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Nicola Casarini

Position
Non-resident Fellow
Biography

Nicola Casarini is an established scholar and strategic consultant specialising in Asia-Europe relations, Indo-Pacific geopolitics and the US-China-EU strategic triangle. He is currently a Non-resident Fellow at the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) in Rome and a Senior Research Fellow at the Asia Institute of the University of Bologna. He holds a PhD in International Relations from the London School of Economics (LSE). Formerly a Senior Analyst at the European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS) in Paris, he is also the founding director and research coordinator at Orientedworld, a small London-incorporated consultancy that provides analysis on the power shift toward the East, with a particular emphasis on China and wider East Asia.

His personal website is: nicolacasarini.com.

In the media

China US Focus: The Dawn of A China-U.S.-Europe Tripolar Monetary Order

China US focus: The Belt and Road’s Enduring European Presence

The Diplomat: How to De-Risk From China: Lessons From Italy

Research

The 'Art and Politics' project was managed by the Istituto Affari Internazionali in collaboration with the DG "Public and Cultural Diplomacy" of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and…
The project analyzes the contents and implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding between Italy and the People's Republic of China in the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The…
This project – carried out thanks to a grant from the Korea Foundation - examines EU-ROK security relations and promotes security cooperation between Brussels and Seoul. Four security policy areas…