In the framework of its wider programme on Transatlantic Relations supported by the German Marshall Fund of the United States, the IAI monitored the transatlantic dimension of EU-USA relations.

The 2007-8 programme focused on two research themes:

• The analysis of Islamist movements and parties of the Middle East and Nord Africa region. On this theme the IAI carried on a research activity coordinated with the research project on Islamist movements and political change in the Arab World.

• The prospects of transatlantic cooperation in the Mediterranean region and the Middle East. The 28th of June a seminar was held in Rome on The transatlantic perspectives on the Mediterranean with the support of the GMFUS and EuroMeSCo. The seminar aimed at debating the relevance of the Mediterranean as a framework for transatlantic cooperation. Three more specific issues were discussed: the competition and the cooperation between US and EU in the Maghreb; current developments in Turkey; the state of cooperation on nuclear energy for civilian use in a context of nuclear weapons proliferation.
  Two papers were presented during the seminar: (1) Yahya Zoubir, Maghreb: EU-US Cooperation or Competition?; (2) Giacomo Luciani, Nuclear Energy Developments in the Mediterranean and the Gulf. A third paper by Joseph Pilat, Nuclear power development in the Middle East and North Africa: assessing the risks of proliferation and terrorism, has been commissioned for the completion of the programme. See Documenti IAI 0817, 0820 and 0831, the seminar report and Giacomo Luciani, "Nuclear Energy Developments in the Mediterranean and the Gulf", in The International Spectator, Vol. 44, No. 1 (March 2009), p. 113-129.

	The following is the list of seminars organised by the institute in the framework of previous projects: Bridging the Divide: Can Islamist and Western Positions be Reconciled?, Rome, 20-21 of April 2007 (in collaboration with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace of Washington Fostering EU-Italy-GCC Cooperation. The Political, Economic and Energy Dimensions, Rome, 13 December 2006 (in collaboration with the Gulf Research Center, Dubai) Report EU-Gulf Relations: Enhancing Economic, Political and Security Cooperation, Rome, November 26, 2005 (in collaboration with the Gulf Research Center of Dubai) Democracy and Islamic Movements, Rome, November 12-13, 2005 (in collaboration with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace of Washington D.C.) Where are we? Where do we go from here? Transatlantic Perspectives on the Broader Middle East and North Africa, Rome, October 8-9, 2004 Democracy and Security in the Barcellona Process. Past Experiences, Future Prospects, Rome, May 7-8, 2004 Tasks for Transatlantic Cooperation, Rome, July 4-5, 2003 Trans-Atlantic and Trans-Mediterranean relations: perceptions in the aftermath of September 11th, Rome, October 1st, 2002 Report After September 11th. Governing Instability Across the Mediterranean Sea: a Transatlantic Perspective, Rome, March 21-23, 2002 Setting up a nucleus of NATO Mediterranean Dialogue Academic Institutions, Rome, July 7, 2001
	The proceedings of these conferences and seminars are published in Nos. 3, 4, 5, and 6 of the English series of the IAI Quaderni. On Gulf region's security and GCC relations with Europe and the USA the institute produced a collection of research papers published in Italian on the IAI Quaderni series (# 28) and, in English, on the Gulf Papers series of the Gulf Research Center of Dubai.

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