Limits and Ambitions”, Bernardo Venturi and Silvia Colombo (IAI, Italy)
Definitions of “leadership” abound and attempts have been made to operationalise this concept when it comes to the European Union’s external […]
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“The 2011 Crisis in Italy: A Story of Deep-Rooted (and Still Unresolved) Economic and Political Weaknesses”, Simone Romano (IAI, Italy)
Italy went through an economic and political crisis in 2011. The trigger was the Sovereign debt crisis that shook the […]
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“The New Normal in Transatlantic Relations: The US and Europe Eye China”, Liselotte Odgaard (IAI, Italy)
During the 2020 US presidential campaign, Europe placed its bets on the Democratic contender, former Vice-President Joe Biden. Now that […]
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IAI Prize 2021: Taking off again (IAI, Italy)
How the coronavirus pandemic has changed the world is certainly a common question. The fourth edition of the IAI Prize 2021 – a competition […]
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“Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic for the Africa-EU Partnership Agenda on Migration and Mobility: A Continental Perspective”, Ottilia Anna Maunganidze and Tsion Tadesse Abebe (IAI, Italy)
This paper explores the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on the partnership between Africa and Europe on migration and mobility. […]
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“Broadening the Transatlantic Partnership to Address the China Challenge”, Carisa Nietsche (IAI, Italy)
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a turning point in Europe’s calculus regarding China. Beijing’s ham-fisted mask diplomacy, attempt to rewrite […]
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“2021: A Window of Opportunity for Bosnia and Herzegovina?”, Jens Woelk (IAI, Italy)
25 years since the Dayton Peace Agreement, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) seems lost in eternal transition. Necessary for ending the war, […]
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“How to Turn Rural Europe into a Welcoming Space for Migrants”, Irene Ponzo (IAI, Italy)
Attitudes towards immigration have become increasingly polarised over the last decade . Aside from political leanings and education levels, another […]
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“Space as a Key Element of Europe’s Digital Sovereignty”, Jean Pierre Darnis (IAI, Italy)
At the end of year 2020, the European space sector finds itself at a crossroads between challenges and opportunities. While […]
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“Expanding Legal Labour Migration Pathways to the EU: Will This Time Be Different?”, Martin Ruhs (IAI, Italy)
The European Commission’s recently published “New Pact on Migration and Asylum” calls on EU member states to increase legal labour […]
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“Differentiation in EU Foreign and Security Policy: EU Lead Groups in the Iranian Nuclear Dispute and the Ukraine Crisis”, Riccardo Alcaro and Marco Siddi (IAI, Italy)
Since the creation of the EU, there have been instances in which a restricted number of member states have handled […]
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“Differentiated Integration in the Energy Sector and Its Contribution to the European Goals of Affordability, Security of Supply and Sustainability”, Luca Franza et al. (IAI, Italy)
This policy paper studies the role of differentiated integration in the field of energy – where an EU-level compromise is […]
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Webinar: “The Belt and Road Initiative in the EU”, January 28 (IAI, Italy)
In 2020, as the pandemic expanded globally, some began to wonder whether it was going to put an end to […]
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“Italy and Australia: Time for a Strategic Partnership”, Gabriele Abbondanza (IAI, Italy)
Bilateral relations between Italy and Australia are described as warm and cordial by both countries. Yet only seven years ago […]
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“The EU’s Pact on Migration and Asylum: A Tsunami of Papers but Little Waves of Change”, Stefano Manservisi (IAI, Italy)
After the solidarity-building process that resulted in the Recovery Plan, it would have been politically surprising to see a proposal […]
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“Italian Euroscepticism and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Survey Insights”, Olimpia Fontana (IAI, Italy)
The survey “Italians and the European Union” provides some interesting insights on how Italians view their country’s relations with the […]
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“Learning from COVID-19: Implications for the EU Response to Human Smuggling”, Lucia Bird (IAI, Italy)
The COVID-19 pandemic set the backdrop to the EU’s new framework for addressing irregular migration. Yet, this emergency mindset should […]
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“Lebanon as a Test Case for the EU’s Logic of Governmentality in Refugee Challenges”, Tamirace Fakhoury (IAI, Italy)
Prior to 2011, Lebanon was no traditional gatekeeper in managing migrant and refugee flows to the EU. Following mass refugee […]
