Before and after Germany's elections - waiting for Angela Merkel to take back the reins of a frayed European Union - Jean-Claude Juncker and Emmanuel Macron set out their plans to relaunch the EU…
27/09/2017
Mediterranean: Geopolitics in a New Age
The EU is no longer the dominant actor in the Mediterranean, now having to deal with the tangible influence of major and regional powers like the United States, Russia, China, Saudi Arabia, Qatar,…
27/09/2017
EU, good (and bad) news from Germany
The European Union welcomes Angela Merkel's re-election as Germany's chancellor, but also witnesses the historic breakthrough of a far-right, anti-immigration party like the Afd, the first time in 60…
15/09/2017
EU, Juncker's vision for a bigger Union
Delivering his annual State of the Union address, Jean-Claude Juncker called for a more integrated Europe and set out ambitious proposals for its future reform: a Eurozone Finance Minister, a single…
15/09/2017
Myanmar’s Bloody Road to Democracy
The United Nations call on Myanmar to end violence against Rohingya, the Muslim minority who lives in Buddhist-majority Rakhine state and has suffered multifaceted discrimination and persecution for…
11/09/2017
Tis, the future of the liberal order
The uncertain future of liberal democracy in the West, due to the rise of authoritarian capitalism in the East, is one of the subjects addressed in the September issue of The International Spectator,…
08/09/2017
Migrants, EU Court riaffirms Solidarity
The European Union’s Court of Justice riaffirmed the EU's founding principle of solidarity, rejecting legal action by Hungary and Slovakia against the mandatory relocation of refugees from Italy and…
31/08/2017
Social fragmentation in the MENA Region
The increasing involvement of external Actors in internal conflicts within the MENA is enhancing social fragmentation while preventing political reconciliation. The conflicts in Libya, Iraqand Syria,…
29/08/2017
France and Italy: historical rivalries
Paris and Rome's dispute over the STX shipyards is just the tip of the iceberg and historical rivalries between the two countries are slowly re-emerging. These mostly…
The Mediterranean is at the core of IAI's MEDRESET project, which focuses on relations between the EU and its southern neighbours, and the New-Med Research Network, which promotes reflections on…
04/08/2017
NATO/EU Defence, issues at stake
European governments’ new push to cooperate more effectively on defence and security is already being challenged by the reborn Franco-German alliance (marginalizing Italy) and by Paris and Rome's…
04/08/2017
IAI Commentaries: New Opinion Series
From Macron's foreign policy and the European crisis, to the "new-old" conflicts in the Middle East, these and many others are the subjects addressed in IAI Commentaries, the new series of short,…