- IAI has joined the European Security Forum, a new EU security and defence initiative focused on strategic security challenges and foreign policy issues likely to affect the EU in the years ahead (http://www.security-round-table.eu/esrt/focus/event/2015/ESF-2014.php).
- IAI and partners have launched a new ‘GTE Question of the Month’ feature as part of the Global Turkey in Europe publication series on Turkey’s evolving relationship with the EU. Also visit the new GTE facebook page (http://www.iai.it/en/pubblicazioni/lista/all/gte-question-of-the-month ; https://www.facebook.com/pages/Global-Turkey-in-Europe/702645639813159?ref=hl).
- Fabrizio Saccomanni, former Italy’s minister of economy, is the new vice-president of IAI. He will help the institute develop its studies on international political economy (http://www.iai.it/en/persone/fabrizio-saccomanni).
- IAI is a member of the strategic study group on the EU established by the Italian Prime Minister’s office.
- IAI was ranked best Italian research center in Western Europe and the world in the 2014 Global Go To Think Tank Index produced by the University of Pennsylvania. A paper published by IAI and other think tanks was ranked third in the world (http://news.iai.it/tl.php?p=19d/191/rs/sz/t8/rs//http%3A%2F%2Frepository.upenn.edu%2Fcgi%2Fviewcontent.cgi%3Farticle%3D1008%26context%3Dthink_tanks ; http://www.iai.it/en/pubblicazioni/towards-european-global-strategy).
- The Institute has been awarded five new projects funded by the European Union in the areas of space security in the Arctic region, conflict prevention and peace-building, and the fight against terrorism and organised crime (http://www.iai.it/en/comunicati/new-iai-research-projects).
- The European Commission will support the enhancement of the activities of the EuroMeSCo network – research, dialogue and dissemination on key issues and trends affecting the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership – through the EuropeAid programme. IAI is in the pool of applicants (http://www.euromesco.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2164%3Athe-european-commission-will-support-the-euromesco-network&catid=56%3Ahomepage&lang=en).