The international community needs to come to terms with its failures in Libya. Rather than bringing both sides to the negotiating table, efforts should seek to bring together enough influential…
In the framework of our Memoradum of Understanding, the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) and the Munich Security Conference hosted the second digital conversation between…
20/05/2020
The New Israeli Government
After three rounds of elections, Benjamin Netanyahu has exploited the hashtag #Covid19 crisis to convince his rival Benny Gantz to form a coalition government, despite not having a majority in the…
Climate change is a major security challenge of the 21st century. The adoption of renewables has already started to affect political relations and the very notion of energy security.
Amid ongoing conflict in the Middle East, collective security arrangements have historically proven elusive. Mutual mistrust, no shared perceptions of threats, and competing national interests…
On 27 April, the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), in collaboration with the Munich Security Conference (MSC), hosted a MSC Digital Conversation between Italian and German parliamentarians on the…
28/04/2020
Covid19 and European Identity
The COVID-19 emergency cannot be allowed to (re)define our identity and interests as Europeans, erecting barriers or trade wars. A group of young students in Italy have launched a global petition…
On Covid19 we're still challenged at home & still need more solidarity within the EU. But Europe must also support its neighbors & global organizations fighting the pandemic. Together Italy…
10/04/2020
COVID 19, a challenge for the EU
The COVID 19 pandemic poses a challenge to the European Union in different fields, from economics, to security, to sustainable development. Starting from security, the Italian armed forces need…
03/04/2020
The illegal trafficking of plastic waste
A new investigation by Greenpeace Italy’s Investigative Unit revealed that nearly half of Italian plastic waste sent to Malaysia was illegally shipped to plants devoid of an “approved permit” in the…
01/04/2020
COVID-19: The EU enlargement
The coronavirus pandemic is affecting more than half a billion people globally, which was the record of the Spanish flu in 1918-1919. Confronted with an unprecedented health crisis, the European…
26/03/2020
The Threats of Dual-use Drones
In recent years, the proliferation of dual-use drones has increased the intensity of the hybrid and asymmetric threat these products may pose. Their technological development has not been…