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The 2020 deal reached by EU and UK on their trade relations puts an end to the Brexit process. In the new reality much has to be done in order to preserve and develop the fruitful cooperation...

28/06/2021

Nato’s evolution will depend on its ability to face an increasingly competitive international environment, in which global and regional powers...

24/06/2021

Arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation efforts are not dead, but need an adaptive and enhanced Nato playing a role for innovation in the ADN area. NATO’s...

15/01/2021

The 2016 EU Global Strategy delineated the level of ambition of the Union, but four years later the EU still struggles to reach this level in the...

30/11/2020

The EU directives on defence market (2009/81) and intra-EU transfers (2009/43) were adopted after a delicate process led by the European Commission and influenced by the member...

14/10/2020

Government-to-Government (G2G) agreements in defence are a valid instrument to promote national sectoral champions and allow the State, as vendor, to gain mid-long term economic and politico-...

12/10/2020

Government-to-Government agreements (G2G) is a widely used instrument for the sale of arms within that contributes towards building and strengthening a ...

17/09/2020

Collective EU capabilities are fundamental for effective defence and deterrence. A new Main Battle Tank could add momentum if developed by more than two countries...

02/09/2020

The Covid-19 crisis could be an opportunity for the EU to implement more pragmatic and efficient solutions not only in the economic field, but...

16/07/2020

On 27 and 28 February 2020, the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) and the Nato Defense College (NDC) organized a closed-door workshop on “Military Technology: Risks and Opportunities for the...

05/05/2020