The European Union’s range of new EU security and defence initiatives are ground-breaking, but they can only deliver on their […]
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The European Union’s range of new EU security and defence initiatives are ground-breaking, but they can only deliver on their […]
Read moreCOVID-19 amplifies weaknesses while exacerbating latent illnesses in infected human beings. As we enter the second year of the pandemic, […]
Read moreEuropol has become a hub for differentiated integration. Initially a small anti-drugs unit, the EU’s police agency is now a […]
Read moreThe coronavirus pandemic has turned into a global economic crisis with severe social effects in the least developed countries, particularly […]
Read moreThis Green Deal Watch presents a general analytical Foreword, followed by the in-depth monitoring of Green Deal activities, divided according […]
Read moreThis book provides an original examination of current European Union (EU)–Republic of Korea (ROK) security relations. It brings together analysis […]
Read moreImplemented local infrastructure investments are crucial to foster more resilient growth in a post-pandemic world. It has been the focus of the second […]
Read moreOn 3 February, the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) presented the new Report on Italian Foreign Policy 2020 during an online round table with the […]
Read moreOn 10 February 2021, the IAI and the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP) held the first Outreach Event […]
Read moreOver the last decades, the EU has faced a number of crises, from financial and economic to migration crises, but […]
Read moreRetaining its position from last year, TEPSA ranks among the 10 best think tank networks in the world in the […]
Read moreIn 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 […]
Read moreDefinitions of “leadership” abound and attempts have been made to operationalise this concept when it comes to the European Union’s external […]
Read moreItaly went through an economic and political crisis in 2011. The trigger was the Sovereign debt crisis that shook the […]
Read moreDuring the 2020 US presidential campaign, Europe placed its bets on the Democratic contender, former Vice-President Joe Biden. Now that […]
Read moreHow the coronavirus pandemic has changed the world is certainly a common question. The fourth edition of the IAI Prize 2021 – a competition […]
Read moreThis paper explores the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on the partnership between Africa and Europe on migration and mobility. […]
Read moreThe COVID-19 pandemic has been a turning point in Europe’s calculus regarding China. Beijing’s ham-fisted mask diplomacy, attempt to rewrite […]
Read more25 years since the Dayton Peace Agreement, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) seems lost in eternal transition. Necessary for ending the war, […]
Read moreAttitudes towards immigration have become increasingly polarised over the last decade . Aside from political leanings and education levels, another […]
Read moreAt the end of year 2020, the European space sector finds itself at a crossroads between challenges and opportunities. While […]
Read moreThe European Commission’s recently published “New Pact on Migration and Asylum” calls on EU member states to increase legal labour […]
Read moreSince the creation of the EU, there have been instances in which a restricted number of member states have handled […]
Read moreThis policy paper studies the role of differentiated integration in the field of energy – where an EU-level compromise is […]
Read moreIn 2020, as the pandemic expanded globally, some began to wonder whether it was going to put an end to […]
Read moreBilateral relations between Italy and Australia are described as warm and cordial by both countries. Yet only seven years ago […]
Read moreAfter the solidarity-building process that resulted in the Recovery Plan, it would have been politically surprising to see a proposal […]
Read moreThe survey “Italians and the European Union” provides some interesting insights on how Italians view their country’s relations with the […]
Read moreThe COVID-19 pandemic set the backdrop to the EU’s new framework for addressing irregular migration. Yet, this emergency mindset should […]
Read morePrior to 2011, Lebanon was no traditional gatekeeper in managing migrant and refugee flows to the EU. Following mass refugee […]
Read moreThe year 2020 has been a challenging year not only under a health, social and economic perspective, but also in […]
Read moreThis policy brief focuses on EU–UK negotiations on the movements of third-country nationals. It presents the formation of preferences of […]
Read moreIn September 2019, the once anti-establishment Five Star Movement (Movimento Cinque Stelle – M5S) agreed to enter a ruling alliance with […]
