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Category: Italy
“Financing the 2030 Agenda. An SDG alignment framework for Public Development Banks”, Daniele Fattibene (IAI, Italy)
During the first ‘Finance in Common Summit’, in November 2020, public development banks (PDBs) from around the world committed to […]
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“Europe and Covid-19: Never Waste a Good Crisis”, Chiara Andreazza (IAI, Italy)
Years have passed since the first signs of citizen distrust towards social institutions and governing elites became apparent. Such sentiments […]
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“AU–EU Institutional Relations: Towards a New Era?”, Jacopo Resti (IAI, Italy)
This policy brief addresses the state and perspectives of African Union–European Union (AU–EU) cooperation in the run-up to the sixth […]
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“Europe’s Polish Question”, Riccardo Perissich (IAI, Italy)
European history has on several occasions been confronted with a “Polish question”. It did not always end well, especially for […]
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“European Reactions to AUKUS and Implications for EU Strategic Autonomy”, Marta Marafona (IAI, Italy)
On 15 September 2021, Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States announced AUKUS, a trilateral deal aimed at intensifying […]
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“The World After the Pandemic: European Unity and the Challenge of Reviving Multilateralism”, Sonia Bianconi (IAI, Italy)
Covid-19 has dramatically re-focussed the world’s attention on the adverse implications of globalisation. Coming on the heels of the 2008 […]
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“Covid-19 and the Multilateral System: What Role for the EU?”, Roberto Baccarini (IAI, Italy)
Covid-19 represents a critical juncture for the European Union. The crisis catalysed the weakening of the post-Cold War international order […]
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“The EU–AU Trade and Development Partnership: Towards a New Era?”, Naiga Resty (IAI, Italy)
This paper provides an overview of AU–EU trade and development relations with a specific focus on the main structural inequalities […]
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“Regional Fragmentation and EU Foreign and Security Policy”, Agnès Levallois et all (IAI, Italy)
There is broad academic consensus on the fact that the fragmentation of regions presents a significant challenge for the EU. […]
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“The AUKUS Partnership: A Wake-up Call for Europe”, Gabriele Abbondanza (IAI, Italy)
Now that some dust has settled over the surprise announcement of AUKUS on 16 September, it is possible to analyse […]
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“Covid-19 and the International Liberal Order: Goodbye ‘Global’, Hello ‘Re-gional’?”, Irene Paviotti (IAI, Italy)
The Covid-19 crisis is broadly recognised as a watershed moment in world history, prompting a radical rethink of social norms […]
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“FACTS – Real Information for a Brighter Future”, Federico Castiglioni (IAI, Italy)
FACTS (From Alternative Narratives to Citizens’ True EU Stories) is a project addressed to European citizens and aimed at involving […]
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“AU–EU Relations on Peace and Security”, Bernardo Venturi (IAI, Italy)
Peace and security (P&S) is a key component of the relations between the African Union and the European Union, and […]
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“Not Yet Fit for the World: Piecemeal Buildup of EU Military, Cyber and Intel-ligence Assets”, Kristi Raik et al. (IAI, Italy)
In the past decades, the EU has developed an increasingly broad, multi-sectoral set of foreign and security policy instruments. All […]
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“The Italian G20 Presidency: A Post-Summit Assessment”, Ettore Greco (IAI, Italy)
Was Prime Minister Mario Draghi correct in describing the G20 Rome Summit held under the Italian presidency a “success”? Or, […]
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“The Next Generation Soldier: A System of Systems Approach?”, Alessandro Marrone, Karolina Muti (IAI, Italy)
Over the next years, ongoing and future technological innovations, especially related to information communication technology (ICT), artificial intelligence (AI) and […]
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Green Deal Watch, n. 5 (IAI, Italy)
It is a “now or never” moment for the EU’s green transition. In the fifth issue of the Green Deal Watch, a […]
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Webinar: “The Future Soldier’s Path Between Operations and Technologies”, 13 December (IAI, Italy)
How do Western armies will cope with high-end operational requirements and disruptive technological innovations such as robotics and artificial intelligence? […]
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“Differentiated EUrope 2035: Elaboration and Evaluation of Five Potential Scenarios”, Janis A. Emmanouilidis (IAI, Italy)
Differentiated integration has been and will remain a necessity if Europe wants to overcome stalemate and improve the functioning of […]
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WATCH: European Solidarity in Action | #EuropeChats Episode 8
In this special episode of EuropeChats, we are joined by Prof. Michael Kaeding. Michael is Jean Monnet Chair ad personam […]
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WATCH: “European Solidarity: Perspectives from the Southern Member States”, November 26 (IPRI-NOVA, Portugal)