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“The Quest for European Strategic Autonomy: A Collective Reflection”, Ester Sabatino et al. (IAI, Italy)
The year 2020 has been a challenging year not only under a health, social and economic perspective, but also in […]
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“Brexit, the “Area of Freedom, Security, and Justice” and Migration”, Emmanuel Comte (IAI, Italy)
This policy brief focuses on EU–UK negotiations on the movements of third-country nationals. It presents the formation of preferences of […]
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“Italy, Atlanticism and the Biden Administration: Greater Convergence to De-fuse Ambiguity on China”, Dario Cristiani (IAI, Italy)
In September 2019, the once anti-establishment Five Star Movement (Movimento Cinque Stelle – M5S) agreed to enter a ruling alliance with […]
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“Equal Rights as a Basis for Just Peace: a European Paradigm Shift for Israel/Palestine”, Daniela Huber (IAI, Italy)
Historically speaking, the European Community and then the European Union have always reacted with paradigm changes in their foreign policies […]
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Conference: “Think 20” – Virtual Inception Conference, February 8-9 (IAI, Italy)
We are glad to announce and share the #T20Italy Virtual Inception Conference’s skeletal programme, to be held on 8-9th February with top experts […]
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IAI has been appointed by the Italian Prime Minister’s Office as a scientific advisor for the Italian Presidency of the G20 (IAI, Italy)
IAI has been appointed by the Prime Minister’s Office as a scientific advisor for the Italian Presidency of the G20 and as Co-Chair of the Think20 (T20) Italy 2021. […]
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Call for Applications: Research Fellow on Africa (IAI, Italy)
The Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) is hiring a Research Fellow on Africa to work in the Institute’s Global Actors Programme. […]
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“Going Transatlantic: The EU’s Lean Walk Towards Strategic Relevance”, Nicoletta Pirozzi (IAI, Italy)
The concept of a geopolitical Europe – recently reaffirmed by Ursula von der Leyen as part of her political agenda […]
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“Green Deal Watch, No. 2”, Luca Franza, Margherita Bianchi and Lorenzo Colantoni (IAI, Italy)
This Green Deal Watch presents a general analytical Foreword, followed by the in-depth monitoring of Green Deal activities, divided according […]
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“The European Union in a COVID World”, Riccardo Alcaro, and Nathalie Tocci (IAI, Italy)
The world on which COVID-19 has unleashed its destructive force is a place in which multilateralism-minded Europeans are ill at […]
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“Claudia Schmucker, The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on US and European Commitment to the Multilateral Economic Order”, Claudia Schmucker (IAI, Italy)
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to increased nationalist and protectionist policies and has intensified the geo-economic rivalry between the US […]
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“Differentiated Integration and Accountability in the European Union: An Analyt-ical Framework”, Thu Nguyen (IAI, Italy)
Differentiation has become an established feature of European integration in the past decades, and a variety of forms of differentiated […]
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“External Differentiation in Migration: Boosting or Hollowing Out the Common EU Policy?”, Asli Selin Okyay et al. (IAI, Italy)
The growing weight given to external cooperation leads to increasing participation by non-member states in EU migration and asylum policy, […]
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“External Differentiation in Access to the Single Market: Effectiveness, Account-ability and Political Unity”, Andreas Eisl (IAI, Italy)
This policy paper studies external economic differentiation – that is, the various forms of third-country access to the European Single […]
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“Europe after the Coronavirus: A “Return of the State”?”, Hans Kundnani (IAI, Italy)
Against the background of the coronavirus pandemic, there has been much discussion of a “return of the state” across two […]
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“COVID-19 Pandemic Recovery: If the US and Europe Find the Will, Multilateral-ism Is the Way”, Susan Corke (IAI, Italy)
The COVID pandemic has presented the transatlantic alliance and multilateralism with an existential challenge: can they tackle a global emergency […]
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“COVID-19 Reveals Europe’s Strategic Loneliness”, Éric André Martin (IAI, Italy)
The COVID-19 crisis has not only revealed a world that has moved into an age of interdependence and competition, it […]
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Webinar: “The CBRN threat: the Italian experience in Lebanon and the lessons learned from the pandemic”, 16 December 2020 (IAI, Italy)