Read moreHistorically speaking, the European Community and then the European Union have always reacted with paradigm changes in their foreign policies […]
Read moreWe are glad to announce and share the #T20Italy Virtual Inception Conference’s skeletal programme, to be held on 8-9th February with top experts […]
Read moreIAI 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. […]
Read moreThe Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) is hiring a Research Fellow on Africa to work in the Institute’s Global Actors Programme. […]
Read moreThe concept of a geopolitical Europe – recently reaffirmed by Ursula von der Leyen as part of her political agenda […]
Read moreThis Green Deal Watch presents a general analytical Foreword, followed by the in-depth monitoring of Green Deal activities, divided according […]
Read moreThe world on which COVID-19 has unleashed its destructive force is a place in which multilateralism-minded Europeans are ill at […]
Read moreThe COVID-19 pandemic has led to increased nationalist and protectionist policies and has intensified the geo-economic rivalry between the US […]
Read moreDifferentiation has become an established feature of European integration in the past decades, and a variety of forms of differentiated […]
Read moreThe growing weight given to external cooperation leads to increasing participation by non-member states in EU migration and asylum policy, […]
Read moreThis policy paper studies external economic differentiation – that is, the various forms of third-country access to the European Single […]
Read moreAgainst the background of the coronavirus pandemic, there has been much discussion of a “return of the state” across two […]
Read moreThe COVID pandemic has presented the transatlantic alliance and multilateralism with an existential challenge: can they tackle a global emergency […]
Read moreThe COVID-19 crisis has not only revealed a world that has moved into an age of interdependence and competition, it […]
Read moreThe CBRN-P3 Cluster webinar, organized by IAI, aims to address the topic of CBRN threats through an analysis of the […]
Read moreThis study examines the implementation of the European Union (EU) defence package, which consists of the Defence Procurement Directive 2009/81/EC […]
Read moreJoe Biden’s victory represents a defeat for European nationalist populists, who saw in Trump a leader and role model. The […]
Read moreFor all the talk about a new geopolitics in the Caucasus, made up of Turkish drones and Syrian jihadis, Iranian […]
Read moreThe Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is experiencing deep and profound challenges spanning the geopolitical and geoceonomic domains, as […]
Read moreThe 2016 EU Global Strategy delineated the level of ambition of the Union, but four years later the EU still […]
Read moreThe new US administration represents a political opportunity to better address the Alliance’s needs, also through the elaboration of a […]
Read moreThe annual EU Non-proliferation and Disarmament Conference, organized by IAI on behalf of he EUNPD Consortium, took place on 12 […]
Read moreIn 2018, TEPSA sat down with one of our founding fathers: Gianni Bonvicini from Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI). He spoke […]
Read moreThe Schengen area represents a textbook example of differentiation in the European Union. Not all EU member states are part […]
Read moreTransnational networks of local authorities are an established and growing phenomenon in Europe, where they perform a number of (soft) […]
Read moreLooking at 2030, NATO evolution will depend on two main variables. First, whether the international security environment will lean towards […]
Read moreGreat power competition over 5G technology, the world’s next generation wireless system, has been growing for some time. Both the […]
Read moreThe 2009 directives on defence procurement (2009/81) and intra-EU transfers (2009/43) were adopted after a delicate process led by the […]
Read moreThe erosion of global governance has accelerated in recent years in the face of rising global inequality. The current global […]
Read moreThe 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 […]
Read moreOn 23 September 2020, the EU launched its new Pact on Migration and Asylum. In a refreshingly blunt press-release accompanying the Pact one could […]
Read moreAs the largest and wealthiest market in the world, the transatlantic economy accounts for one third of global GDP in terms of […]
Read moreThis policy brief examines the EU’s foreign, security and defence policy relations with third countries, and their relevance to the […]
Read moreSince conflict has entrenched in Cyprus, the EU has turned its back on Turkey, while Ankara began inexorably sliding towards […]
Read moreOn Thursday, October 1st, the third edition of Premio IAI – a competition aimed at young people under 26, high school and university students […]
