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Transatlantic
relations
Projects concluded (2000-2008)
 Annual
Symposium on Transatlantic Security (G.
Gasparini, 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 first
edition of the Transatlantic Security
Symposium was held in Rome on May 12-13 in
cooperation with the European Union Institute for
Security Studies (EU-ISS) of Paris and the Center
for Strategic and International Studies (DSIS) of
Washington, DC. The conference explored the
evolution of the transatlantic security
partnership, with a focus on transatlantic
cooperation in crisis management, the fight
against terrorism, and the defence industry. A volume
collecting revised and updated versions of the
papers presented at the conference, as well as a
set of policy recommendations elaborated by the
IAI staff and a detailed report of the event, has
been published. The papers of J. Dobbins and P.
Wilkinson were also selected for publication in The
International Spectator, n.
4/2008; and that of I. Shapiro in n.
3/2008.
Turkey’s Role in Europe and in the Western System: Assessing the
Conditions for a Common Transatlantic Strategy (Nathalie Tocci)
This project aims at analysing the role of the US in
the EU-Turkey relationship in the context of a wider
research study on the relationship between the
European Union and Turkey - the Talking
Turkey programme.
The United States is the most important source of external influence on the EU’s wider
understanding of Turkey and its role in the world.
US policies and positions have shaped European views, interests and
objectives regarding Turkey by operating on three different levels:
- interacting directly with Turkey and engaging Ankara in debate
about its EU course;
- influencing the positions of the EU, its member states and
Euro-Atlantic institutions on the Turkey question;
- shaping the overall regional and international milieu in which
EU-Turkey relations unfold, including most saliently the situation in
Iraq and the Middle East.
Three separate yet related studies by Henri Barkey, Ian Lesser and Hanna
Ojanen have explored the following three questions:
- How do US policies in Turkey’s neighbourhood influence the views of
European stakeholders on the Turkey question?
- How do US-Turkey relations, and their evolution in the political,
economic and security domains, affect the views of European stakeholders
on the Turkey question?
- How do transatlantic bilateral and multilateral relations
affect
the views of European stakeholders on the Turkey
question?
IAI invited all participants in the project to a workshop
in Turin (organised in cooperation with the
Istituto Paralleli) to discuss the preliminary
results of their research. The final results have
been published in a collective
volume presented to the public in Berlin on
December 5, 2008 ( )
and in Brussels to the European Commission and the
European Parliament on January 21 and February 10,
2009
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respectively.
Political changes in the Arab world and prospects for transatlantic
cooperation in the Mediterranean and Middle East (R.
Aliboni, D. Pioppi)
see Programme "Mediterranean and Middle East"
The development of ESDP
and Its Implications for the Transatlantic Partnership (E.Greco-G.Gasparini)
The aim of the project is to promote a network of experts on both sides of the Atlantic so
as to provide a continuous and systematic analysis of developments in the European
Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) and its implications for the transatlantic partnership.
The project includes a periodic international conference to discuss the most recent
developments in European Security and Defence Policy.
The first international
conference was held in Rome in November 2003, in cooperation with the EU Institute of
Security Studies. The conference examined the state of European defence
policy,
implications for transatlantic partnership as well as new forms of responsibility and
burden-sharing among allies in sectors of crucial importance for European and
international security.
A second conference
was held in January 2005, in cooperation with CeMiSS (the Italian Military Centre for
Strategic Studies), and addressed, in particular, the differences and points of
convergence between the US foreign and security policy after the elections and the
emerging European security concept, the further development of the EU-NATO
agreements, and
the other key challenges in the field of transatlantic cooperation.
In June a conference
on nuclear non-proliferation was organised.
Finally the results of this conference were presented in 2006 in an
international seminar in Brussels - "Transatlantic
Security Dialogue" - co-organised with the German Marhsall
Fund of the United States.
