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Filippo Simonelli

Position
Researcher
Biography

Filippo Simonelli is a PhD student at the University of Siena and Research Fellow in IAI’s "Italian foreign policy" programme. His main interests include EU’s public diplomacy, the evolution of public opinion sentiments towards Italian foreign and defence policy and the Mattei Plan as an instrument for the development of an italian public diplomacy strategy towards Africa.

In the media

EU Reports: “Neither I nor Italy ever beg”: Trump-Meloni row exposes rifts in the global right

Politico: Rubio’s Rome challenge: Managing an ally, appealing to a pope

Lusa News: Defeat in referendum weakened Meloni, but it is premature to project elections for 2027.

Research

This project aims to promote knowledge exchange and transfer between policymakers and international affairs experts, with a view to creating a more cohesive group in the broad "foreign policy…
IAI, with the support of the Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo and Fondazione CSF, promotes the Bachelor’s and Master’s dissertation award ‘Italy, Europe and International Relations: History,…
The aim of the project is to provide an in-depth overview of international relations on the eastern border yesterday (Friuli Venezia Giulia) and today (War in Ukraine), promoting awareness and…