Read moreImporting countries like EU states bear a strong responsibility to promote healthier and more ecologically sustainable fisheries. The Union has […]
Read moreThe July European Council resulted in a good deal, arguably the best possible under the circumstances. It took four days […]
Read moreThis EU IDEA paper engages with ideational origins and normative political theories of European differentiated integration. Specifically, it examines a […]
Read moreTracing the partial withdrawal of US assets from Germany back to badly thought-out considerations hardly stands to reason. Those offered […]
Read moreItalian peace support operations (PSOs) under UN, EU, NATO and Italian aegis are well-known and respected by the peacekeeping community. […]
Read moreThe fast-evolving international environment and the ongoing global pandemic have introduced new challenges and opportunities for Europe’s transatlantic partnerships. While […]
Read moreThe land component of European armies suffered from neglect over the past decades, as emerging asymmetric and hybrid threats pushed […]
Read moreFive years after the entry into force of the Banking Union, this Policy Paper assesses its effectiveness as a form […]
Read moreThis paper addresses the central question of the interplay between mostly informal differentiated cooperation formats in European foreign policy, and […]
Read moreThis policy paper explores how diverse modes of differentiation occur in regions beyond Europe. From the perspective of comparative regionalism, […]
Read moreDespite their common history, Central Europeans have never had a coordinated or consistent position on the issue of European defence […]
Read moreSince the Great Recession started in the late 2000s, the European Union (EU) has experienced an acute crisis that has […]
Read moreThis paper explores the ways in which national identities shape attitudes towards differentiated integration in two old member states, one […]
Read moreEurope’s energy policy has experienced a dramatic shift as the key focus moves towards climate change and environmental concerns rather […]
Read moreGovernment-to-Government agreements (G2G) represent a widely used instrument for the sale of arms within the defence market, complementary to those […]
Read moreThe historically stable relationship between Italy and Turkey is experiencing a moment of uncertainty. Italy’s officials and businesspeople generally support […]
Read moreFor some time now, the observable reality of climate change and environmental degradation has posed significant challenges to the international […]
Read moreEurope’s institutional landscape and political context have evolved considerably over the past year, with implications spanning numerous policy domains, including […]
Read moreClimate change is one of the preeminent global challenges of our times. Humankind is confronted with a range of immediate […]
Read moreTo avoid becoming entrenched between the US and China, the EU should deal with them in its own way: it […]
Read moreThe Istituto Affari Internazionali, on behalf of the EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Consortium, is organizing a “Next Generation Workshop”. The workshop […]
Read moreThe Istituto Affari Internazionali and its President Ferdinando Nelli Feroci has participated to the conference organised by the Foundation of European Progressive […]
Read moreThe economic ramifications of COVID-19 will accentuate the technological innovation gap between Latin America and the rest of the world. […]
Read moreThe West is not only Donald Trump’s USA; it is high time for Europe to think of its interests in […]
Read more“A human crisis that is fast becoming a human rights crisis”. UN Secretary General António Guterres was among the first […]
Read moreThis paper describes and assesses the functioning of differentiated integration arrangements in the field of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). […]
Read moreRapidly evolving climate policies, technologies and energy security requirements call for an infrastructure policy that is integrated into wider transformational […]
Read moreWhile minimum democratic standards were upheld during the vote, Serbian democracy has taken a hard hit as a result of the partially boycotted […]
Read moreSmaïl Chergui, interviewed by his Addis Ababa office, is the commissioner of the African Union Peace and Security Commission. This is the […]
Read moreThis is the first issue of the Green Deal Watch, a quarterly report produced by the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) […]
Read moreEuropeans should reflect on the consequences of Israel’s ongoing disenfranchisement of Palestinian rights, the last iteration of which is Prime […]
Read moreSince 2011 the Libyan crisis has never stopped posing questions to the Italian political class and public opinion, showing all […]
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