The Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), in collaboration with Intesa Sanpaolo, has launched a series of three workshops titled “The Geo-Finance of Space” with the goal of investigating how the space race is impacting geopolitics, the world economy and the international legal regime. The third event of the series will focus on space regulation.

The debate on how to reform and strengthen the EU’s economic governance has started again thanks, inter alia, to new proposals presented by the European Commission. At stake is the Union’s capacity to equp itself with more effective structures and mechanisms in light of the changes in the economic landscape and the repeated crises that have hit the European economy. Italy, which is facing a number of structural problems, including a growing indebtness, is vitally interested in the outcome of this debate. Will the Union be up to this challenge?

In line with fellow donor countries members of the OECD Development Assistance Committee, Italy committed to allocate 0,7% of its Gross National Income to Official Development Assistance. The global crises we are witnessing (climate-, health-, food security-related) seriously affect developing countries, making development finance more crucial than ever. In the current post-pandemic context and in light of new political priorities, what is the future of Italy’s development cooperation?

Financial technology has been driving financial inclusion worldwide. The development and adoption of digital currencies could be a game-changer to further scale up efforts towards universal financial inclusion. Indonesia is no exception. With millions of people still unserved or unbanked, digital currencies represent a great opportunity. While in theory a digital rupiah and crypto assets could boost financial inclusion, they should be designed and regulate appropriately if such policy goals are to be met.