In the framework of the upcoming book “Solidarity in Action and the Future of Europe: Views from the Capitals”, edited […]
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“Differentiated Integration as a Conscious Policy Choice: The Way Forward”, Vittoria Meissner, Funda Tekin (IAI, Italy)
Is differentiated integration an unintended consequence of the European Union integration process or is it a conscious policy choice of […]
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“The Internal Contestation of EU Foreign and Security Policy. A Literature Review of the Implications of Intra-EU Contestation on Crises and Conflicts”, Marianna Lovato et all. (IAI, Italy)
A certain amount of political disagreement and internal debate within the member states has always been part of EU (foreign […]
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“One Belt One Voice: Chinese Media in Italy”, Francesca Ghiretti, Lorenzo Mariani (IAI, Italy)
Chinese media are the voice of the Chinese Communist Party at home and abroad. It is no surprise therefore that […]
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“Conceptualising the Multi-Actor Character of EU(rope)’s Foreign Policy”, Pernille Rieker, Mathilde Tomine Eriksdatter Giske (IAI, Italy)
While there exists a plethora of theories aiming to make sense of the European Union and its foreign policy, no […]
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“Green Deal Watch, No. 5”, Margherita Bianchi, 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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Reforming the T20 (IAI, Italy)
The T20 has established itself as a global forum for reviewing evidence-based policies and proposals while helping refine and promote the G20’s shared […]
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Job Vacancy: “Researcher on climate, migration, and security”, Deadline October 28 (IAI, Italy)
The Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), based in Rome, (Italy), is hiring a Researcher to work in the EU, Politics and Institutions […]
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Course for International Cooperation Specialist (IAI, Italy)
The Educational Programme at IAI is pleased to announce its first course in English. The Executive course for International Cooperation Specialist (8-12 November […]
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“Warfare and Geopolitics in Europe’s Southern Neighbourhood: Implications for NATO”, Camilla Vianini, Chloé Berger (IAI, Italy)
Europe’s Southern neighbourhood has been for decades a highly unstable and contested region. The so-called Arab Spring has marked a […]
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“Decolonising Knowledge: A Euro-Mediterranean Perspective”, Lorenzo Kamel (IAI, Italy)
How can we decolonise Euro-Mediterranean relations? From a historical perspective, one of the most persuasive, indirect answers to this question […]
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“European Strategic Autonomy and the US–China Rivalry: Can the EU Prefer not to Choose?”, Sylvie Bermann (IAI, Italy)
The US–China rivalry is not just a battle between democracies and autocracies, in such a complex context the EU should […]
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“Strategic Autonomy in Post-COVID Trade Policy: How Far Should We Politicise Supply Chains?”, Elvire Fabry and Andreas Veskoukis (IAI, Italy)
The resilience of supply chain (SC) is a key nexus in the debate over the European Union’s strategic autonomy that […]
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“Climate Change and Sustainability: Mediterranean Perspectives”, Andrea Dessì, Daniele Fattibene and Flavia Fusco (IAI, Italy)
This volume examines the challenges and interlinkages between climate change and sustainable development across the Mediterranean, where the climate crisis […]
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Boosting G20 Cooperation for WTO Reform (IAI, Italy)
In order to preserve the central role of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in global trade it is necessary to […]
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“The Belt and Road Initiative and the Internationalisation of China’s Scientific Power: The Case of Italy”, Lorenzo Mariani (IAI, Italy)
What are the elements and the impact of the inclusion of scientific cooperation within the 2019 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) […]
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“The COVID-19 Crisis and the Mediterranean Basin: Overcoming Disparities, Promoting Genuine Cooperation”, Anis Germani and Rania Masri (IAI, Italy)
The race to battle COVID-19 and secure personal protective equipment, ventilators and vaccines, aggravated by both nationalist monopolistic policies and […]
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“Europe’s Transition to Sustainability: Actors, Approaches and Policies”, Rosa Fernandez, Jonas J. Schoenefeld, Thomas Hoerber and Sebastian Oberthür (IAI, Italy)
In 2019, the European Commission launched the European Green Deal (EGD) as a strategic framework for policy development to achieve […]
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Workshop: “Differentiation in EU’s foreign and security policy”, October 21-22 (RSCAS-EUI, Italy)
A workshop aiming to advance the scholarly debate on differentiation in EU’s foreign and security policy by providing a more […]
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“EU Differentiation in Border, Asylum and Police Coopera-tion: Drivers, Effectiveness and Crisis”, Emmanuel Comte and Sandra Lavenex (IAI, Italy)
The leading policy objective in EU differentiation underlying border, asylum and police cooperation has been to achieve the abolition of […]