The CBRN-P3 Cluster webinar, organized by IAI, aims to address the topic of CBRN threats through an analysis of the […]
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“Research paper on the implementation of Directive 2009/81/EC, concerning procurement in the fields of defence and security, and of Directive 2009/43/EC, concerning the transfer of defence-related products”, Jean-Pierre Maulny, Edouard Simon and Alessandro Marrone (IAI, Italy)
This study examines the implementation of the European Union (EU) defence package, which consists of the Defence Procurement Directive 2009/81/EC […]
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“Europe and Biden’s America: Making European Autonomy and a Revamped Transatlantic Bond Two Sides of the Same Coin”, Nathalie Tocci (IAI, Italy)
Joe Biden’s victory represents a defeat for European nationalist populists, who saw in Trump a leader and role model. The […]
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“Winners, Losers and Absentees in Nagorno Karabakh”, Nathalie Tocci and Nona Mikhelidze (IAI, Italy)
For all the talk about a new geopolitics in the Caucasus, made up of Turkish drones and Syrian jihadis, Iranian […]
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“Collective Security and Multilateral Engagement in the Middle East: Pathways for EU Policy”, Silvia Colombo and Andrea Dessì (IAI, Italy)
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is experiencing deep and profound challenges spanning the geopolitical and geoceonomic domains, as […]
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“Europe of Defence in the New World (Dis)Order: Choices for Italy”, Ester Sabatino and Alessandro Marrone (IAI, Italy)
The 2016 EU Global Strategy delineated the level of ambition of the Union, but four years later the EU still […]
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“NATO toward 2030: a resilient Alliance and its main priorities”, Ottavia Credi, Alessandro Marrone and Roberta Menotti (IAI, Italy)
The new US administration represents a political opportunity to better address the Alliance’s needs, also through the elaboration of a […]
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EU Non-proliferation and Disarmament Conference (IAI, Italy)
The annual EU Non-proliferation and Disarmament Conference, organized by IAI on behalf of he EUNPD Consortium, took place on 12 […]
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Interview with TEPSA Founding Father Gianni Bonvicini
In 2018, TEPSA sat down with one of our founding fathers: Gianni Bonvicini from Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI). He spoke […]
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“Schengen under Pressure: Differentiation or Disintegration?”, Marie De Somer, Funda Tekin and Vittoria Meissner (IAI, Italy)
The Schengen area represents a textbook example of differentiation in the European Union. Not all EU member states are part […]
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“Differentiation from Below: Sub-national Authority Networks as a Form of Differentiated Cooperation”, Pier Domenico Tortola and Stefan Couperus (IAI, Italy)
Transnational networks of local authorities are an established and growing phenomenon in Europe, where they perform a number of (soft) […]
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“NATO’s Future: Euro-Atlantic Alliance in a Peacetime War”, Alessandro Marrone and Karolina Muti (IAI, Italy)
Looking at 2030, NATO evolution will depend on two main variables. First, whether the international security environment will lean towards […]
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“Europe’s Manoeuvring on 5G Technology: The Case of Italy”, Francesca Ghiretti (IAI, Italy)
Great power competition over 5G technology, the world’s next generation wireless system, has been growing for some time. Both the […]
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“The EU Defence Market Directives: Genesis, Implemen-tation and Way Ahead”, Alessandro Marrone and Michele Nones (IAI, Italy)
The 2009 directives on defence procurement (2009/81) and intra-EU transfers (2009/43) were adopted after a delicate process led by the […]
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“A New Lifeline for the G20? The Role of African and European Actors in Enhancing Its Legitimacy and Effectiveness”, Luca Barana, Daniele Fattibene and Bernardo Venturi (IAI, Italy)
The erosion of global governance has accelerated in recent years in the face of rising global inequality. The current global […]
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German-Italian Parliamentary Conversation (IAI, Italy)
The Istituto Affari Internazionali with fifth edition continues the Digital Conversations between German and Italian parliamentarians. On October 9, 2020, IAI and MSC, Munich Security Conference, hosted […]
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“‘Irregular’ Migration and Divergent Understandings of Security in the Sahel”, Kari M. Osland and Henriette U. Erstad (IAI, Italy)
On 23 September 2020, the EU launched its new Pact on Migration and Asylum. In a refreshingly blunt press-release accompanying the Pact one could […]
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“The World is Our Oyster: Strengthening Transatlantic Action on Climate Change”, Maria Elena Sandalli (IAI, Italy)
