Transatlantic
relations
Director: Ettore Greco
Researcher: Riccardo Alcaro,
Emiliano
Alessandri
The IAI has always focussed particular attention on
transatlantic issues, and North American experts have participated in many of its
research projects and conferences. The Institute's
publications, particularly
the periodicals The International Spectator and Global, regularly
include contributions from North American authors.
Since its foundation, the IAI has contributed to the
formulation of policies aimed at promoting Italy's role in transatlantic relations. It has
made a systematic effort to analyze the weaknesses and potential of the common
transatlantic policies related to the areas of greatest political/strategic interest to
Italy, such as the Balkans, Russia, the Mediterranean and the Middle
East. Other important
transatlantic issues that the Institute addresses include the future of NATO, crisis
management in Europe, and trade relations between the US and Europe.
The program on Euro-Atlantic relations aims to promote the
exchange of ideas and cooperation between North American and European politicians and
experts so as to strengthen transatlantic ties. It involves various types of
initiatives,
including studies, conferences, and publications intended to develop proposals and
suggestions to continually revise and update the
Euro-American agenda continually. Since 1999 the
program has contributed to a adding a more complete transatlantic dimension to
IAI's traditional activities regarding the Balkans and the Middle
East.
This program, the agenda of which is set
annually, is
largely based on an institutional agreement with the German Marshall Fund in
Washington and the Compagnia
di San Paolo in Turin.
Projects in progress
Annual
Symposium on Transatlantic Security (R.
Alcaro, E.Greco)
Successfully launched in 2008, this project aims at
establishing an annual forum in which experts from the US and Europe
have the opportunity to discuss current security problems with
Italian political representatives, civil servants and experts, as well
as the transatlantic strategies that can be adopted to deal with them.
The initiative has also been conceived with the
goal of strengthening the transatlantic dimension
of Italy's foreign policy.
The second edition of the Transatlantic Security Symposium took place in Rome on 22 June
2009.
The conference focused on
US-Europe-Russia Security Relations: Towards a New Compact?.
IAI brought together experts from the US, Europe, and Russia to discuss such issues as the evolution
of Europe’s security space; arms control, nuclear forces reductions, missile defence, and nuclear non-proliferation;
and energy security. The goal was to clarify whether the conditions exist for renewing the security partnership
between the US and Europe on the one side and Russia on the other.
Three papers by Vladimir Baranovski from IMEMO of Moscow, James Sherr from London’s Chatham House,
and Andrew Kuchins from CSIS of Washington, DC, were presented and discussed during the conference.
IAI contributed a background paper by Riccardo Alcaro and Emiliano Alessandri.
All papers will be considered for publication in the IAI English-language quarterly The International Spectator.
Italy’s Chief of Staff, Vincenzo Camporini, and NATO Assistant Secretary General for Defence and Policy Planning,
Jiri Sediwy, delivered a speech.
Osservatorio
Transatlantico [=Transatlantic Observatory] (R.Alcaro,
E.Greco)
This project is carried out with the support of
Italy's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The objective
is to provide the parliamentary delegations to the
assemblies of international organisations (most
notably NATO), the Defence and Foreign Affairs
Committees of the Senate and Chamber of Deputies,
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs staff, and the
diplomatic-consular network with a regularly
upgraded analysis of the state of the transatlantic
relationship. IAI's activity entails the writing of
quarterly reports and thematic essays. The former
examine the most important developments in
US-European relations, illustrating the foreign
policy debate in the US Congress, and shedding light
on the transatlantic policies of Britain, France and
Germany. The thematic essays (approximately one a
month) provide in-depth analysis of specific topics
of particular relevance for the transatlantic debate,
such as: Russia's relations with the EU and NATO;
the areas of tensions in the Euro-Atlantic space;
European Energy Policy; the Union for the
Mediterranean; the Italy-Libya cooperation treaty;
the EU budget reform. Both the quarterly reports and
the thematic essays are confidential.
All
quarterly reports
and thematic
essays delivered before summer 2008 are
available on this website and on the website of
the Senate of the Republic. The thematic essays
published during the June 2004-June 2005 period
have been collected in an ad hoc publication by
the Senate of the Republic, Rapporti
atlantici e Scenari mediterranei - Analisi e
riflessioni a partire dall'attualità.
Public
opinion trends in North America and Europe
(R.Matarazzo)
In 2009 IAI contributed once again to the presentation in Italy of
the Transatlantic Trends
report, a survey promoted annually by
the Compagnia di San Paolo and the German Marshall Fund of the United
States to evaluate the views of European and American citizens on
international policy and transatlantic relations.
Programme
Press release
Press clipping
Advisory
Committee on transatlantic relations (E.Greco)
This advisory committee composed of university professors and
international relations experts aims at
providing a detailed evaluation of both
current and future relations between the United States and
Europe, with
special attention to Italy's position. In addition,
it is meant to foster more
stable cooperation with the academic world and other centres for
international policy studies in Italy. The advisory committee is involved in
the scientific coordination and supervision of the "Short-term
visiting scholarships" programme, targeting American
academics in the fields of political and
social sciences interested in short stays in Italy to
conduct research work.
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