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“US–China Rivalry and European Strategic Autonomy in the post-Covid Global Economy”, Paolo Guerrieri (IAI, Italy)
The world economy has changed profoundly over recent years. The US–China conflict dominates today’s international stage. Given these shifts in […]
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“EU Open Strategic Autonomy in a Post-COVID World: An Italian Perspective on the Sustainability of Global Value Chains”, Fabrizio Botti, Cristina Castelli and Giulio Giangaspero (IAI, Italy)
The new EU trade strategy focusing on supply chains resilience and sustainability as a pillar of the European path towards […]
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“Public Opinion on an Ever More Differentiated EU”, Anna Katharina Stahl (IAI, Italy)
European integration has been accompanied by differentiation and debates on it are not new. Differentiated integration has received wide scholarly […]
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Hybrid Event: “The G20 High-Level Conference on Local Infrastructure Investment”, September 27 (IAI, Italy)
The Italian G20 Presidency, IAI and the Municipality of Genoa are co-organising the G20 High-Level Conference on Local Infrastructure Investment. […]
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“Principled Pragmatism Reset: For a Recalibration of the EU’s Diplomatic Engagement with the MENA Region”, Silvia Colombo (IAI, Italy)
The launch of the EU Global Strategy in 2016 raised many expectations concerning the EU’s willingness and ability to reconcile […]
Read moreDiCE Webinar Podcast: “Differentiation and the Future of Europe”, Nicoletta Pirozzi
In this podcast, Nicoletta Pirozzi gives her expertise on differentiated integration. She is the Head of the European Union Programme and Institutional Relations Manager at the International […]
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Job Vacancy: “Junior Researcher: EU, Politics and Institutions”, Deadline August 31 (IAI, Italy)
The Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), based in Rome, (Italy), is hiring a Junior Researcher to work in the Mediterranean, Middle […]
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“Global Governance at a Turning Point”, Ettore Greco, Nicola Bilotta, Fabrizio Botti (eds.) (IAI, Italy)
This book collects contributions from international leading experts on how the Italian Presidency of the G20 in 2021 could advance […]
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“In Search of EU Strategic Autonomy: What Role for the Western Balkans”, Matteo Bonomi (IAI, Italy)
There is a danger today that the window of opportunity for proceeding towards the political and territorial unification of Europe, […]
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“Differentiation and the European Union’s Foreign and Security Policy”, Marco Siddi, Tyyne Karjalainen and Juha Jokela (IAI, Italy)
Differentiation is a frequent modus operandi in European foreign, security and defence policy. EU treaties have introduced legal frameworks for […]
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“The EU–UK Partnership and Implications for Differentiation Within the EU and Between the EU and Third Countries”, Jannike Wachowiak and Fabian Zuleeg (IAI, Italy)
The UK’s departure from the EU represents a unique process of disintegration that fundamentally changes EU–UK relations. This paper discusses […]
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“Beyond Stability: A United Libya will Not End the Migration Challenge for Italy and the EU”, Luca Barana, Dario Cristiani and Asli Selin Okyay (IAI, Italy)
Migration can easily find its way back to the top of the European political agenda even in the con-text of […]
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“Can Confidence Building Measures Help End the Cyprus Deadlock?”, Mustafa Çıraklı (IAI, Italy)
The discovery of hydrocarbons in Eastern Mediterranean waters was quickly followed by a resur-gence in territorial disputes and nationalistic fervour […]
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IAI and the Secretary of State for Global Spain (IAI, Italy)
Manuel Muñiz Villa, the Secretary of State for Global Spain at the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, presented at the Institute the strategy recently […]
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“Art and Politics. The Streets of Rome”, Eleonora Poli (IAI, Italy)
An era in which images, rather than words, are used as vehicles of messages and ideas, street art, which was […]
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“Making Sense of Italy’s Renewed Economic Diplomacy Towards Libya”, Dario Cristiani and Silvia Colombo (IAI, Italy)
Rome is seeking to revive its economic complementary with Libya, which is seen as the most effective card that Italy […]
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“Improving the EU Policymaking Process: The Dos and the Don’ts”, Felice Simonelli and Nadina Iacob (IAI, Italy)
On 29 April, the European Commission published a new Communication on better regulation aiming to improve the EU policymaking process. […]
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Art and Politics: the Streets of Rome (IAI, Italy)
An era in which images, rather than words, are used as vehicles of messages and ideas, street art, which was conceived […]
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“Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic for Africa–EU Partnership on Migration and Mobility: A Developmental Perspective from West Africa”, Aderanti Adepoju (IAI, Italy)
The far-ranging effects of COVID-19, and subsequent impacts on migration drivers, trends and governance, have already produced significant implications for […]
