Rome, 4 May 2026 – Marco Simoni today takes up his role as Director of the Institute of International Affairs (IAI), an independent think tank founded in 1965 by Altiero Spinelli to promote…
28/04/2026
Call for expressions of interest for the appointment of two editors of The International Spectator
The Istituto Affari Internazionali invites expressions of interest for the appointment of up to two new editors of The International Spectator: Italian Journal of International Affairs.Founded in…
10/04/2026
IAI lectures on Italian foreign policy
Drawing inspiration from the IAI annual Report on Italian foreign policy, produced with the support of the CSF Foundation and the Compagnia di San Paolo Foundation, IAI is organising a series of…
01/04/2026
Call for participation - EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Next Generation Workshop 2026
On 9 November 2026, the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), on behalf of the EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Consortium, will organise the annual EU Non-proliferation and Disarmament Next…
16/03/2026
IAI partner in the 30th Anniversary of the CEI Executive Secretariat: the event in streaming
The Istituto Affari Internazionali is the scientific partner for the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Executive Secretariat of the Central European Initiative (CEI). Today in Trieste,…
At the 2026 Munich Security Conference (MSC), IAI Director Nathalie Tocci chaired a high-level panel titled “The European Dream(s): Defending Core Values Under Pressure.” The discussion gathered…
03/02/2026
Global Voices Award 2025 Winner
The International Spectator is pleased to announce that the article “From Engaging to Containing China: US Attempts to Fill Power-role Gaps (2000–2018)”, by Zakiyeh Yazdanshenas, has been selected as…
The winners of the third edition (2024-2025) of the Dissertation Award "Italy, Europe and International Relations: History, Policies, Perspectives "organised by IAI together with the Department…
The International Spectator, Vol. 60, No. 4 (December 2025) has just been published. Read all articles in open access:
Small-State Niche Diplomacy at Work: The Mediation of the UAE and Qatar in the…
The Members’ Assembly of the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), which met on 4 December 2025, elected Professor Marco Simoni as Director of the IAI. He succeeds Director Nathalie Tocci, whose term…
The Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) has been included among the “100 Think Tanks to Watch 2025”, as the only Italian think tank featured in the list. The selection, curated by On Think Tanks …
The International Spectator, Vol. 60, No. 3 (September 2025) has just been published. Read all articles in open access:
Understanding Gulf States’ Foreign Aid: A Conceptual Framework
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