New
International Challenges: Reassessing the Transatlantic Partnership (Directors: S.Silvestri-R.Stefanova)
An integral part of the transatlantic program funded by the German Marshall Fund, this
project examined the state of political cooperation between Europe and the United States
in order to advance suggestions and proposals for a common strategy to manage global and
European problems. Three conferences were held in Rome: the first on 7-8 July 2000, the second on 4-5 May 2001 and the third on 19-20 July
2002. The aim was three-fold: (i) to make a general assessment of the state of
transatlantic relations and identify the new trends in US and European foreign policies
that could influence the evolution of the transatlantic partnership in both the short and
the long run; (ii) to identify and discuss the emerging sources of tension and friction
between the Americans and the Europeans as well as the new opportunities for cooperation;
(iii) to formulate a set of suggestions for the adaptation of common transatlantic
policies to the new international trends with special regard to new forms of division of
labor in areas of common interest and to reform of transatlantic institutions and
programs.
The six papers presented at the third conference were published in the no. 3, 2002 issue
of the institute’s English-language review The
International Spectator.
Transatlantic
Perspectives across the Mediterranean (R.Aliboni)
In July 2001, the IAI initiated a project aimed at examining and promoting on a regular
basis a common transatlantic perspective on security cooperation in the Middle East and
the Mediterranean areas. It is characterized by the participation of opinion leaders,
scholars and other stakeholders from the United States, Europe and Middle East-North
Africa triangle.
Every twelve months, the institute organizes an expert workshop and a larger international
conference, at which papers on topical issues are presented and discussed. The main
results of the conferences are illustrated in an extended report drafted by the institute.
Conferences:
Rome, 21-23 March 2002:
"After September 11th. Governing Instability Across the Mediterranean Sea: a
Transatlantic Perspective" ( Programme)
Rome, 30 September 2002:
"From Dialogue to Partnership: Future Prospects of NATO's Mediterranean
Dialogue" (Report  85 kb)
Rome, 1 October
2002: "Trans-Atlantic and Trans-Mediterranean relations: perceptions in the
aftermath of September 11th" (Report 36kb)
In March 2003 the institute published in its IAI Quaderni series an extensive
research report entitled “North-South
Relations Across the Mediterranean After September 11. Challenges and Cooperative
Approaches” which contained a revised and updated version of the papers presented
at the conference “After September 11th, Governing Stability Across the Mediterranean
Sea: a Transatlantic Perspective” held in Rome on 21-23 March 2002.
Redefining
sovereignty: the use of force after the end of the Cold War: new options, lawful and
legitimate? (M.Bothe-N.Ronzitti-M.O'Connell)
The aim of this project, launched in 2000 and conducted in collaboration with the Johann
Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt and the Ohio State University College of Law in
Columbus, US was to clarify if and when -- aside from self-defence of the individual and
the community -- it is legitimate for a State or group of states to undertake military
action by without a mandate from the United Nations. In particular, the project
considered the role of regional organizations in carrying out interventions aimed at
re-establishing international peace and security. The research took an interdisciplinary
approach: political, cultural and ethical considerations of the use of force were included
in addition to legal aspects. Interventions in Iraq, Afghanistan, Liberia, Sierra Leone
and Rwanda were the subjects of specific studies. Particular attention was also focussed
on the legal implications of the terrorist attack of 11 September 2001.
Three conferences were held: in Rome on 24-25
November 2000, in Frankfurt on 7-8 June 2002 and in Columbus in 23-24 May 2003.
New Trends in
Italy's
Foreign Policy and the Evolution of its Partnerhsip with the US (E.Greco-S.Silvestri)
This project aimed to thoroughly analyse the most recent evolution of
Italy's foreign policy, with special attention devoted to its relations
with the US. Three objectives in particular acted as a driving force for
the project: encouraging opinion exchange amongst Italian and American
experts on the most recent trends in Italy's foreign policy; drawing up
recommendations and proposals for relaunching Italo-American relations;
increasing awareness of problems and potential of a political and
governmental Italo-American partnership. Several meetings were held in Washington - in 2003, 2004,
2005 and 2007- and one in Rome (Agenda)
in 2007, between US and Italian delegations of experts to discuss the prospects for bilateral
relations and the respective priorities of foreign policy, as well as to table suggestions
for strengthening and updating transatlantic cooperation.
The IAI reports presented at the meeting of February 2003 have been
published in the institute's journal The International Spectator:
Nuti and Aliboni's reports in No.
1/2003, Greco and Matarazzo's reports in
No. 3/2003.
In the fourth
and most recent meeting, held in November 2007, the discussion was
based on the report "Conditionality,
Impact and Prejudice in EU-Turkey Relations", which
collects ten position papers on the different national positions (UE)
regarding the Turkey question.
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