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“Seizing the Moment: European Strategic Autonomy and the Biden Presidency”, Riccardo Alcaro and Nathalie Tocci (IAI, Italy)
The European Union was increasingly ill at ease in the world in which Covid-19 unleashed social and economic devastation in […]
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Italy, Europe & the World: Revival and Transition (IAI, Italy)
Italy, Europe and the world face epochal challenges. Italy is grappling with its plans for economic recovery that, thanks to […]
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“Six Principles to Guide EU Action in the Western Balkans”, Majda Ruge (IAI, Italy)
Amid uncertainty about future EU enlargement prospects and the US’s continued shift towards the Indo-Pacific, one of the few axioms […]
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WATCH: “The Case for Gender Balance in Arms Control”, Federica Dall’Arche | TEPSA Explainers
“While the road to gender parity may still be long, we can all do our part to make it shorter.” […]
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“Strategic or critical infrastructures, a way to interfere in Europe: state of play and recommendations”, Paola Tessari and Karolina Muti
TEPSA has coordinated a study for the European Parliament’s Special Committee on Foreign Interference in all Democratic Processes in the […]
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Job Vacancy: “Global Actors: Asia”, Deadline June 30 (IAI, Italy)
The Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), based in Rome (Italy), is seeking to hire a Researcher responsible for research, reporting and […]
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Job Vacancy: “Energy, climate, resources”, Deadline June 30 (IAI, Italy)
The Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), based in Rome, (Italy), is hiring a Researcher to work in the Energy, Climate and Resources […]
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Job Vacancy: “EU, politics and institutions”, Deadline July 7 (IAI, Italy)
The Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), based in Rome (Italy), is seeking to hire a Researcher responsible for research, reporting and […]
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IAI Turin Essay Prize 2021 (IAI, Italy)
The Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) is pleased to announce the launch of the IAI Turin Essay Prize 2021, a new […]
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“Comprehensive Security and New Challenges: Strengthening the OSCE”, Monika Wohlfeld and Fred Tanner (IAI, Italy)
The Organization for Security Cooperation in Europe’s comprehensive security approach, developed in the 1970s, continues to guide its work on […]
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“How Effective is Differentiation in the EU Economic Policy Field?”, Andreas Eisl and Eulalia Rubio (IAI, Italy)
So far, most research on differentiated integration has focused either on its causes or on its broader consequences for the […]
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“EU Trade Policy: Principles versus Pragmatism. The Cases of Vietnam and Cambodia”, Angela Pennisi di Floristella (IAI, Italy)
European Union (EU) trade policy has appeared rather contradictory recently towards countries in which there are instances of human rights […]
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“Towards a Human and Humane Approach? The EU Discourse on Migration amidst the COVID-19 Crisis”, Stefania Panebianco (IAI, Italy)
In the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, the EU discourse on migration has acquired a humanitarian dimension that deserves investigation. […]
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“Navigating a COVID World: The European Union’s Internal Rebirth and External Quest”, Riccardo Alcaro and Nathalie Tocci (IAI, Italy)
The world on which COVID-19 has unleashed its destructive force is one where the partly supranational and multilateral-minded EU is […]
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“The EU Must Change Vocabulary on Israel-Palestine”, Michelle Pace (IAI, Italy)
Europe has long been involved in Israel-Palestine. Since the creation of Israel in 1948 and the parallel beginnings of the […]
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“The Constraints on the EU Foreign and Security Policy”, Riccardo Alcaro (IAI, Italy)
The development of a cohesive foreign and security policy has always been a tall order for the European Union. The […]
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“Europe’s Naval Engagement in the South China Sea”, Giulio Pugliese (IAI, Italy)
The EU’s Strategy for Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific calls for a “meaningful European naval presence in the region”. What does […]
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“Europe in a Complex and Contested World: Perspectives from the US, China, Russia and Iran”, Giulio Pugliese (IAI, Italy)
The conference elucidated Europe’s role and positioning at a time of multipolar competition – one of JOINT’s major research assumptions […]
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“Emerging Disruptive Technologies: The Achilles’ Heel for EU Strategic Autonomy?”, Ester Sabatino and Alessandro Marrone (IAI, Italy)
Emerging disruptive technologies (EDT) – ranging from artificial intelligence (AI), big data, autonomous systems, hypersonic weapons and robotics to name […]
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Online Event: “Seizing the chance: differentiation, democracy and the Conference on the Future of Europe”, June 21