As the largest and wealthiest market in the world, the transatlantic economy accounts for one third of global GDP in terms of […]
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“Brexit and External Differentiation in Foreign, Security and Defence Policy”, Ian Bond (IAI, Italy)
This policy brief examines the EU’s foreign, security and defence policy relations with third countries, and their relevance to the […]
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“Unpacking the Conflict in the Eastern Mediterranean”, Nathalie Tocci (IAI, Italy)
Since conflict has entrenched in Cyprus, the EU has turned its back on Turkey, while Ankara began inexorably sliding towards […]
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IAI Prize 2020 (IAI, Italy)
On Thursday, October 1st, the third edition of Premio IAI – a competition aimed at young people under 26, high school and university students […]
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“Empty Oceans: EU Policy and Illegal Fishing in Ghana”, Daniele Fattibene (IAI, Italy)
Importing countries like EU states bear a strong responsibility to promote healthier and more ecologically sustainable fisheries. The Union has […]
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“The European Council and Europe’s Magic Lantern”, Nicoletta Pirozzi (IAI, Italy)
The July European Council resulted in a good deal, arguably the best possible under the circumstances. It took four days […]
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“A Differentiated “Dual Track” European Union as a Remedy in Times of Cri-sis? Debating Habermas, Arendt, and the Theoretical Foundations of Graduated European In-tegration”, Lars Rensmann (IAI, Italy)
This EU IDEA paper engages with ideational origins and normative political theories of European differentiated integration. Specifically, it examines a […]
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“Ideology, Not Strategy, Explains the US Troop Withdrawal from Germany”, Riccardo Alcaro (IAI, Italy)
Tracing the partial withdrawal of US assets from Germany back to badly thought-out considerations hardly stands to reason. Those offered […]
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“Italian Peacekeeping Missions: Vast, Praised and Underused”, Gabriele Abbondanza (IAI, Italy)
Italian peace support operations (PSOs) under UN, EU, NATO and Italian aegis are well-known and respected by the peacekeeping community. […]
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“Re-energising Transatlantic Relations: Towards a Different EU Approach to Latin America”, Raffaele Piras (IAI, Italy)
The fast-evolving international environment and the ongoing global pandemic have introduced new challenges and opportunities for Europe’s transatlantic partnerships. While […]
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“EU Defence: Franco-German Cooperation and Europe’s Next Generation Battle Tank”, Ester Sabatino (IAI, Italy)
The land component of European armies suffered from neglect over the past decades, as emerging asymmetric and hybrid threats pushed […]
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“How Does Differentiated Integration Work in the EU Financial Sector? Spot-light on Banking Union”, Sebastian Mack (IAI, Italy)
Five years after the entry into force of the Banking Union, this Policy Paper assesses its effectiveness as a form […]
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“Differentiated Cooperation in European Foreign Policy: The Challenge of Coherence”, Giovanni Grevi et al. (IAI, Italy)
This paper addresses the central question of the interplay between mostly informal differentiated cooperation formats in European foreign policy, and […]
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“Differentiation in ASEAN, ECOWAS and MER-COSUR: A Comparative Analysis”, Bart Gaens, Bernardo Venturi and Anna Ayuso (IAI, Italy)
This policy paper explores how diverse modes of differentiation occur in regions beyond Europe. From the perspective of comparative regionalism, […]
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“Eastern Enlargements and EU Defence Ambitions”, Marcin Zaborowski (IAI, Italy)
Despite their common history, Central Europeans have never had a coordinated or consistent position on the issue of European defence […]
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“How Many Europes? Fragmentation in the European Space since the Great Re-cession”, Marco Zoppi (IAI, Italy)
Since the Great Recession started in the late 2000s, the European Union (EU) has experienced an acute crisis that has […]
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“How Does Identity Relate to Attitudes To-wards Differentiation? The Cases of France, Germany, Czech Republic and Turkey”, Senem Aydın-Düzgit, Jan Kovář and Petr Kratochvíl (IAI, Italy)
This paper explores the ways in which national identities shape attitudes towards differentiated integration in two old member states, one […]
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“The European Green Deal: Saving the Planet or Protecting the Markets?”, Danila Bochkarev (IAI, Italy)
Europe’s energy policy has experienced a dramatic shift as the key focus moves towards climate change and environmental concerns rather […]
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“Defence G2G Agreements: National Strategies Support-ing Export and Cooperation”, Alessandro Marrone and Ester Sabatino (IAI, Italy)
