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Laboratory of International Political Economy: first meeting of
Global Outlook on "Economic trends and prospects of the South MED Countries"
(P.Guerrieri-R.Farella)
24 January
Closed seminar for assessment and discussion of the first draft of
the research project "Per un nuovo bilancio dell'Unione" [="For a new
balance of the European Union"], promoted in the context of the European Affairs
Programme (G.Bonvicini)
30 January
Meeting of a select group of experts with former Italian President
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi on the relaunching of the European constitutional process
(G.Bonvicini)
IAI Working Paper IAI0702 (pdf,
IT, 33 kb)
6 February
Meeting with the Deputy Minister of foreign
affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Amb. Araz Azimov, on Eurasia and the Azeri security
and defence policy (S.Silvestri-M.Cricorian)
8
February, Turin
Young Faces Conference (YFC), 2006 edition, in the context of the program
"European Foreign and Security Policy Studies", in cooperation with Compagnia di
San Paolo, EPC, Centro Studi sul Federalismo (G.Bonvicini)
16
February
International conference, organized by the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs in cooperation with IAI, on "Afghanistan: democrazia, giustizia e
sviluppo: il ruolo delle donne" = "Afghanistan: democracy, justice and development: the role of women"
(S.Silvestri-G.Bonvicini)
Audio-visual aids
23-24
February
Workshop on "The dynamics of change in the Arab
world: Globalisation and the re-structuring of state power", in the context of
the homonymous project (D.Pioppi-L.Guazzone)
1
March
First meeting of the Working Group of
the Community of Democracies - organized by the Italian Ministry of
Foreign Affairs in cooperation with IAI - on the theme: 'Promoting Democracy and Responding to
National and Transnational Threats to Democracy' (N.Ronzitti-M.Comelli)
1-2
March
Workshop in the framework of the research
project "Turkey and the European Union: Conditions, Impact and Prejudice"
(N.Tocci)
20
March
Global Outlook: third meeting on "L'area dei
Balcani: le trasformazioni dell'economia, le prospettive di integrazione regionale e le
nuove opportunità di cooperazione" [="The Balkan region: economic
transformations, prospects for regional integration and new opportunities for
cooperation"] (P.Guerrieri-R.Farella)
3
April
In-house seminar on "Ultimi sviluppi della
politica estera americana" [= Recent developments in US foreign policy] (E.Greco)
20
April, Bologna
International conference in cooperation with ICE, the
Emilia-Romagna Regional Administration, Intesa Sanpaolo and the EC Delegation to Russia
on: "Il futuro delle relazioni tra Russia ed Unione europea: quali opportunità per
l'economia italiana?" [="The future of the EU-Russia relationship: what
opportunities for the Italian economy?"] (R.Farella)
Audio-visual aids
20-21
April
International seminar "Bridging the Divide: Can Islamist and Western
Positions be Reconciled?", organized in cooperation with Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace, with the support of the German Marshall Fund of the United States and
the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (D.Pioppi)
3
May
Meeting with Ruprecht Polenz, Member of the
Bundestag, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, on "Euromediterranean
Policy: Problems and Perspectives" (S.Silvestri)
8
May
Presentation of the book "La difesa
europea" [= The European defence], edited by Antonio Missiroli and Alessandro Pansa
and published by Il nuovo melangolo (G.Bonvicini)
9
May
International conference organized in cooperation with SACE
on: "Crescere nell'economia globale: una mappa delle opportunità e dei rischi delle
aree emergenti" [="Growing in a global economy: mapping the opportunities and
risks in the emerging areas"] (P. Guerrieri)
15
May
Presentation of the IAI's policy paper on the
Constitutional Treaty to the Presidents of the Italian Parliament's two Foreign Affairs
Commissions (Comitato 'Ciampi')
IAI's policy paper
23 May, Madrid,
Istituto Elcano
Italian-Spanish seminar on "Diálogo
hispano-italiano sobre inmigración: Experiencias pasadas e iniciativas futuras en el
marco europeo", in cooperation with the Italian Embassy in Madrid
(G.Bonvicini-N.Tocci)
Report (18 kb)
31
May
Global Outlook: fifth meeting on "Il protagonismo crescente
delle multinazionali dei paesi emergenti e la nuova geografia degli investimenti
internazionali" (R.Farella)
1 June
International conference in cooperation with the Rome Provincial
Administration and OECD on: "L'Africa: prospettive economiche e strategie di sostegno
allo sviluppo" [="Africa: economic prospects and development support
strategies"]: presentation of the OECD-AfDB African Economic Outlook 2007/2008
(P.Guerrieri-R.Farella)
5 June
In-house seminar on "Turkey's travail and international
consequences". Speaker: Ian Lesser, German Marshall Fund of the United States
(R.Aliboni)
6 June
Seminar on "Le elezioni presidenziali americane del
2008"; Speaker: Ettore Greco, Deputy Director IAI and Visiting Fellow The Brookings
Institution
11 June, a.m.
International conference on "The Challenges of the
Transatlantic Agenda and the Prospects of US-Italy cooperation" (E.Greco)
Agenda
Report
11
June, p.m.