Differentiation has become a normal feature of the European integration process. Depending on the form it takes and how it […]
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“The Case for Gender Balance in Arms Control, Non-proliferation and Disarmament Negotiations”, Federica Dall’Arche (IAI, Italy)
Global efforts to eliminate weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and regulate small arms and light weapons (SALW) have gradually increased […]
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Recommendations from members of the TEPSA network to the Slovenian Presidency
Prior to the regular TEPSA Pre-Presidency Conferences, TEPSA has a tradition of formulating recommendations to present to the incoming Council […]
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“The OSCE as Sisyphus: Mediation, Peace Operations, Human Rights”, Philip Remler (IAI, Italy)
Over the past decade, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) has been returning to its origins as a Cold […]
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“Economy and culture: two tracks for China’s soft power in Italy”, Lorenzo Mariani and Francesca Ghiretti (IAI, Italy)
is chapter seeks to illustrate the modalities through which Chinese soft power has been developing in Italy. It demonstrates how […]
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“Italy and Africa: “Value Oriented Diplomacy” in Action”, Fabrizio Lobasso (IAI, Italy)
The “Partnership with Africa” outlines present and future scenarios for the African continent and the role Italy can play in […]
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Sustainable Investment for a Post-Covid World: the role of the G20 (IAI, Italy)
The world after COVID-19 should not return to the world that was. The pandemic has accelerated many trends already underway […]
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“The EU’s New Agenda for its Southern Neighbourhood: The Case for a Green and Inclusive Review”, Eduard Soler i Lecha and Daniela Huber (IAI, Italy)
The European Union (EU) has come out with a new agenda for the southern neighbourhood, reflecting a changing environment in […]
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“Re-synchronising Infrastructure Investment and Sustainable Development: Priorities for Italy’s G20 Presidency”, Nicolas J.A. Buchoud (IAI, Italy)
The 2 trillion US dollars infrastructure plan unveiled in the United States in mid-April 2021 is just one among many […]
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Space and European Digital Sovereignty (IAI, Italy)
The webinar “Space and European Digital Sovereignty” featured the presentation of a new study prepared in partnership by IAI, Institut […]
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“New Models in Theory-Practice Exchange: The Case of EU Support for Resilience in the Neighborhood”, Riccardo Alcaro and Daniela Huber (IAI, Italy)
In a world of increasingly complex challenges, greater engagement between scholars and practitioners presents both sides with a significant opportunity […]
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“Libya as a Transatlantic Litmus Test for European Strategic Autonomy”, Silvia Colombo and Dario Cristiani (IAI, Italy)
The swearing in of Libya’s Government of National Unity (GNU) on 15 March 2021 represented a crucial moment in the […]
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“From the Ukraine–Russia War to the Navalny Case: How to Deal with the Kremlin?”, Nona Mikhelidze (IAI, Italy)
Seven years after the annexation of Crimea and amid an ongoing war in Ukraine, Russia has tried to move towards […]
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“The Belt and Road Initiative in Italy: The Ports of Genoa and Trieste”, Francesca Ghiretti (IAI, Italy)
In March 2019, Italy signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in support of […]
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JOINT: Europe in a complex world (IAI, Italy)
The EU struggles to adjust to a world of increasing competition and complexity. Its resolve to achieve greater foreign policy autonomy has created expectations and concerns […]
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“China’s Belt and Road Initiative in Italy: An Analysis of Financial Cooperation”, Nicola Bilotta (IAI, Italy)
Financial cooperation is essential to boosting bilateral economic ties, providing firms with more effective instruments to operate in foreign markets. […]
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“Europe–Africa Connectivity Outlook 2021: Post-COVID-19 Challenges and Strategic Opportunities”, Michaël Tanchum (IAI, Italy)
The European Union stands at a critical junction in the international scramble to establish Europe–Africa commercial corridors. Morocco, Algeria and […]
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“The Transatlantic Dimension of Europe’s Nuclear Diplomacy with Iran: 2003–21”, Riccardo Alcaro (IAI, Italy)
European nuclear diplomacy with Iran has always had a transatlantic dimension at its core. Facilitating US–Iranian engagement is instrumental to […]
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“Green Deal Watch, No. 4”, Margherita Bianchi, Lorenzo Colantoni, Luca Franza (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 EU inaugurates today the Conference on the Future of Europe with an official event in Strasbourg on Europe Day. […]
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“From Tectonic Shifts to Winds of Change in North Africa and the Middle East: Europe’s Role”, Nathalie Tocci et al. (IAI, Italy)
This publication by Nathalie Tocci, Riccardo Alcaro, Francesca Caruso, Silvia Colombo, Dario Cristiani, Andrea Dessì, Flavia Fusco and Daniela Huber […]
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