Government-to-Government agreements (G2G) represent a widely used instrument for the sale of arms within the defence market, complementary to those […]
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“Italian-Turkish Economic Relations: An Overview”, Sinan Ekim and Nicola Bilotta (IAI, Italy)
The historically stable relationship between Italy and Turkey is experiencing a moment of uncertainty. Italy’s officials and businesspeople generally support […]
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“Europe and the Role of International Cooperation in Combatting Climate Change”, Giulio Maccarrone (IAI, Italy)
For some time now, the observable reality of climate change and environmental degradation has posed significant challenges to the international […]
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“The European Commission’s Mission to Reform EU Migration Policy: Will Member States Play Ball?”, Asli Selin Okyay and Luca Barana (IAI, Italy)
Europe’s institutional landscape and political context have evolved considerably over the past year, with implications spanning numerous policy domains, including […]
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“The Planet, Europe and I: What All of Us Can Do to Save Our Planet”, Joël Christoph (IAI, Italy)
Climate change is one of the preeminent global challenges of our times. Humankind is confronted with a range of immediate […]
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“The Sinatra Doctrine: How the EU Should Deal with the US–China Competition”, Josep Borrell (IAI, Italy)
To avoid becoming entrenched between the US and China, the EU should deal with them in its own way: it […]
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Call for Participation: “Next Generation Workshop, 2nd edition” (IAI, Italy)
The Istituto Affari Internazionali, on behalf of the EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Consortium, is organizing a “Next Generation Workshop”. The workshop […]
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United for a New, Fair and Inclusive Multilateralism (IAI, Italy)
The Istituto Affari Internazionali and its President Ferdinando Nelli Feroci has participated to the conference organised by the Foundation of European Progressive […]
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“Could a Bridge between the EU and Latin America Boost Innova-tion “Sovereignty” in a Multipolar World?”, Nicola Bilotta and Alissa Siara (IAI, Italy)
The economic ramifications of COVID-19 will accentuate the technological innovation gap between Latin America and the rest of the world. […]
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“EU Policy and the Humanitarian Crisis in Syria: Time for a Reassessment”, Amer Al-Hussein (IAI, Italy)
The West is not only Donald Trump’s USA; it is high time for Europe to think of its interests in […]
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“Emergency Powers, COVID-19 and the New Challenge for Human Rights”, Michele Collazzo and Alexandra Tyan (IAI, Italy)
“A human crisis that is fast becoming a human rights crisis”. UN Secretary General António Guterres was among the first […]
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“Differentiated Integration in the EMU: Impact on Policy Ef-fectiveness and Political Unity”, Marta Pilati and Francesco De Angelis (IAI, Italy)
This paper describes and assesses the functioning of differentiated integration arrangements in the field of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). […]
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“Bringing Paris into the EU’s Energy Infrastructure Policy: What Future for Gas?”, Marco Giuli (IAI, Italy)
Rapidly evolving climate policies, technologies and energy security requirements call for an infrastructure policy that is integrated into wider transformational […]
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“Has a Red Line Been Crossed in Serbia? Enlargement as Yet Another Crucial Test for the German EU Presidency”, Matteo Bonomi (IAI, Italy)
While minimum democratic standards were upheld during the vote, Serbian democracy has taken a hard hit as a result of the partially boycotted […]
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Conflicts in Africa: The interview with Smaїl Chergui (IAI, Italy)
Smaïl Chergui, interviewed by his Addis Ababa office, is the commissioner of the African Union Peace and Security Commission. This is the […]
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“Green Deal Watch, No. 1”, Margherita Bianchi, Lorenzo Colantoni and Luca Franza (IAI, Italy)
This is the first issue of the Green Deal Watch, a quarterly report produced by the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) […]
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“Framing an EU Response to Israel’s Annexation of the West Bank”, Nathalie Tocci (IAI, Italy)
Europeans should reflect on the consequences of Israel’s ongoing disenfranchisement of Palestinian rights, the last iteration of which is Prime […]
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“Italy and the Libyan Crisis: What Lessons for Foreign Policy?”, Camellia Mahjoubi (IAI, Italy)
Since 2011 the Libyan crisis has never stopped posing questions to the Italian political class and public opinion, showing all […]
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