Global Outlook: fifth meeting on "La nuova
geopolitica dell'energia: strategie politiche e commerciali dei grandi produttori
mondiali" [= The new politics of enery: political and commercial strategies of the
world's largest producers] (R.Farella)
4
July
Global Outlook: Steering Committee meeting on
"La Cina: una grande opportunità per il Sistema-Italia?" [= China: an excellent
opportunity for the Italy's industries] (P.Guerrieri-R.Farella)
4
July
Informal meeting of the IAI Board of Directors with
the Italian foreign affairs minister Massimo D'Alema (S.Silvestri)
6
July
Bilateral meeting with Prof. Leng Rong and a
delegation of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing (P.Guerrieri)
11-12
July
Brainstorming on "Implementing the UN
General Assembly's Counter-Terrorism Strategy: addressing youth radicalisation in the
Mediterranean region. Lessons learned, best practices and recommendations", in
cooperation with Center on Global Counter-Terrorism Cooperation (N.Ronzitti)
Agenda
Report
11
July
LIMES (Land/Sea Integrated
Monitoring for European Security) research project: workshop with end-users
(institutions, NGOs, international organizations , etc) on the services for space
platforms; title: "Modelli di accesso ai servizi per le applicazioni nel settore
della sicurezza nell'ambito GMES" [= Models of access to services for the
applications in the security domain with reference to GMES] (J.P.Darnis-L.Marta)
12
July
Presentation of the IAI-ISPI yearbook
"L'Italia e la politica internazionale"; round table on "La crisi in Medio
Oriente: quale ruolo per l'Italia e l'Unione europea?" [= The Middle East crisis:
what role for Italy and European Union?] (ISPI, Milano)
Audio-visual aids
4
September
Seminar on "Hamas in and out of
Power" with Menachem Klein, Professor at Bar Ilan University and co-author of the
Geneva Accord (N.Tocci)
21-22
September, Turin
Round table "Trends in the Middle East and
their impact on the Euro-Mediterranean area", in the framework of the EuroMeSCo
seminar "Emerging actors and changing societies in the Southern Mediterranean
area" (R.Aliboni)
3
October, Brussels
Talking Turkey: meeting in cooperation with TEPAV
in the framework of the project "Conditionality, Impact and Prejudice in EU-Turkey
Relations" (N.Tocci)
Agenda
Review on EUobserver.com
4
October
Presentation in Rome of the Transatlantic
Trends 2007 report and round table on the prospects for the transatlantic
relationship, in cooperation with Fondazione della Camera, German Marshall Fund of the
United States, Compagnia di S. Paolo (G.Bonvicini)
Programme
Audio-visual aids
Transatlantic
Trends 2007
European
Elites Survey 2007
4-5 October, Berlin
Symposium in cooperation with Kiel University on "The EU as a Global Actor in the UN Reform Process" (N.Ronzitti)
Programme
18 October, Brussels
EU-CONSENT: Cross-cutting thematic topic on "Widening:
Enlargement and ENP" (G.Bonvicini-M.Karasinska Fendler)
19 October, Brussels
EU-CONSENT: Thematic WP VII Meeting "Problems in the
Neighbourhood: the Case of the Mediterranean and the Caucasus" (G.Bonvicini)
23 October, Bari
Presentation of the research project "L'economia pugliese
e le nuove sfide dell'internazionalizzazione produttiva: tendenze, prospettive e strategie
di sostegno", in cooperation with Associazione Studi e Ricerche per il Mezzogiorno
and Osservatorio Regionale Banche Imprese (P.Guerrieri)
6 November, Washington
Visit and presentation of the IAI Transatlantic Programme at
the GMF (E.Greco-N.Tocci)
Report
7-8 November, Florence
Workshop "The
New Human Rights Council: the First Two Years", in cooperation with the European
University Institute (Ronzitti)
15 November
Seminar on "50 years after the Rome
Treaty: state and prospects of the European defence", in cooperaration with NATO
Defense College and Centro Alti Studi per la Difesa (G.Gasparini)
21 November
Final conference of
the Laboratory's
Global Outlook, eleventh edition (P.Guerrieri)
23 November, Ankara
EU-Consent conference "The European Neighbourhood
Policy and the Southern Mediterranean: Drawing from the Lessons of Enlargement",
in cooperation with the Middle East Technical University (G.Bonvicini)
30 November
Workshop on "The contribution of Italy
and the European Union to the collective security system of the United Nations"
(G.Bonvicini)
6-7 December, Turin
International conference "Aspetti fondamentali del
pensiero e dell'azione federalista di Altiero Spinelli" [= Fundamental aspects of
federalist thought and action of Altiero Spinelli ], in cooperation with Centro Studi sul
Federalismo (S.Silvestri-G.Bonvicini)
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