09/12/2017
Trump's decision on Jerusalem
Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel inflames tensions in the Middle East, triggering protests in Gaza and the West Bank and drawing angry responses from regional and…
09/12/2017
Trump's decision on Jerusalem
Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel inflames tensions in the Middle East, triggering protests in Gaza and the West Bank and drawing angry responses from regional and…
"Theoretically the nuclear deal could survive without America, but not without Iran. Also for that reason the EU shold try to prevent Iran from leaving it. The inclinations about leaving in the…
For long the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been trapped in a perceived one-state/two-state dichotomy, providing life support to the so-called Middle East Peace Process. "It's precisely the…
26/11/2017
Minniti: Italy and the Mediterranean
"A large part of a country's security is today defined by events beyond one's national borders. In Italy's case on the other side of the Mediterranean". Marco Minniti, Italian Minister of the…
15/11/2017
PESCO, opportunities and challenges
With 23 of the EU's current 28 member states joining the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO), the European Union took a major step towards a further integration and created the main framework…
Is time running out for a two-state solution? According to the Foreign Minister of the Palestinian National Authority, Riad Al Malki, "Time is running out for the Israelis, who fail to realize that…
The electric transport revolution, the increasing attention paid to energy efficiency, the Juncker's Plan of investments in the field: these central steps in the EU Energy transition are addressed in…
01/11/2017
EU’s New Resilience Agenda in the MENA
IAI and the Foundation for European Progressive Studies held a conference in Lebanon on 3 November to present the results of a research project on the EU’s Resilience Agenda in the MENA region,…
On the 26th of October, the International Affairs Institute, in cooperation with South Korean Embassy in Italy, hosted the conference "Italy and the two Koreas, opportunities and challenges", within…
20/10/2017
Trump's threat to Iran nuclear deal
US President Donald Trump has disavowed the Iran nuclear deal negotiated by the Obama Administration in 2015. While he has not formally withdrawn from the agreement, the president has effectively put…
12/10/2017
EU Development Planning in West Bank
Far removed from the daily press briefings and rhetorical statements in support for two states, Israel’s planning and building regime in the occupied Palestinian Territories is systematically…