Country: Italy 
Director: Nathalie Tocci
Website: http://www.iai.it/en
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The Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) is a private, independent non-profit think tank, founded in 1965 on the initiative of Altiero Spinelli. IAI seeks to promote awareness of international politics and to contribute to the advancement of European integration and multilateral cooperation. Its focus embraces topics of strategic relevance such as European integration, security and defence, international economics and global governance, energy, climate and Italian foreign policy; as well as the dynamics of cooperation and conflict in key geographical regions such as the Mediterranean and Middle East, Asia, Eurasia, Africa and the Americas. IAI publishes an English-language quarterly (The International Spectator), an online webzine (Affarinternazionali), three book series (Global Politics and Security, Quaderni IAI and IAI Research Studies) and some papers’ series related to IAI research projects (Documenti IAI, IAI Papers, etc.).
The research staff is made up of nearly 45 researchers. Most of the research projects are carried out together with other institutes with similar characteristics. The Institute is an active participant in – and has sometimes even been a promoter of – important transnational research networks:
- Council of Councils
- D-10 Strategy Forum
- ASviS (Alleanza italiana per lo sviluppo sostenibile)
- The Think 20 (T20)
- Trans European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA)
- European Think Tanks Group (ETTG)
- Cluster CBRN-P3 (Preparare, Prevenire, Proteggere)
- EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Consortium
- Euro-Mediterranean Study Commission – EuroMeSCo
- European Think Tanks Network on China
- IMG-S: Integrated mission group for security
- SERIT – Security research in Italy
- Tana Forum
IAI Senior Researcher and Head of Institutional Relations Nicoletta Pirozzi is a member of the TEPSA Board.
Latest News:
- Book Presentation: “Homelands: A Personal History of Europe”, October 2 (IAI, Italy)
- “Van Wittel/Vanvitelli Dialogue Policy Roundtable”, Federico Castiglioni (IAI, Italy)
- “Shaking Hands with Saied’s Tunisia: The Paradoxes and Trade-offs Facing the EU”, Luca Barana and Asli Selin Okyay (IAI, Italy)
- “Moving Towards Europe: Diverse Trajectories and Multidimensional Drivers of Migration across the Mediterranean and the Atlantic”, Luca Barana, Aslin Selin Okyay and Colleen Boland eds. (IAI, Italy)
- “Reframing EU–Tunisia Relations: Democracy, Governance, Migration”, Miriam Zenobio (IAI, Italy)
- “The EU’s Entry Point into the Post-Tigray War Context”, Jesutimilehin O. Akamo and Theodros Fisseha (IAI, Italy)
- “Bipolar, Multipolar, Nonpolar All at Once: Our World at the Time of the Russia–Ukraine War”, Nathalie Tocci (IAI, Italy)
- “Future Military Helicopters: Technological Innovation and Lessons Learned from Ukraine”, Alessandro Marrone and Giancarlo La Rocca, eds. (IAI, Italy)
- “Gas Crisis in Europe: A Harbinger of Sustainable Cooperation with North Africa”, Afaf Zarkik (IAI, Italy)
- “Giorgia Meloni’s Italy and Europe: Ambitions and Realities”, Nathalie Tocci and Leo Goretti (IAI, Italy)
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